Knowing Thyself

by: Jedi Mystic & Moderator Velarius

“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge” "Know Thyself" --Plato

I wanted to talk a little bit about Jedi Discipline and where the seeds of our actoins should be if we are following the path of the Jedi. Plato said that human behavior tends to come from desire, emotion, or knowledge. We as Jedi must understand this for many reasons. An important yet background reason for understanding this is if we understand the desires and emotional tendencies of others we will better be able to understand and predict thier actions.

This, however, is not the main point of understanding where our actions as people come from. As Jedi we know that we should train to understand our own desires and attachments so that we may act not out of base lusts or emotional outbursts, but from the core of our being, the part that has the deepest connection to the force, and the part that acts out of the best knowledge we have in a given situation. We as Jedi then must practice the doctrine of "Know Thyself." We must understand and probe the depths of our own beings, we must understand our so called "hot buttons" and find harmony with our own deepest fears.

When we understand the root of our own fears and attachments we can train ourselves to act out of knowledge and not from desire and emotion. This has a multifold benefit including deepening our relationship with both loved ones and strangers because we can move past our own blockages and love and support others, as well as allowing us as Jedi to make a small difference wherever we can.

May the Force Be With Us All,

Jedi Velarius

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