However I believe that Westerners lag behind in the third category. Karate is not the only discipline that works to develop this state of mind one needs to deal with the crisis situation. In Uechi and other styles, we refer to this state as mushin - translated as empty mind. I think that the word is really untranslatable, as I can't seem to come up with a word or set of words that has the precise connotation that mushin implies. Many other disciplines work to achieve various levels of consciousness.
Yoga is probably one of the more well known disciplines.
Transcendental Meditation was the fad in the seventies. Biofeedback has also had its time in the sun. One description I have heard for mushin is the mind being like a calm body of water, where a grain of sand leaves a noticeable impression. This speaks to the sense of having heightened awareness. It also speaks to the ability to have the ocean of thoughts under complete control.