Self Preservation

Element IV: The Human Being

A craftsperson must be well acquainted with the importance and the techniques of preservation and protection of valuable works. A craftsperson would never deliberately place a valuable work in harms way. Would you leave a great painting outside uncovered in the middle of a rainstorm ? Or leave expensive jewelry unattended on a countertop in the midst of a busy store where it might be stolen ?

Craftsmanship requires you to pay particular attention to protect your craftwork from theft, destruction and vandalism by skillfully applying all manner of techniques of preservation and security. These actions include carefully selecting the environments to which you are exposed, as well as the systems, technologies and methods you will use to preserve and protect your most precious work; yourself. This is known as self preservation or self defense and it applies to both the Outer and the Inner Human Being. This is the craftsperson's way.

Self Preservation and self defense can include a wide range of activities and subjects from physical survival in situations ranging from being stranded on a desert island or repelling an attacker on a city street; to protecting the outer human being, to learning to manage your emotions and your feelings so that your inner human being is not so easily harmed or damaged.

As a craftsperson you must pay attention to both. It is your responsibility then to avoid exposing your outer as well as your inner self to potentially dangerous situations without taking proper precautions. The best prevention is to carefully choose your surroundings and be aware of all that is around you. It is also important to be realistic. There are thieves in the world. Those who may actively seek to take away what belongs to you. Many systems have been developed to protect and preserve you from lessons in the martial arts to personal protection devices. You have the responsibility to preserve yourself from harm.

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