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=The Nature of the Force= (By Sam)(ael) (Return to Teachings)

Think of the force as energy. We are all made out of energy in the end. Everything that you can see, smell, touch, taste, or trip over is made up of energy. Every emotion, feeling, and thought is energy as well. Now imagine that you are deep underwater and that the water is this energy. "the force" only if you move the water ripples, if you think it ripples very small, if you feel love the water fills up with light and ripples outward, if you focus on anger, fear, or hatred the water turns dark with inky swirling darkness trembling. This is in a way how the force works for everyone. Each person goes about their lives making ripples in the force. They are a part of it, and it is a part of them. This is not new. This is how it has always been. Even animals and rocks can be felt through the force if you learn to open yourself to the force and recognize the 'ripples'. All life is especially strong in the force, but the most powerful are the sentient being. Like all things Some are stronger in the force than others but all are at least a little sensitive to the force and with training that sensitivity can be sharpened immensley.
 * __Discuss the nature of the force__**:

__**Life and the Force**__: All life is a part of the force which is why life is so precious.

"luminous being we are, not this crude matter" -Yoda-

That means, once again, that we are expressions of energy. Everything we see is energy picked up by our eyes thanks to light energy, and everything we taste is an expression of energy. Atoms covered in electrons combined in this way or that. The emotions of others affect the force in this way or that as do their thoughts and feelings, and the thoughts, feelings, and emotions their actions generate. This literally makes our thoughts, feelings, and emotions real things. On the same level as our bodies though more elusive to see. That is why understanding and gaining control of all of these aspects is important. Not only can it make you very powerful and deeply strong inside but it will teach you the ability to create your own reality. Qui-gonn said it this way: "where your thoughts dwell, your reality is headed."

__**Midiclorians**__: Midiclorians are tiny organisms that live inside your cells and the cells of all living things. This relationship is beneficial for both since neither could live without the other. Midiclorians are sensitive to the force. It is through them that we can feel the force. Life would not exist without them. They continually speak to us telling us the will of the force.

This is the starwars version. How true? Well to be absolutely honest these Midi-clorians sound a lot like midochondria. Regardless, tiny organisms inside of us generat all of the energy we use and it is safe to say that they probably take part in our interactions with the force. Likewise it is safe to say that some are a great deal more powerful with the force than other force users and that this is not something that we can change, however we can learn to sharpen out abilities, and all of us have them.

__**Will of the Force**__: The force is an infinite mystery. The more we learn, the more we find how much we still don't know. There is a will of the force an it can guide you if you learn to quiet your mind and let the force flow through you. This 'will' always protects and guides you though you may not always understand how. The end result though is that it always takes you along the best possible course to success you perhaps weren't even aiming for. The philosophy behind the will of the force goes on, and on. This is the key point: Let the force flow through you and surrender yourself to it. As you learn this your understanding and trust will grow and you will become truely great. We speak of the will of the force as you would speak of the will of the sea. There is much that we still do not understand. But it's tendancies are unerring. It is possible that all of our collective minds, energies, and personalities in one create the will of the force. The light side and the dark side. That may in the end be why surrender to it's will creates the best results. Because on at least some level even your enemies have chosen the path you walk and therfore cannot stand against it.

__**The Parallel of the Force**__: The force does not operate by laws and principles we can easily grasp. For instance it's power is infinite, but how much a person can grasp depends on the person. The force also generates energy to match our own. As we tire we can only draw on the force less and less. As soon as we are rested the full power of the force returns. If we lose control of ourselves we lose control of the force. Only when we surrender fully to the force will it surrender it's full powers to us. When you are full of emotional energy the force fills with it as well around you.

Further Philosophy points to the wierd paradoxes produced by the force. Often when Jedi describe their use of the force pulling produces pushing, everything seems to be part of one undivided organism, and peace at times is overwhelming. The restrictions on what the force can do seem to be mainly in our own minds and so..... One should never underestimate the force.

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