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About the Jedi Council
The Jedi Council is a placid guild, dedicated to preserving Peace and Justice, through the following codes.
"There is no emotion; there is peace.
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge. There is no passion; there is serenity. There is no death; there is the Force. To use the Force the Jedi must remain at harmony with it. To act in dissonance depletes his power. The Force is created and sustained by life. The Jedi acts to preserve life. To kill is wrong. Often killing is necessary and unavoidable. The Jedi may kill in self-defense or in the defense of others. He may kill if, by doing so, he preserves the existance of life. But he must know, always, that killing is wrong. When he kills, he commits a crime against the Force. Though he may know that he does so for the greater good, and the greater good justifies his act, he also knows that the death remains as a stain upon his spirit. The Jedi does not act for personal gain, of wealth or of power. He acts to gain knowledge; to sustain freedom, life and learning; to defeat those who would impose tyranny, death and ignorance. Where wealth and power is needed to achieve the goals set for the Jedi, wealth is needed to purchase material; power is required to obtain the help of others. The Jedi is not interested in wealth and power for its material benefits and advantages, and will surrender it once the goals are achieved. A Jedi never acts from hatred, anger, fear or aggression. A Jedi must act when he is calm, at peace with the Force. To act from anger is to court the Dark Side, to risk everything for which the Jedi stands. Does the Force use the Jedi, or does the Jedi use the Force? To use the Force, one must be at harmony with it. Only when calm, at peace, can one act with assurance of control. When one is at harmony with the universe, one acts as one must maintain harmony. The will and the Force are one; the actor and the acted upon, the same. There is no contradiction: there is unity. That is the path of Light. There is another - 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 force are one. That is the choice of the Jedi: serenity or hatred; peace or war; calm 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. |
