For the Jedi the conscience is an essential part of oneself that must be enhanced to a universal level of consciousness.

One way to accomplish this is to meditate on two facets of a Jedi's perogative.

1. The mission to lead one's life as a true guardian of peace and justice.

and

2. To gain a trans-moral conscience -a conscience that transcends the ethnic, political, social, class, financial, social, physical, spiritual, religious and emotional differences between all human beings. A Light Jedi is charged with viewing the entire human race as members of one's family.

This may sound unrealistic on a practical level, however, holy men, shamans, monks, Saints and martial artists have been able to incorporate such a seemingly lofty belief structure harmoniously into their day to day living throughout world history.

It is not so hard really to view anyone you meet as a family member.

A Jedi seeks out the highest possible potential in all that he or she encounters, one does not just meet a person, but focuses on the greatest possibility of the person met.

In mythology, the Jedi are guardians of peace and justice, not just in their home planet, but in the entire galaxy and regularly encounter and engage in diplomacy with not just human beings of different beliefs and traditions, but other species of sentient life.

The planet earth is crowded, and getting more crowded all the time. Yet the peace inside- accumulated through meditation and contemplative prayer can create a boundary of peace that surrounds oneself and spreads through one's intentions and actions.

To be effective as a Light Jedi you must be a gardener of just behavior. You must first and foremost cultivate it in yourself, one moment at a time, and then when dealing with others, become a careful, loving and patient observer of human behavior, in effect the decisions made of others. A Light Jedi is not concerned with the shape of things, the masks people wear, the uniforms and artifice that encapsulate the other, rather the way they move and interact within the dance of energy that surrounds all living things.

When meditating focus on an image of the planet earth, your home, take yourself out of the fray of human interactions and relax and breath. Look down at earth and say a little prayer or mantra "this is my family, everyone I meet is worthy of dignity and love, please guide me higher self in being a steward of the Force in myself and others."

Always pray for wisdom.

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