Suppression of Violence

How do you view violence? Do you see it as good or evil? As a tool or as a taboo way? Murder and killing have always been a bad things in many cultures, societies, and religions. Here at Mensiqlo we also belief in the senseless of killing to be wrong. But when do you draw the line on violence? Thats what we want to explore today, to what point dictates the use of violence as acceptable.

The violent mindset. To many of you reading this, violence may seem like a bad thing overall. I don’t blame you. For many years I was in a limbo in which I thought violence was only bad and destructive, for I have seen it firsthand. Studying the human mind, I realized violence is just apart of us and has been for thousands of years.  Instead of trying to hide our violent nature we must learn to control it like a savage beast we captured. This is where I struggled. Controlling what I will call the inner animal within us.

The inner animal is within all of us and don’t have to look far. This animal can become one of our greatest tools or our greatest downfall depending on control. The control of the animal is crucial for men for it determines if we can use it in the right settings or it will come out uncontrollably in situations such as arguments or just simple bad days. You must have patience at the things of this world for the only thing we can truly control is ourselves. If we cannot control ourselves and the animal others will use your own weakness against you.

Suppression of the animal is also a bad things for men. When we work tirelessly to stop it from coming out, it will start to make its way out. Learn to control it for situations when shit needs to get done. In a very complex modern day sometimes the best approach is the simplest, and as the animal within us is a rooted emotions from our past it can help us. The gym, runs, work, and life and death situation’s is where the animal will be best at.

As the world is changing one thing has always been constant, danger. Many things in this world can bring danger to us, but this is not a means to always hide. Actions must be taken every so often. Take this for example, if I am in place where my family may be in danger due to an individual, I have come to the realization within me that I must act with violence in order to protect them. The story changes if I am by myself, I rather de-escalate the situation for I will not have my ego get me kill, but any immediate danger to my family will meet a respond with violence. Don’t get me wrong the first thing I would do is get them to safety and violence as a last resort.

Finally, the violence within us does not have to be bad. As men we must control it. Suppress and release it when appropriate. Do not be afraid of the animal within you for it might have the appearance of an animal but in reality it is you who your looking at. Take action when it truly matters and commit all the way, don’t have doubt in yourself or the animal. Be fearless.