Shadow
Jedi: Lecture #22
Walking
the Path
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The path of
the Shadow Jedi...
We all have a different path in the force, for all things diverse
have their own places...However how we walk those paths is up to
us.
The same path for one person can be heaven or hell at one time or
another. We recognize this as perception, as our minds interpreting
life around us to the specifications that have been built into us
by the circumstances and experiences of our lives.
The mind is our conduit between the pure energy of life/spirit/force
and our Physical being or vehicle...How the energy travels from
the physical to the spiritual and vice versa depends on the condition
of the conduit...
If the conduit is completely clear than energy will flow naturally
back and forth between realms like water creating an equilibrium.
However if the conduit is blocked the energy will not be allowed
to pass naturally and will create problems and defeciencies between
the two realms...However life will balance itself out and the force
will balance itself out in the form of luck and unguided power,
but that energy will never be used for the potential and the power
it was intended...It will play out and we will walk away from the
experience once again the victims of fate or circumstance.
To clear the conduit we must allign all of our perceptions so that
they allow the energy of pure potential to flow in and out of the
material or "Matrix" realm, "Matrix" meaning mother or womb, where
the laws of physics apply directly to the amount and direction of
energy in our universe.
The process of alligning perceptions is known as unlearning...We
must find the perceptions in our lives that allow us to block the
energy...they can be simple things such as "That is impossible"
or they can be much more complicated and can be linked to the base
perceptions of our personality, similar to the person who believes
that some people are capable of doing amazing things however they
themselves are not, all of these perceptions are intertwined to
one root perception that is often instilled by insecurity with their
world...The reason people go on quests of knowledge is not for understanding
itself, but because of fear and insecurity with their places in
the world...rather than accept where they are (and at the same time
accept their inherent power as sentient beings with a spirit) they
choose to instead quest for understanding that cannot be obtained...The
force is not meant to be understood it is meant to be accepted and
used for guidance. However getting someone to change these perceptions
will be difficult because they are caused by fear...often times
fear is the greatest defense mechanism there is on the planet and
it is not something to be taken lightly when teaching your students...Fear
can destroy them. I have seen it many times and those who are destroyed
by their fear often times wish to pull others along with them, "Misery
loves company". When approaching the process of unlearning if you
discover that your student has deep seeded fear you must approach
the situation like you would if you were talking someone down off
a ledge while they are suicidal...One of the key principles to stick
to when doing this is the simple realization that life is not meant
to be theorized about it is meant to be lived...
Doubt, Hesitation, Fear of Failure, these are all defense mechanisms
created by the intellect...They are designed to make our world rational...
Human beings have developed rational minds and as a side affect
of that they have developed the defense mechanisms nessasary to
keep it a rational world...I.E. the mind tries to reject anything
that cannot be explained rationally...therefore it creates blocks
that will not allow that irrationality to seep into life.
People have difficult times accepting the irrational, and they have
near impossible times accepting the fact that they have that same
irrational and unscientific power.
So what we have done is create a "Rats wheel" to keep ourselves
from realizing that we have that power, we run in a circle. We never
realize that we are in the wheel because we always seem to be gaining
ground and going forward...but in actuality the wheel is just spinning.
That is akin to us creating blocks and limitations that keep us
from being able to use irrational power...much like the illusion
that the rat is going forward.
The rat needs to move off of the wheel to go forward...much the
same we need to move off of our wheel to go forward...our wheel
is our doubt, hesitation, disbelief. Our very need to look before
we leap.
Using the force can be looked at as a leap of faith.
If you let go of your fear, your hesitancy and your disbelief than
your mind will no longer be blocked...it will be open and free and
energy will flow through it in desperately needed equilibrium and
balance...Now you have the power that makes a Jedi, the force is
with you...
There is energy in all life and all situations, sometimes it is
not our purpose to put out energy, either for physical technique
or for radiance of emotion...Sometimes it is the job of Jedi to
siphon energy out of a situtation and back into the spirit realm.
When energy amasses and gathers at a focal point and than intensifies
it naturally expands and when energy violently expands it destroys
that which is around it.
This is similar to a Riot, many energies gather and rapidly expand
in ever widening violence until they have expanded enough for the
energy to have dissapated...
That is when it is our job as Jedi to let the energy flow from the
physical realm back into the spirit realm where it is naturally
dispersed into the living force.
Our job as Jedi will be ever changing and will always depend on
our place with the force...do not become upset if you cannot achieve
something you believed to be vital...always remember that in the
eyes of the force all is right and nothing can be the "End of the
World" that is important to hold on to...whenever all seems out
of control pull back and focus on the big picture of the force...we
all have our places in it and we must accept that...Our job is to
let the light shine into the darkened material realm...To allow
life to flourish.
I apologize for the time it took me to get another lecture posted...however
I believe that at this time this was the proper thing to write..
Justin
Tallant
shinobi@forceacademy.com
