Life as a healer

So I was engaged in an interesting conversation with a martial arts friend of myne this afternoon.

Involving the use of violence and its purpose.

He used a wicked analogy; "If you have a dog, who has been beaten all his life... that life's travel and learning was through violence and fighting and you compare it with its twin, but worry free; Side by side, they'll look the same... both be dogs afterall. But if you put them into a field, one will go out and froleich in the grass. The beaten dog will hunch down guarded to let any experiance into its life."

Or something like that anyways.

Since our conversation, two thoughts came into my head.

1) If a dog is beaten by a more powerfull foe... it always looses; it will assume that hunched / beaten appearance that abused animals become. On the other hand, if the dog fights for survival and wins, it has the potential to become something else. A stronger, 'better' animal.

I guess like forging a sword from the old days. You beat it, and either it becomes harder, or it breaks.

2) Interpreting law, any force that 'changes' where we would have gone if left alone can be construed as violent.

The only qualifier would be how long your actions remain controlled by your oponent.

For example... if I were to yell profanities at you, you didn't like this and got slightly mad... your "violent recovery time" would be like a half hour.

If I broke your arm or caused 'bodily harm', your violent recovery time would be significantly more. Lets say 3 weeks.

So... you look at the reverse side of the coin. As a healer, one would also have to be aware of what he is doing to his "victum's" life. Going under the impression that we're (energetically speaking) here to learn lessons, or that we're here to experiance... if we get healed by external means... this also qualifies as a 'violent' act.

One would guess that to not "create" carma... a person would strive to influence his/her surroundings as minimal as possible.

Of course, you apply this to what we say vs. what we do; you get a whole different path. Take a pastor for example. What that person says has so much influence on his followers; the potential for violence committed is enormous.

How can we justify actions like this?

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Intent justifying the actions?

I guess it all falls back to the "I am stronger/smarter/better so my influence on you is guiding you along the correct path"

or my favorite; "if you look like food, you will be eaten."