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fandomhigh2022-09-09 10:58 am
unusual_sith) wrote in fandomhigh2022-09-09 10:58 am
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"Welcome back, everybody." Today the desks had been moved aside to clear a spot on the floor. "Today we're going to start with one of the first things every Sith learns. It's also popular in a number of other philosophies both in my galaxy and here on Earth - meditation."
She gestured to them all to join her. "Traditionally, you kneel." She demonstrated. "But if you find sitting more comfortable, you can do that instead. Comfort is not a consideration when learning to be Sith; if you're too comfortable, you're probably doing something wrong. But I'm not teaching you to be Sith, so it's up to you if you would rather experience it more realistically or simply conceptualize it.
"Some versions of meditation I've looked into, the idea is to be comfortable because you want to forget your body, to look outside of it, to not center yourself. Sith meditation is more about connecting with yourself, knowing everything about yourself, and then connecting specifically to your emotions. Focusing them, enhancing them, so you can use them later. Traditionally, focusing on your discomfort, your anger. Using it to gather up the Force, to make it do what you need it to. It needs to be a state that you can fall into at a moment's notice."
She smiled. "Again, I don't expect you to do that. Even those who are learning to be Sith can take weeks or months to refine their meditation enough for it to be useful. But if you're comfortable with that, try it. Ask me questions if you have them. If not, let's talk about why not. Let's discuss why you feel uncomfortable with the idea, and what an alternative might be."
She gestured to them all to join her. "Traditionally, you kneel." She demonstrated. "But if you find sitting more comfortable, you can do that instead. Comfort is not a consideration when learning to be Sith; if you're too comfortable, you're probably doing something wrong. But I'm not teaching you to be Sith, so it's up to you if you would rather experience it more realistically or simply conceptualize it.
"Some versions of meditation I've looked into, the idea is to be comfortable because you want to forget your body, to look outside of it, to not center yourself. Sith meditation is more about connecting with yourself, knowing everything about yourself, and then connecting specifically to your emotions. Focusing them, enhancing them, so you can use them later. Traditionally, focusing on your discomfort, your anger. Using it to gather up the Force, to make it do what you need it to. It needs to be a state that you can fall into at a moment's notice."
She smiled. "Again, I don't expect you to do that. Even those who are learning to be Sith can take weeks or months to refine their meditation enough for it to be useful. But if you're comfortable with that, try it. Ask me questions if you have them. If not, let's talk about why not. Let's discuss why you feel uncomfortable with the idea, and what an alternative might be."
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Lana nodded. "In part it's similar - meditation can be a way to focus on the past and look at it from different angles, figure out where you went wrong. Peace would be more a Jedi focus, though; you'd be better off asking Dean Skywalker about that. And there are no words in meditation, necessarily. You can meditate on, say, the Code, or some specific phrase if you like, but you can also meditate on nothing at all."