Focus Determines Reality
by: Jedi KidohdinQUI-GON: Always remember, your focus determines your reality. -Episode IDiscussion:
Qui-Gon was not allowed to train Anakin. The Jedi Council had not approved his request, at that point, but Anakin was allowed to stay with him and watch him. Qui-Gon told Anakin that his focus would determine his reality. He would become that which he desired and dreamed for.
This reminds me of the story of Grey Owl, British born Archie Belaney, who became a Native American. The story took place back in the 1930's. One day he was being awarded by a Sioux Chief for his literary contributions to Native Americans. Few people knew that he was a white man at that time, and the Sioux's had never seen him in person. Anyhow, when he walked into the large tee pee the main Sioux Chief stood before him and greeted him.
The Chief kept on looking at him and studying him for quite a few moments, and finally busted out laughing. Grey Owl didn't need to tell him that he wasn't Native American by birth because the Chief saw it. Soon everyone in the entire tee pee busted out laughing. They were enjoying the irony and paradox of the most famous Indian of their time being a white man! After the initial shock, the Native Americans embraced him as one of their own.
The Chief removed an intricately beaded neckpiece from around his own neck and placed it around the neck of Grey Owl, which symbolized his being truly one with the Native Americans and a worthy spokesman for them. He then said, "Men become what they dream. You have dreamed well." There are many `white' Native Americans now and many people from all over the world have adopted the Native American religion as their own.
Here is another quote that applies: "We are what we think; as we desire so do we become! By our thoughts, desires, and habits, we either ascend to the full divine dignity of our nature, or we descend to suffer and learn." - J. Todd Ferrier
I think this all applies to Jediism. By our focus, our dreams, our thoughts, and our desires we eventually become that which we desire and long for.
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