EZEKIO
The Force, to me, is all that encompasses and makes up reality. The Force is what creates life, and what all matter comes back to. The Force can be seen such phenomes like, The Zero-Point Field or the Electro Magnitic Field. The ideals of The Force, come from a abstract metaphore for "God" or "divinity", In the Form of animism and Pantheism . The Ideals replace termonolgies of "god" in the monotheisic veiwpoint or even polytheitic beliefs that define the greater aspects of nature with "gods", with the encompassing, inclusive, and generic words, "The Force. Perfect examples of classic interpretations of The Force throughout mans history done by Alethea are found here :http://www.forceacademy.co.uk/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=131
As for certain aspects of The Force, points of view, interpretations, and dispelling The Great Mythology of the dogmatic termonolgy people embrace and quarral about... These are my understandings for the time being. "The Dark Side of The Force", is the creation of The Living, The Living Force, can the Dark tendancies we lable reality with, become metaphysical in your enviorment? No, they come soely from the individual. Or are they more maze like encryptions to lose the individual into understanding more primative or metaphysical instincts and perceptions. But, The same can be seen for the contrast, indeed the whole. "The Light Side of The Force"? More metaphores that excite the movie experience between the forces of good and evil. Compassion, detachment, sacrifies, and submission to something greater than the individual, The Force. Dare say Even The Will of it? As abstract as Pantheism is to god, Is my own interpretation of “The Will of The Force”. People run and hide, or yell “blasemphy!” at such things. LOL. Some simply reject the notion. Others may include a mix, or simply be, unable to dispel the power of Myth all together.
NYTESHADO
To me the force is an energy field that is a part of everything, living or otherwise. I dont quite know how the field exists or why or even how it can be measured I do know it exists. I have tried many methods to measure the energy with marginal results at best.
I believe it is a separate entity from the divine yet at the same time is some how connected, in what way I am not yet sure. The devine being God in whatever form the reader believes the entity to exist.
The force can be 'drawn' in and used by anyone and its only limitation is the imagination of the user.
QUIMARCHI
To me, the force is many things, it is all within us, and within our surroundings. Sometimes we can tell that is there because we become sensitive as to how it resonates around us. Our body's act like storage to the force, we all get a little bit that it shares with us, and that is how we learn to feel the resonation of it, although, like a grain of sand on a beach, no two grains are the same even though they look like they are. That is how I would describe the more personal side of the 'force' that we have.
To better explain what I mean, I might correct this later. I have poor sentence structure, and I still work on improving it daily.
LUMOS
I feel that the definition set forth by my personal all-time favourite Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi, still pretty much nails it: "The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together."
Although to elaborate a little, I would personally say the Force is everything, and everything that comes into being is a manifestation of the Force. The Force is all the energy of the Universe and man's separation from it is an illusion. The whole Universe in its entirety would be the so called Unifying aspect of the Force and we and all other living beings as manifestations of the Force are the Living aspect. And the smallest aspect is everyone's Personal Force. So the latter two are maybe best described as "holons" or being parts of a larger system and wholes in themselves as well. Because of this, I personally believe that anything is possible. As long as one truly believes it is possible, the Force will make it happen. But I do mean truly believe in the strongest, fullest form of the word. (In that sense I also agree with those saying that the zero-point field might be a good way to define the Force, but only if talking about it in the sense of it being like an ocean and we being drops in it. Lynne McTaggart's "The Field" is a great read on this subject.)
As for the Will of the Force, I believe the Will is essentially the Will of the Universe which is ultimately moving towards greater balance. But that being said, the Will of the Force is still the most difficult aspect of the Force for me to grasp or to define, because I don't feel it is only a natural movement towards balance, but that the Force truly has a certain Will at times, which might or might not be working only towards achieving balance in the bigger picture. And at the same time, one can still maintain a strong connection to the Force and hear or feel the Will of the Force communicating to him/her, leading one to fulfill one's destiny and achieve one's true potential through working in unison with the ways of the Force. And it is not that important to see where the Force is eventually taking You, because if You really trust it and pay attention, everything will work out for the best and balance itself out.(Though it might take time, so patience is required) I guess it is something one does not have to understand in order to do. As said by one of my favourite tv-characters, Charlie Crews from LIfe: "You don't have to understand here to be here."
That feels like enough for now.