This can be seen in the fact that if we were downtown and in the midst of the homeless, posing a defense or an attack, they would respond to it by counteracting it. If we were to walk by without being afraid, not defending, and not attacking, no one would ever identify you as a threat or a subject to an attack. In the movie "Capote," the criminal explains that he was planning to steal from a rich family, he did not plan to kill anyone. But when he saw the father of the family, looked him in the eyes, and saw deep fear there, it invoked something inside himself, urging him to murder him. And so he did, but the man could have made it out alive if he remained unmoved.
In Hinduism, we see the Bhagavad Gita's explanation and reasoning for war. Arjuna admitted to Krishna how he was completely unprepared he was to wage war against his family members while he was also in bad shape and exhausted. He said he didn't care if he lost or won, and he wasn't attached to the results of winning. Krishna responded by telling him that death and the body are illusions covering the eternal reality of the Self, so killing was not an issue. Also, since Arjuna was unmoved by gain or loss, it is essentially the same as defenselessness, where you are unmoved into attack or defense. Therefore, he has transcended all dualities.
We can also see how in Mahatma Gandhi's response to war, he sent his armies out in the field without any weapons, without defense. They walked straight towards the enemy, and pretty quickly the enemy surrendered. This is the power and safety of defenselessness clearly demonstrated.
It is only old ideas like "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" and Satanism's teaching of "do unto others as they have done unto you" that have completely lost sight of this great wisdom of the power of defenselessness. Again, this practice is seen done by Jesus when he did not defend against being crucified, and after death, he was resurrected back into a body. It looks to me like he was as safe as can be.
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