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Old 08-13-2007, 09:40   #2
The Reaper
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You can work on your active SA, but your passive is much harder to learn.

I can tell you that if you go outside on a quiet night, close your eyes, and sit quietly while listening intently, and try to identify the sounds that you can hear, you will notice things that you did not even know you could detect, but again, that is an active SA thing.

Nature does a good job of this through Darwinism, and if society did not protect stupid and non-SA people, they would quickly cease to exist within a few generations. I would think that combat does the same thing for non-SA individuals, though God loves some fools anyway, and looks after them.

People who bop along through life obliviously, with an iPod on full blast and their head down walking or running on the streets are good examples.

Good luck.

TR
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