Academy:Knowledge

Knowledge

It has been argued that all truth is a matter of aesthetics, but the Jedi know that history of the Universe transcends platitudes like these and is not a matter of negotiation. The Jedi base their power on Truth, with a capital T, so that no man or woman can knock them down without teaching them something.

If you wish to learn quickly, you must allow yourself to fail. When you realize this, you can accelerate your training beyond any adult. When you have power, you hold it only when you wish to accomplish something (like graduate from school), otherwise you use it to challenge any situation, never running from what the Force is trying to tell you -- by placing it right in front of you.

• Staying apprised of Political Dynamics and gaining Acumen.
• Knowledge Above: intuition that gives guidance from above, this comes from the first.
• Mechanical knowledge and skills: without mastering of the tools you use and depend on, you will become their slave. Keep respect for them, but don't be a lazy dependant.
• Knowledge Below: interpreting body language, motions, animals, this comes.

Each of these has their place with the Jedi Master. Knowledge is the only way the Master stays "in the game", so to speak, because it is generated perpetually.

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Secondary students:

Knowledge is power. There are two primary powers to stay in tune with:

• Political power
• Power from mechanical sciences and the tools you use.

By being in tune with political dynamics gives the Jedi intuition from Above -- how to act within the world. With the latter, you be able to interpret the subtle messages from the Spirit and acquire intuition from below. These subtle forces are the body language of humans, behaviors of animals, and the interaction with the world. These two forces keep the Je

What are the forces affecting the power around you? You have parents, what are their dynamics? Things like thenNeed for love and physical affection, concerns about finances and how people feel about them. What will they look like if they can't pay their bills? People aren't that different from each other and ultimately an adult's needs are the same as any kid's -- they just have it in bigger proportion sometimes.

Failure is biggest teacher that you can have. And you can use it to master your world quickly -- so quickly it might frighten you -- but this is just your ancestors being afraid of what they didn't understand. Stay tuned and in your power. It could be a karmic lesson. Don't stay silent unless it helps you stay aware and focussed -- there are forces which can come to aid you if you get too vulnerable. Love and Wisdom are real forces of the universe, but they must be held by consciousness, somewhere. This is the wisdom of the holy name in religion -- it gives power to those forces. It is also the wisdom of the Jedi: to cultivate those forces, so that they remain in power.

Everyone owes these Divine forces and the Jedi somehow, for such time until this world has paradise restored and a civilization so virtuous that it rivals even the beauty of the Earth. Earn your keep and you might get there.

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Apprentices:

Without debt of dependencies, you have all the freedom to become a master. You can put yourself in the way of the action every time and accelerate upon all the dynamics that affect your world. Do you think you can take it? I will be here when you fall, ...except in the final battle.

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