A Light Jedi is a person that pursues mastery in mind, body and spirit, in hopes of serving as a benevolent will to power.

I will discuss the mind in this post, though the spirit is always present and applicable.

There is a reason that sunrises and sunsets are so potent and beautiful, they are visually pleasing due to gases in the sky, and they are also hints, in so far of there existence, that it is often in the penumbra, the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque region of the human consciousness as receding into meditation or sleep, that a Light Jedi perceives his mission to devote his life to being a loving and kind agent, caring for the needs of the other human beings.

A Jedi is attuned to his environment.

In matters of art. In matters of spiritual growth for the Jedi.

In film making circles, in the one hour before and after the sun sets, it is known as the "Magic Hour" for it is in this time that colors appear most potent, for the purposes of making films.

Most of my acronyms from my youth are relegated to the word "Assume" and when you Assume anything, you make an "Ass" out of "U" and "me."

In Astronomy it is known as Twilight, not so ironically enough, sunrise, though equal in lighting affordability for the purposes of Film-making , for the making of motion pictures, morning sun awakening is not usually described as the "Magic Hour."

Whether this displays a natural predilection on Hollywood's part on favoring the potency of the cessation of light as opposed to the dawning of light shall be a matter of question for debby downers, and real life seekers like members of the Force Academy who wonder if it is only when the sun sets, things come into focus in truest fashion.

The human body is attuned to a sleep wake cycle that is related to waking up with the appreciation of light and then making us feel drowsy with the cessation of light.

Ergo it takes effort to follow the Light, in the way that it takes effort to resist morpheus steadfast embrace.

One thing about the hours in our lives when the sun is rising or setting is:

Light Jedi live emotionally and spiritually, metaphorically, in these magic sunset and sunrise times, emotionally speaking, for in the appreciation of beauty at it's most powerful potential, we are able to view all that we encounter within the blessed raimnant potentiality - that is every person a Light Jedi may encounter, is first projected viewed as the greatest person they could ever be, the most loving and kind and giving person that the other could ever be, and later they are viewed the same.

Take your greatest love, your greatest accomplishment and give it unto the other. Love the other with all your life and power.

Every person you meet is a member of the human family and is hence harnessing and using the same energy.

It is the time when things are in direct transit, and when things appear not only real, but with a glow of the super-real, the light from the sun plays upon reality in a way that heightens the senses and spirit, and both times last only a half hour each day.

Although there are many interpretations of what encompasses the mind, there is little doubt that a Jedi must achieve mastery of his emotions, while simultaneously not falling into the trap of burying one's emotions while believing that she is achieving emotional mastery through ignoring and layering over the emotions and padding it with a defacto and manufactured "happy" or "remourseful" response to a given situation.

The movies excite us, and we are called to emulate the examples of selflessness as exemplified by the Jedi in mythology, yet, simultaneously, we must also separate fact from fiction as it is pertinent to our own individual emotional health.

Many self help manuals espouse the power of positive thinking, and there is much of value to be gained from such texts, but ultimately, emotional health, resides in the free acceptance and acknowledgement of the emotions we experience as human beings.

Particularly for a Light Jedi, which is the hardest of paths due to the premium placed upon assuming the role of moral judge, as Light Jedi are always on stage.

LIGHT JEDI ARE ALWAYS ON STAGE.

When we lay down to sleep,

The acceptance of emotions includes the dark thoughts, the selfish thoughts, the weird dreamlike images, the images that appear in the twilight between sleep and wakefulness. The thoughts that appear at random, the thoughts that make one feel despair or joy in regard to people, ideas, philosophies and things in one's life.

Scary times in the night!

At least, I am often scared at night, thinking about my life and clock running out on it. A natural and beloved fear, for it reminds us that our lives and character are defined by how we use the time we are given, Gandalf's reminder of blessed mortality.

Do you not feel the awareness of death?

Do you as a hopeful Light Jedi realize that love for the other and you ability as a Light Jedi to be a guardian of peace and justice is irretrievably linked to what you feel late at night alone in your room, in the dark, with only your heart to guide you?

HENCE,

Emotional Definition.

An integral part of a Light Jedi's training is to become comfortable and loving of oneself in our deepest private moments, in our moments of silence when the CYCLES AND CHARYBDIS*, of the day recedes and along with the last lips of the sun's defiant rays, as night descents and blackness arrives and the Jedi is alone and in the dark, when the nature of feeling starts to bubble to the surface, the Jedi of the Light is called to an important act of self forgiveness.

Being ok in the dark. Being, "just fine."

When the Jedi is falling asleep, cycling through the thoughts of the day, the day and the month and the life, there is the temptation of interagency, that is, confusing the feelings one, as a Light Jedi, is experiencing as evidence of declaration or observance of any set of beliefs whether Light, Shadow or Dark.

No, no, there is a feeling of fear and wonder....

There was a Jedi Master named Mr. Miyagi, you might have observed his exploits in a movie called "The Karate Kid."

The Jedi was, in real life, portrayed by the wonderful actor Pat Morita, "TAXI" references not withstanding.

He said to his student, Daniel, "If it come from inside you, it is always ok."

This could, on the surface become easily embroiled in the classic debate on the origins of evil, the nature of free will and, of course, the importance of personal responsibility.

That is not the point of this specific overture on my part as germane to the emotional health of the Jedi Knight.

As we have seen in the mythology, it was Anakin Skywalker's inability to reconcile his emotions for Padme, particularly in the area relevant to embracing the transitory nature of life that bears particular attention.

Though the Jedi Order's amazing lack of basic human emotional insight contributed to his lack of proper stewardship given that he was but a sexually potent man in love with a woman and not brought us as tabula rasa, like most aspirants, but rather a human being with mother issues.

He was but a wonderful man in love.

His love for his woman twisted and used for he wanted his beloved to triumph natural death.

Anakin thought only of the sunset, and disregarded the sunrise, he championed temporal quantity, over quality.

Get to know Anakin Skywalker. For the character is you and I, me and you.

And let's get down to emotional definitions.

Since I have already mentioned the romance of the negative we shall start there.

Discomfort

Fear

Hurt

Anger

Frustration

Disappointment

Guilt

Inadequacy

Overload/Overwhelm

Loneliness.

In response, for the Light Jedi are:

Love and Warmth

Appreciation and Grattitude

Curiosity

Excitement and Passion

Determination

Flexibility

Confidence

Cheerfulness

Vitality

Contribution.

Please think of these words, and what they mean to you in the course of your spiritual development.

May Mary Keep You, and may you remember that if you miss 9 meals, you will still have to be a Light Jedi.

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Taoist afterward:

Chapter 13 Tao Te Ching

Success is dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.

What does it mean that success is dangerous as failure? Whether you go up the latter or down it, your position is shaky. When you stand with your two feet on the ground, You will always keep your balance.

What does it mean that hope is as hollow as fear? Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self what do we have to fear?

See the world as yourself. Have faith in the way things are. Love the world as yourself; then you can care for all things.

Catholic Afterward:

There are two sides to fatalism: pessimism, which expects the worst, and optimism, which presumes the best. “Whoever thinks he is standing secure should take care not to fall” (1Cor. 10:12). In contrast to both, is the virtue of hope, which trusts that God will not fail us if we do not fail Him. The crucifixion of the world’s one innocent man was the worst crime in history, but it was not a meaningless tragedy, because it brought good out of evil. Those who are “crucified with Christ” through daily trials are not tragic heroes, but saints. St. Basil says: “Here is man’s greatness, here is man’s glory and majesty: to know in truth what is great, to hold fast to it, and to seek glory from the Lord of glory.”