Trust
Only one lesson can be learned from what I am about to write. Take care with your friends, and look for the true identity of your companions. Not everything is as it seems.
The Jedi Alliance was a strong entity back in the “good ol’ days”. We were strong in number, strong in skill, and strong with the Force. We had many good Masters and Knights that held the order together against any force.
However, things were not as resilient as many (including myself) might have thought. There were the ever-growing desires for power in the Knights and the ever-present disagreements in the Council. In fact, there was a dividing factor in the Council that would not be healed.
The Jedi Alliance was a strong entity back in the “good ol’ days”. We were strong in number, strong in skill, and strong with the Force. We had many good Masters and Knights that held the order together against any force.
However, things were not as resilient as many (including myself) might have thought. There were the ever-growing desires for power in the Knights and the ever-present disagreements in the Council. In fact, there was a dividing factor in the Council that would not be healed.
Several of the Masters felt there was a deaf ear on a couple of the less “contained” Masters. And due to certain issues and relations, these rather irrational Masters would not easily or willingly leave the Council. And to some, this was not tolerable. Two of my friends, Master Greg and Master Rickin, were at the end of their ropes. And for Master Rickin, this meant a great deal.
What many often forgot, due to his diligence in the path of light, was that Master Rickin had begun his studies of the Force on the dark side. It was short-lived, but present nonetheless. And this is something I see as a major hindrance for many Jedi. I truly feel that anyone who started out or who has gone to the dark side, will never completely be saved. They may try, but there is always a taint in them. And this was true for Master Rickin.
He left the Council one dreary day, and went to the Dark Jedi and made a deal. He joined them (and over time he continued to make them strong). With Master Rickin gone, Master Greg saw no point in trying any longer, so he left the Council for another leave of absence. With my two closest friends gone, there was not much hope.
I quickly and briefly took over the Jedi Alliance as Grand Master – the only time anyone had done so in the SL Galaxy – and tried to right the sinking ship. But it was no use. A few days later, the Jedi Alliance crumbled and New Holstice was sent into ruin.
Masters Christopher and Marymac took a few of the loyal Jedi and formed the New Order of the Jedi, which still stands as of this writing. Others tried to form their own orders, none of which stand today. And the Jedi Masters lived on to become the Jedi Guardians of Peace, which also stands as of this writing.
The Jedi (and the Dark Jedi for that matter, as DLotS soon after divided as well) would forever be split into different orders with differing leadership and diverse goals and ideals. While this diversity can be a good thing in some cases, we will never see the harmony and strength we had in the Jedi Alliance.
There are lessons to learn in this book and in myriad other teachings. But if we learn one thing aside from trying to truly understand our friends and companions, it’s that nothing is forever. As we learned earlier in this tome, the only thing that never changes is change itself. See this, learn this, use this in your travels and in your fulfillment of your destiny. Even after all of this, those of us true Jedi still stand today, strong in the Force, as a true Jedi will always be.
What many often forgot, due to his diligence in the path of light, was that Master Rickin had begun his studies of the Force on the dark side. It was short-lived, but present nonetheless. And this is something I see as a major hindrance for many Jedi. I truly feel that anyone who started out or who has gone to the dark side, will never completely be saved. They may try, but there is always a taint in them. And this was true for Master Rickin.
He left the Council one dreary day, and went to the Dark Jedi and made a deal. He joined them (and over time he continued to make them strong). With Master Rickin gone, Master Greg saw no point in trying any longer, so he left the Council for another leave of absence. With my two closest friends gone, there was not much hope.
I quickly and briefly took over the Jedi Alliance as Grand Master – the only time anyone had done so in the SL Galaxy – and tried to right the sinking ship. But it was no use. A few days later, the Jedi Alliance crumbled and New Holstice was sent into ruin.
Masters Christopher and Marymac took a few of the loyal Jedi and formed the New Order of the Jedi, which still stands as of this writing. Others tried to form their own orders, none of which stand today. And the Jedi Masters lived on to become the Jedi Guardians of Peace, which also stands as of this writing.
The Jedi (and the Dark Jedi for that matter, as DLotS soon after divided as well) would forever be split into different orders with differing leadership and diverse goals and ideals. While this diversity can be a good thing in some cases, we will never see the harmony and strength we had in the Jedi Alliance.
There are lessons to learn in this book and in myriad other teachings. But if we learn one thing aside from trying to truly understand our friends and companions, it’s that nothing is forever. As we learned earlier in this tome, the only thing that never changes is change itself. See this, learn this, use this in your travels and in your fulfillment of your destiny. Even after all of this, those of us true Jedi still stand today, strong in the Force, as a true Jedi will always be.