SITH?

As it was explained to me and how I kind of take it is that
We seek power and the attainment of our passions, we follow our own moral code that each us as an individual (individualism seems a big deal with Sith) writes for ourselves.
As I kind of, maybe sorta, understand it, being Sith can't be truly taught, only learned.

Hopefully I'm not TOO off course with that and look like an idiot

So, as a martial artist, I had a school I taught at...

Now, there are many schools in town, but, lets say there were two...

One taught by a white american, and another taught by an asian... (american asian, or whatever)...

Where would you prefer to learn?

Of course, initially, you might think the asian... But you should look at his training lineage, shouldnt you?

And, if his teacher was the white guy, then maybe go to the source of the ttraining...

Same for us...

We love Star Wars and the movies, and the mythology...

However, we are looking for a purer source of the knowledge...

Lucas brought it into our lives, but where did he get it? Little bit from Campbell, sure, but there was knowledge before that, right?

And on and on...

At a certain point, we take for granted the knowledge passed to us, from those before us...

And, once we get to the point where we cant go back any further, we start looking in ever expanding circles for more info...

This is why we have left the fiction...

We are started following the knowledge back up the pipe...

Whereas some are happy with the fiction, and see no reason to question it...

(Ooo, like Christians?, lol, just playing...)

Whyte Horse wrote: Then when you come to TOTJO they say that the sith are basically selfish people... so basically 90% of Americans are sith; they place individual material gain above all else and pray at the altar of the bank teller.

Please, show me where we this is stated....

I can't remember where I saw it, maybe in the forums. It says that sith follow the easy path seeking power etc rather than helping others or something like that.

So the sith seek power and follow their own moral code?

Well I consider myself Sith and that is what I do
Who knows, maybe I'm wrong...but I don't care

Well, context would be good...

Was it a Sith, or a troll....

Was is said in a "although it would appear that" kinda way....

Jedi are too, in that we work on self development ...

Its a fine line...

I have watched this thread grow over the last few days and there is one point that seems to elude me…

During the summer when it is 110° F and the sun is bearing down on everything, scorching the Earth to a crisp… White Oak, Live Oak, Cottonwood or Pine… as long as the tree produces shade to be had; I don’t care what it’s called.

It's still a tree.

I think i just might possibly be getting what you are saying

The truest person is not dark. They are not light. They are just them.
They are secure enough about themselves to know that is all they need to be.

They're who enlightened/endarkened and it is what gives them their power and the wisdom to use it.