Re: The Fear of Spiritual Awakening

Tuesday, 27-Feb-01 13:14:16

206.65.190.134 writes:

Ray; your posts are appreciated and the logic may escape most of the "dualistically
conditioned",the question that concerns me is one of literal self preservation: To wit- What would
RK do with the necessary instrument if RK encounterd a "RABID DOG" mauling a precious child
in your backyard?

Davy

Davy, Life is problem solving -- both of a technical and nontechnical nature. One either approaches problem solving with clarity or with confusion or emotion tinged judgment.

In the nontechnical areas of life, the venue of the street cop, one must approach problems with awareness and clarity. In such a state of consciousness an aware person, cop or otherwise will invariably do the right thing at the right time.

As a cop, I rated amongst the top pistol shots in the State of California PPC (practical pistol course). That was my technical talent with a gun.

One night I responded to a hostage situation. The suspect was standing on the second story veranda of his home holding his commonlaw wife as a human shield as he held a gun to her head. The distance was approximately 20 yards from where I stood.

It was 3:30 am. The San Francisco Bay area morning fog, coupled with a slight mist of rain, affected visibility as three Police car spotlights were trained upon the suspect and his wife. The house was locked up, making it impossible to rush him in time to prevent any action on his part to harm his wife..

After approximately 15 minutes of attempting to talk him into throwing the gun down and surrendering, the suspect, who I knew personally, steadfastly kept the gun to her head and refused to budge. The Moment of Truth arrived. I had an opening for either a head shot or a shoulder/upper arm shot of the hand which held the gun to her head. One would very likely kill him, the other would not.

In a pristine moment of nondualistic clarity I took careful aim with my service revolver, squeezed off a round and hit him in the intended target -- his shoulder.

It was the one and only time I had ever shot anyone. The experience was eerily calm, clear, deliberate and unemotional.

It was the right thing to do at the right time.

Does that answer your question?

Ray Karczewski

Raymond Karczewski