Jedi in everyday Life
The Straight Path
Being a Jedi does not necessarily involve adventure, excitement, lightsaber battles, and levitation with the Force. Some students of the Force enter into their training either expecting, or fantasizing about these, which can lead to disappointment.
Being a Jedi may be difficult, but it certainly isn't complicated. At least, it is not meant to be. Simplicity is the way of the Jedi: a straight path with little distraction. Like sculpting with clay, do not add the clay. Strip away what is not needed, until you find the core.
Dissatisfaction
During your everyday life, do you often feel unhappy? Frustrated? Dissatisfied with a certain turn of events? If you answered 'yes', then you are a ver y normal individual. We all have these feelings, and you must learn to accept them. A metaphor I often use when teaching a lesson about the Force is of a leaf floating down a stream. If you push the leaf, it will sink. If you hold it back, the stream will flow on without it. If you let it be, then it will continue with the flow, and nothing can bother it.
Don't hold back your emotions. Don't push them away. Just accept things as they are. Then you can feel the peacefulness that the Force offers.
Look Up
Where does the rain come from? Where do you here the crash of thunder? From where does the sun shine? Where to the clouds rest? In which direction do the trees and plants grow?
Up. The answer to all these questions is 'up'. So what is my point? My point is simply this: look up once in a while, if not all the time. Understand that while we are amazing creatures, there is still something much greater than ourselves. Understanding this is a lesson in humility.
If you asked a child, "Which way is heaven?" where would he or she point?
Bow
Like all martial artists who bow to their teachers, one should bow to their creator. A Jedi is not a slave to the Force, nor is the Force a slave to a Jedi. They are partners. They are one. A Jedi's strength is not his own. It is borrowed in a sense. Which is why one should learn to return the favor. Offer yourself to it, and it will offer itself to you. Bow to it, and it will bow back.
The Spiritual Life
You may or may not know that leading a spiritual life is very difficult. It is easy to just sit around and watch television all day. It is easy to eat unhealthy food. It is easy to listen only to your own needs. However, it is difficult to keep learning, and to attain wisdom. It is difficult to take good care of your body. It is difficult to think of another, before yourself.
That is why becoming a Jedi is a great accomplishment. Do not expect anyone's help. Do not expect someone to support your way of life, because more frequently, you will not receive it. The life of a Jedi can be a lonely one, because the Jedi's path is based on self-discovery. No one can assist you better than yourself on a journey of self-discovery.
...Jedi Streen
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