teachings,+Codes

Codes
(By Darth Draconis)

Almost anything can be a tool of learning. Such things as codes are not useful in and of themselves, nor do I believe it is productive for an individual to blindly follow the tenets of any code. However, codes of philosophies and of spiritual paths - like the Sith Code, for example - are useful in that they usually focus on a certain school of thought, and the useful product of codes - the interpretations - are usually formed in a parallel, or close to parallel, school of thought to that of the code itself. Even if your interpretation is that a line or entire code is false, you are providing reasons as to why you see it as false. As a result, if you take the time to interpret such things as the codes often found in communities of Jedi and Sith you will be forming or offering already formed interpretations pertaining to a school of thought the code in question pertains to. And I don't limit this to just Jedi and Sith codes.

I think interpretations are often the framework of academic and/or philosophical learning, and as such they are useful in every since, not just in regard to spiritual or philosophical codes. However, I would theorize that since codes are oriented towards a certain body of thoughts, beliefs, and/or ideals, they are excellent tools to form ideals about slightly more specific areas of interest. I read a post at another site that prompted me to think about why I like the Sith Code and why I place any amount of value in it, and this is what I came up with..so far, and I figured I'd share my current perspective on the matter.