Shadow
Jedi: Lecture #26
Warrior
ways of Enlightenment
Shadowside@forceacademy.com
The warrior's way of enlightenment is a process of releasing all
restraints on the three level's of being.
The first level of being would happen to be the most obvious, the
physical.
In the process of releasing the physical form we will do a lot of
excersizes that will encompass principles such as Natural movement,
and the honing of the reflexes so that they do not react in undesired
ways.
When training in the physical form it is important to remember that
even though it is a physical body we travel in, the force still
creates it and indeed is it...even walking is a force power. Without
the force providing energy to life, no such movement or existance
could be possible...so from now on the question isn't how do I find
my abilities...but how do I expand them...they are already present
on ALL LEVELS...however we simply neglect those abilities as run
of the mill or something less than worth our attention. This is
not the case, quite to the contrary, if you do indeed wish to be
successful on the warrior path than you must first learn that value
of the most mundane of existance.
So from now on, when you do your excersizes, whatever they may be,
go through them with an awareness towards them. Watch how you move,
and if something is uncomfortable, DO NOT TRY TO FIGHT IT, accept
it. The way of the force is not the way of struggle but the way
of acceptance. Stretching, when doing this keep in mind that it
is a process of letting go, and not of forcing a stretch...all things
in your life should be accomplished with a few considerations in
mind.
1) Keep it natural, do not force anything, accept everything.
2) Do not hesitate, despite all of the nature films Hesitation and
indeed fear are not natural to human beings. They linger from our
evolution from animals...animals pocess fear for the simple reason
that there core ambition and indeed only ambition is the survival
of their species...for a warrior this is not the case. We must realize
that life is a gift to all beings, but that gift like any other
should not be held over others head's or be overly protective of...Fear
in itself is a Defense Mechanism. We as Force adepts do not need
fear, because one of the very first things we learn is that our
existance is simply within the force, and if it is the will of the
force that we be injured or indeed killed than there is no need
to fear that. If it is the will of the force that we fight back,
we do so. Never Fear, Never hesitate.
3) Never be reckless, never pursue your goal when it is against
the will of the force.
4) Live, do not worry about walking the path, or if your doing something
right, Just live.
Once you pass the plane of Physical existance and allow yourself
to expand, we move into the realm of the mind, The mind in essence
is the ultimate Conduit/Computer. It is an interpretor and a reciever
of Data. The data comes from the force, and that is indeed how we
decern the will of the force, through our minds...However the mind
like all "Lenses" can become smudged and the image Muddled. So to
make sure our mind is interpreting the will of the force correctly
we must know how to properly clean it. The process of cleaning the
mind is Called Unlearning.
In Unlearning we will discover how our perceptions determine our
reality. Reality, and the world around us can only exist, TO US,
when our mind interprets the data. HOW our mind interprets that
data directly determines our reality, and indeed the will of the
force, I.E. Someone sitting next to you breaks a bottle over the
edge of a bar and threatens you with it, If this is a total stranger
and he does it out of the blue for no Reason our perceptions determine
how we view this as a threat.
Our perceptions from an earth level of existance would determine
that you have done nothing to bring it on and it is an unprovoked
attack that you do not feel the need to respond to or back away
from.
From a water level we would become defensive, and wonder what we
did to upset this person in such a way.
From a Fire stance we would see someone threatening our lives and
the the feelings of all of those who love you, thus induce a blinding
rage against the attacker and summarily enter the fight.
From a Wind stand point we would evaluate the attack in such a way
as to consider outside causes for this person's distress and why
he feels the need to be aggressive, our mood would be one of sorrow
for the man's situation.
All of those perceptions of life are in order of progression, we
all start on the earth level and progress our way up...our perceptions
from birth our molded into one of those categories. Some people
never develop beyond Earth level. For those people their lives are
often filled with a feeling of impotency and loss. However Like
I have said, we as Force users strive to find the perception that
will allow us to interpret the force properly.
This perception is beyond the other four perception and is called
the Void Perception.
The void represents sub atomic particles, the infiniteness of the
force, the basic building blocks for the universe, infinite creativity.
From a Void stance the you would be able to look upon the person
and see not a man menacing you with a beer bottle, but you would
see the hurt and pain and sorrow of a man who feels he has hit the
absolute point of no return, you would literally see a "Disturbance
in the Force" where the force has over ridden itself and has moved
into the process of evolving itself...Much like a fire burns down
a forest so that new life can grow...in such situations the disturbance
in the force will actually "Repel" you into the right action, your
movements and intentions will flow from this disturbance, the energy
given off will allow you to move with his every whim, until the
burning of evolution in the force is complete and the disturbance
is no more.
This is the perception we desire in order to interpret the will
of the force.
How do we attain this perception. Like all things we must progress
naturally through the four other perceptions in order to reach the
fifth...Each perception comes with a Revelation that allows you
to spring board yourself to the next...
For the sake and fact that I have not trained everyone of you out
there I will not tell you the revelation that allows you to move
from wind to void...simply because without understanding all of
the others you will not understand the last...and also like all
things it will not become a revelation if it is simply TOLD to you,
it must become a part of you...something that you discover on your
own.
Once we open the pathway's of the mind and clean the "Lense" that
allows us to view the will of the force, our mind has been surpassed
and now we move to the final level of the spirit, at this point
you have earned the rank of Master, your mind has seen beyond the
Supposed reality it creates and has viewed the infinite potential
of the force. From here on your journey is that of an artist, painting
with the vast power that is the force.
The spirit level is essentially the energy that drives the universe,
once you have opened the gateway of the mind, this energy will flow
freely between spirit and physical realms...Being guided by your
will this energy will play itself in whatever means you desire...With
this gift and accomplishment comes great responsibility one that
is recognized through discipline and the stamina it takes to question
your own existance and beliefs and push yourself beyond anything
imagined...
Justin
Tallant
shinobi@forceacademy.com
