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The path of Darkness
There is another path of the Force - the path of Darkness.
The universe is an angry morass of power. To release that power, one must harness
one's basest emotions: hate, anger, fear, agression. By releasing one's own anger,
one releases the anger of eternity. Only when filled with hate, can one perform the
most hateful of acts. The will and the Force are one. That is the choice of the Jedi:
serenity or hatred, peace or anger, freedom or tyranny, learning or power, the Light
or the Darkness. Because the use of the Force and the way the Force uses its user
are one, the choice is inescapable. A Jedi who starts down the path of the Dark Side
will forever be dominated by it. That is why the Jedi must follow a strict code.
To use the Force, the Jedi must remain at harmony with it. To act in dissonance depletes one's power.
The Force is created and sustained by life. The Jedi acts to preserve life. To kill is wrong.
Yet it is often necessary to kill. The Jedi may kill in self defense or the defense of others.
You may kill if, by doing so, life is preserved.
But you must know, always, that killing is wrong.
When you kill, you commit a crime against the Force. Though you may know that you do so
for the greater good, and the greater good justifies your act, you must also know that the
death remains as a stain upon your spirit.
The Jedi does not act for personal gain,
of wealth or of power. You must act to gain knowledge, to sustain freedom, life, and learning,
to defeat those who would impose tyranny, death and ignorance.
Sometimes, wealth
or power is needed to achieve the Jedi's goals. Money is required for the purchase of goods,
power is required to obtain the help of others. To achieve one's goals, a Jedi may obtain wealth
or power, but is not interested in it for its own sake, and will surrender it once those goals are achieved.
A Jedi never acts from hatred, anger, fear or aggression. A Jedi must act when calm, at peace with the Force.
To act from anger is to court the Dark Side, to risk everything for which the Jedi stand.
...Jedi Master Yoda and Jedi Mitth'raw'nurida
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