The path of the Shadow Jedi...
We all have a different path in the force, for all things diverse have their own places...However how we walk those paths is up to us.
The same path for one person can be heaven or hell at one time or another. We recognize this as perception, as our minds interpreting life around us to the specifications that have been built into us by the circumstances and experiences of our lives.
The mind is our conduit between the pure energy of life/spirit/force and our Physical being or vehicle...How the energy travels from the physical to the spiritual and vice versa depends on the condition of the conduit...
If the conduit is completely clear than energy will flow naturally back and forth between realms like water creating an equilibrium.
However if the conduit is blocked the energy will not be allowed to pass naturally and will create problems and defeciencies between the two realms...However life will balance itself out and the force will balance itself out in the form of luck and unguided power, but that energy will never be used for the potential and the power it was intended...It will play out and we will walk away from the experience once again the victims of fate or circumstance.
To clear the conduit we must align all of our perceptions so that they allow the energy of pure potential to flow in and out of the material or "Matrix" realm, "Matrix" meaning mother or womb, where the laws of physics apply directly to the amount and direction of energy in our universe.
The process of aligning perceptions is known as unlearning...We must find the perceptions in our lives that allow us to block the energy...they can be simple things such as "That is impossible" or they can be much more complicated and can be linked to the base perceptions of our personality, similar to the person who believes that some people are capable of doing amazing things however they themselves are not, all of these perceptions are intertwined to one root perception that is often instilled by insecurity with their world...The reason people go on quests of knowledge is not for understanding itself, but because of fear and insecurity with their places in the world...rather than accept where they are (and at the same time accept their inherent power as sentient beings with a spirit) they choose to instead quest for understanding that cannot be obtained...The force is not meant to be understood it is meant to be accepted and used for guidance. However getting someone to change these perceptions will be difficult because they are caused by fear...often times fear is the greatest defense mechanism there is on the planet and it is not something to be taken lightly when teaching your students...Fear can destroy them. I have seen it many times and those who are destroyed by their fear often times wish to pull others along with them, "Misery loves company". When approaching the process of unlearning if you discover that your student has deep seeded fear you must approach the situation like you would if you were talking someone down off a ledge while they are suicidal...One of the key principles to stick to when doing this is the simple realization that life is not meant to be theorized about it is meant to be lived...
Doubt, Hesitation, Fear of Failure, these are all defense mechanisms created by the intellect...They are designed to make our world rational...
Human beings have developed rational minds and as a side affect of that they have developed the defense mechanisms necessary to keep it a rational world...I.E. the mind tries to reject anything that cannot be explained rationally...therefore it creates blocks that will not allow that irrationality to seep into life.
People have difficult times accepting the irrational, and they have near impossible times accepting the fact that they have that same irrational and unscientific power.
So what we have done is create a "Rats wheel" to keep ourselves from realizing that we have that power, we run in a circle. We never realize that we are in the wheel because we always seem to be gaining ground and going forward...but in actuality the wheel is just spinning. That is akin to us creating blocks and limitations that keep us from being able to use irrational power...much like the illusion that the rat is going forward.
The rat needs to move off of the wheel to go forward...much the same we need to move off of our wheel to go forward...our wheel is our doubt, hesitation, disbelief. Our very need to look before we leap.
Using the force can be looked at as a leap of faith.
If you let go of your fear, your hesitancy and your disbelief than your mind will no longer be blocked...it will be open and free and energy will flow through it in desperately needed equilibrium and balance...Now you have the power that makes a Jedi, the force is with you...
There is energy in all life and all situations, sometimes it is not our purpose to put out energy, either for physical technique or for radiance of emotion...Sometimes it is the job of Jedi to siphon energy out of a situation and back into the spirit realm.
When energy amasses and gathers at a focal point and than intensifies it naturally expands and when energy violently expands it destroys that which is around it.
This is similar to a Riot, many energies gather and rapidly expand in ever widening violence until they have expanded enough for the energy to have dissipated...
That is when it is our job as Jedi to let the energy flow from the physical realm back into the spirit realm where it is naturally dispersed into the living force.
Our job as Jedi will be ever changing and will always depend on our place with the force...do not become upset if you cannot achieve something you believed to be vital...always remember that in the eyes of the force all is right and nothing can be the "End of the World" that is important to hold on to...whenever all seems out of control pull back and focus on the big picture of the force...we all have our places in it and we must accept that...Our job is to let the light shine into the darkened material realm...To allow life to flourish.
I apologize for the time it took me to get another lecture posted...however I believe that at this time this was the proper thing to write..