In the California Jedi Knighting Standards, the core knowledge is broken down into the five areas of wellness, taken from The Jedi Circle. These are Physical Wellness, Emotional Wellness, Intellectual Wellness, Social Wellness, and Spiritual Wellness. While many of us will have to isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic, its an…
Meditation: it’s what Jedi do. From the smallest padawan to the grizzled Knight, everyone’s Jedi path should include a regular and reliable form of meditation. It can help calm the mind, invigorate the spirit, awaken your senses, and settle your nervous system. But you don’t have to take our word…
In the California Jedi Knighting Standards, the core knowledge is broken down into the five areas of wellness, originally taken from The Jedi Circle. These are Physical Wellness, Emotional Wellness, Intellectual Wellness, Social Wellness, and Spiritual Wellness. Although community is always an advantage, four of the five areas of wellness…
When we as Jedi encounter people who believe things that violate all of our principles, it’s easy dehumanize them, turning them from people into monsters in our minds. There is a strong tendency in our species to ‘other’ that which we do not understand, to make assumptions about experiences and…
By L. Christopher Bird, originally posted at The Jedi Path “A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.” – Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back At first glance, it may appear that the realm of knowledge and the realm of defense are two separate concepts, but in…
I have said in the past that fear has no place on the Jedi Path. This statement can be read in an absolute fashion, and we all know the saying about absolutes. The Jedi approach to fear is a more nuanced one. Sooner or later, we will all feel fear.…
