"Right and wrong, good and evil, light and dark most of the time, they are illusions that prevent us from perceiving the greater reality. The Jedi have learned to distance themselves from these illusions, to seek the truth beneath the words"
This is one of the hardest lessons I have studied and possibly the hardest to conquer. We are so wound up in our lives that sometimes we get caught up in the “Right and Wrong” of things. Some say that “Good and Evil” do not exist except in our quest to qualify that which we may have done against another and causes us to question our motives. The “Light and the Dark” are constantly at odds in the struggle for dominance.
I have presented a theory that states that there are 5 sides to every conflict and that it is like the samurai sword. They are: Your side (sharp edge), my side (blunt side), people who agree with you more (right side of blade), and people who agree with me more (the left side of the blade). The fifth side is the side in which I feel the above quote represents. The fifth side is from the perspective of the one who swung the sword. It is the Truth above all else, the actual event that occurred that you and I are arguing over.
My theory contains more that this simple explanation, but the theory is not the point of this sermon. The point is that in all events and in every day of our lives, we as Jedi must always strive to look at the world through the eyes of the Force, the one who swung the sword. Do not get caught up in the words and emotion of the event. Do not hear the words, and then place your own meaning to them. Listen to the words, the emotions, the context for which the words were spoken, and view them from a distance. See all possible “Sides”, and then choose the Truth.
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Thank you...;)
And wonderful sermon, and thank you for sharing :p
thank you
Interesting...
The Master doesn't try to be powerful;
thus he is truly powerful.
The ordinary man keeps reaching for power;
thus he never has enough. The Master does nothing,
yet he leaves nothing undone.
The ordinary man is always doing things,
yet many more are left to be done. The kind man does something,
yet something remains undone.
The just man does something,
and leaves many things to be done.
The moral man does something,
and when no one responds
he rolls up his sleeves and uses force. When the Tao is lost, there is goodness.
When goodness is lost, there is morality.
When morality is lost, there is ritual.
Ritual is the husk of true faith,
the beginning of chaos. [b]Therefore the Master concerns himself
with the depths and not the surface,
with the fruit and not the flower.
He has no will of his own.
He dwells in reality,
and lets all illusions go.[/b]
Fool is the one who says he found it.
(or something like that)
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Thank you Master for this sermon
the Force moved me to ask this question.
What about the sixth perception?
If the first perception is what I believe. The second perception is what you believe and the 3rd and 4th are what others believe. The truth being the fifth, the one who drew the sword. Wouldn't the sixth be the one who or which (receives the blow) lies/deceives/evil to begin with. Thus the light as a reference to being truth carves into darkness. Therefore making (motivating) the 1st thru the 4th perception ultimately combine to create the force necessary for the 5th (the truth) to be drawn(found) to overcome the 6th/darkness (lies/deceit/evil)...
But then if there is not a 1st or 2nd perception there would not be any other subsequent perceptions. Which means everyone agrees. If everyone agrees then the truth is not found. It takes all sides of a sword to create the force/motivation to draw the sword (seek the truth) in order to (find the truth/ light) use the sword to destroy the darkness/evil.