Danger is one dimension of the information patterns presented by the world. It is important but far from all there is. It is closely related to fear, which causes "tunnel vision."

The lesson available from awareness classes is that there are sights, smells, sounds, textures, temperatures, and tastes all around us that we can choose to experience rather than staying narrowly focused on one feeling, task, or thought. Further, that there may well be information readily available to wider awareness that is a resource for dealing more effectively with whatever feeling, task, or thought we are experiencing - including dealing with danger and fear.

For example, there may be places, materials, or people readily at hand that could help us deal with or avoid danger which we might not even notice unless we have chosen to habitually open our awareness. There may also be aspects of a perceived threat that may reveal it is not a threat at all, arises only because of unintended action on our part which we can reverse, or is more easily dealt with, which only more open awareness will detect.

I can see that a preconception that violence or the threat of violence is the only response available to perceived danger might prevent us from becoming aware that other more effective and preferable options are available.

But I am only a beginning student.