12 Jedi Sanctuary Teachings
1. A calm mind
can be achieved through meditation and contemplation:
Yoda: "Concentrate,
feel the Force flow. Yes, good, calm, yes." –Episode V Yoda: You will
know. When you are calm, at peace, passive. -Episode V Yoda: "Control,
control. You must learn control." -Episode V
2. Living in
the present: not having stress about the future or the past. Focusing
on today:
Qui-Gon: "Keep
your concentration here and now where it belongs." Obi-Wan: "Master
Yoda says I should be mindful of the future." Qui-Gon: "But not at the
expense of the moment." -Episode I Qui-Gon: "Concentrate on the moment."
-Episode I
3. Feeling the
Living Force flowing around you. Being spiritually aware of the Force:
Yoda: "You must
feel the Force around you." –Episode V Obi-Wan: "Be mindful of the Living
Force my young Padawan."-Episode I Obi-Wan: "A Jedi can feel the Force
flowing through him." –Episode IV Yoda: "Reach out. Sense the Force
around you." -Episode II
4. Using and
trusting your feelings and intuition:
Obi-Wan: "Stretch
out with your feelings." –Episode IV Obi-Wan: "Trust your feelings,
Luke." -Episode IV. Shmi: "What does your heart tell you?" –Episode
I Qui-Gon: "Feel, don't think. Use your instincts." –Episode I Yoda:
"Use your feelings, you must." -Episode II Yoda: "Use your feeling,
Obi-Wan, and find him you will." -Episode III
5. Being mindful
of your thoughts. Keeping your thoughts positive:
Obi-Wan: "Anakin,
you're focusing on the negative again. Be mindful of your thoughts."
–Episode II Qui-Gon: "Don't center on your anxiety, Obi-Wan." –Episode
I Obi-Wan: "Be mindful of your thoughts Anakin. They'll betray you."
–Episode II Mace Windu: "Be mindful of your feelings." -Episode I Qui-Gon:
"Remember: Your focus determines your reality." -Episode I
6. Living the
Jedi virtues: peace, patience, compassion, justice, and honor:
Obi-Wan: "For
over a thousand generations the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace
and justice in the Old Republic." –Episode IV Obi-Wan: "Be patient Luke."
-Episode IV Obi-Wan: "He will learn patience." –Episode V Qui-Gon: "We
shall have patience." -Episode I Yoda: "A Jedi must have the deepest
commitment, the most serious mind."–Episode V Anakin: "Compassion -
is central to a Jedi's life." –Episode II Mace Windu: "The Jedi are
keepers of the peace." -Episode II
7. Protecting
others if possible:
Yoda: "A Jedi
uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack." –Episode
V Yoda: "Around the remaining Jedi, a perimeter you will make." –Episode
II Qui-Gon: "Your Highness, it is our pleasure to continue to serve
and protect you." –Episode I Qui-Gon: "I cannot fight a war for you,
Your Highness, only protect you." –Episode I
8. Jedi are aware
of, and avoid the 4 vices that lead to the dark side; Fear, Anger, Aggression,
and Hate:
Yoda: "Anger,
fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they." -Episode V Obi-Wan:
"Luke, don't give in to hate. That leads to the dark side." -Episode
V Yoda: "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to Anger. Anger
leads to Hate. Hate leads to suffering." -Episode I Yoda: “The fear
of loss is a path to the dark side.” -Episode III
9. Jedi stay
physically fit in order to accomplish their mission in life:
Yoda: "Run! Yes.
A Jedi's strength flows from the Force."(Yoda giving Luke physical training)-Episode
V Obi-Wan: "Run, Luke. Run!" -Episode IV
10. Trusting
in the will of the Force and accepting the fact that nothing happens
by accident. The Force has a plan for every soul in the Universe and
its called ‘Destiny’; this plan is in the soul's best interest:
Qui-Gon: "Finding
him was the will of the Force...I have no doubt of that." -Episode I
Qui-Gon: "Nothing happens by accident." -Episode I Obi-Wan: "In my experience,
there's no such thing as luck." –Episode IV
11. Jedi work
on 'letting go' of attachments and train themselves on this.
Yoda: "Attachment
leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is." -Episode III Yoda:
"Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose." -Episode
III
12. Jedi believe
that the soul survives death, and Jedi do not mourn those who pass:
Yoda: "Death
is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform
into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not." -Episode III
Yoda: "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter." -Episode V Yoda:
"One who has returned from the netherworld of the Force to train me,
your old Master, Qui-Gon Jinn." -Episode III Yoda: "Twilight is upon
me and soon night must fall. That is the way of things...the way of
the Force." -Episode VI
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