Safety and violence · The Expanse

Safety and violence

I went through the course on safety and violence about a month ago when I got access to the Full ManOS material. The first time I thought it was mostly about etiquette and setting ground rules for how we should interact in the community. then a week or so later when we had our call, my eyes were opened a little more to how violence shows up. It's the name that we're giving to anything that disrupts wholeness and that opened my eyes to a whole new way of evaluating where I'm at. I'm not real good at doing the physical scan and seeing where it's affecting me physically but I definitely take note when I'm not whole. The seven attributes of violence, being able to go through those and name and point the finger to the source of my lack of wholeness, has been a great tool to help me get to the root of things.

Yesterday I went to lunch with my wife and we were able to talk a little bit. because our lives have been so busy the last few months, we haven't even really talked about this community and what it's all about. I walked through those seven attributes with her and it's something that we now want to sit down with our kids and talk through. I think these are great tools that teens need to just name their emotions and put their finger on what causing them to feel and act the way they do. I love the idea of how the ManOS gives some common language. When we talk about feelings and emotions, the hardest part is just communicating what's going on, but having a framework and a vocabulary gives us a good starting point.

Just wanted to put it out there for anyone on the fence with joining with full access: getting the full toolbox is definitely worth it. I grew up doing construction and building things. Even when you're working on a small project like a birdhouse with your kids, it's so much easier if you've got power tools and nail guns. You can build it with a hammer and handsaw, but if other tools are available, why?!

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