The Jedi Code

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1. There is no emotion, there is peace.

We as Jedi experience the world through our six senses: namely, sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste and Force. We are a conduit for the Force, and have no more to do with causing the emotions we sense than an electrical cord does with creating current. Nor is Force sense an emotion, though it may trigger feelings within us. Our mission as Light Jedi, if one chooses to call it that, is to help our fellow beings via finding positive solutions to problems. Compassion and love are key to this, and are part of a Jedi's nature. However, these are not so much emotions as they are CHOICES.

Compassion is the art of putting oneself in the place of another in order to understand that person and his/her situation better. It is easy to mistake this for pity, but the two are very different things. Compassion is active, whereas pity is passive. Likewise, we choose whether or not to feel hatred, fear, anger and/or aggression. And each choice we make has its own set of consequences, for good or ill.

The mark of a true Jedi is peace - peace with self and with the world around him/her -peace gained through knowledge, understanding, discipline and self-control. Self-control is perhaps the most difficult skill to master. Yes, we are human beings - by definition driven by emotions and sensory triggers. But we are also Jedi, who are learning to control our emotions and reactions. There is nothing wrong with feelings. However, by allowing those feelings and reactions to get out of control, our effect as Jedi is diminished. By learning balance, moderation and control, we learn and grow in the Force.

2. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.

To get to the heart of this statement, we as Jedi are in tune with the living Force all around us, and it will show us the knowledge we need when we need it. Different Jedi have different strengths - some may be prescients, able to predict the future to some extent. Others may have a gift for empathy, others for Force healing, others for telepathy, others for telekinesis, and so on. I myself have found myself able to describe people, given only names, on the basis of Force knowledge obtained during a light state of meditation. I have also read people, and told them things I could not possibly know in any other way but through the Force. I have sent and received thoughts and emotions through the Force. And as you grow, you will discover your own abilities, and learn to develop them. A Jedi does not boast of his/her own abilities, and I certainly do not mean to say the above through boasting, but only as a statement of fact. Suffice it to say that when I have needed the knowledge, it came to me through the Force. Knowledge permeates the Force, waiting only to be heard by ears sensitive to its voice. Since we as Jedi have those ears, we have no excuse for being ignorant...it only requires opening yourself to the Force and searching it for the answers you seek. The answers will be revealed to you.

3. There is no passion, there is serenity.

Likewise, this refers to control of emotions and reactions. This also indicates control of behavior stemming from out-of-control emotions. A serene person will not be as apt to obsess, to engage in violent or excessive behavior, nor to become depressed, as his/her thoughts are centered, balanced and controlled.

4. There is no death, there is the Force.

As part of the living Force all around us, we follow the cycle destined for all life. We are born, we live, and we die. All power and life comes from the Force, and all power and life eventually goes back to the Force. The goal of a Jedi is to become one with the Force. Some very enlightened persons have been able to live on the worldly and the spiritual plane at one and the same time. For others, the spiritual existence follows this earthly one. As a Christian, I believe that oneness with the Force means a close association with the Divine, as in complete and total knowledge of the Divine. Other people hold different beliefs, depending upon their faiths and life experiences which form their schemata.

Each person has a "death dream" which guides the subconscious on its way into the hereafter at the moment of death, although as Caledvolc has stated, some people (such as many of Turkey's earthquake victims) need a bit of help. There are many different places in the afterlife that people may go, depending upon what their views of the afterlife, or "death dreams" may be. In almost every recorded case of Near Death Experiences, or NDE, people have returned to this plane of existence with moving tales of being completely enfolded in peace, love and understanding, a prolonged moment of cosmic time in which everything in life becomes a shining, perfect whole. For that moment, these people have had complete understanding of life and a clear vision of the big picture. In every case, their lives were changed. They became aware of a whole other plane of existence. They started truly caring for and helping others. They started to value all life, if they had not before. And they started telling others what they had seen and experienced.

We as Jedi have a knowledge of that Force already, which is accessible to us for the asking. We know that there is no death, no ending of existence, merely transformation. Life is an eternal cycle, of which nothing is dispensable or valueless. It is our purpose to show others our knowledge of the Force, to live as beacons of the Light, and to foster peace, love and understanding in others.

May the Force be with you, and may you rest in the love and care of the Divine.

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