It's an adversarial world outside of the safety of nirvana and enlightenment. In life, all beings need to feed on other beings just in order to exist. Some beings also like to cause others to needlessly suffer, just out of pure maliciousness

For most people this is not a conscious process, it's an inner pull that takes place, that simply draws them there.

If you are afraid of someone, you immediately give them an advantage and give them entry to your awareness field.

Rise above the limited conditions of pleasure and pain, success and failure, happiness and sorrow, that all the countless unenlightened beings in creation are slaves to.

Focus your attention on the center of your stomach, in the area of your naval. Feel that this is an area of tremendous strength.

Find a teacher of Tantric Zen and study with them because it is transference of awareness, a sharing of the perception of the beauty of life.

All of the previously described techniques can be practiced with your eyes open and closed. Most people find that it is easier initially to practice meditation with their eyes closed.