The Jedi Jewel

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The Jedi Jewel

A diamond of the community back in the early founding years was once known as  "The Jedi Jewel" S.F. CALDWELL also known as Master Maji began researching into the inspirations that George Lucas used to create Star Wars and compiled both the research and personal cultural practices into a 348 page PDF with chapters such as the "Jedi Ninefold Path" - Other chapters included meditation, warnings on the darkside, and even things like the Telepathy and the Jedi Illuminata, which is described as the "creme de la creme of the Jedi!" as it


Journal Entry

• Read and Study the Nine Fold Path below and write your thoughts in your Journal
• Bonus! Read the Jedi Jewel and write up a book report. You can find the Jedi Jewel in the Just Jedi Datacrons direct link here: "The Jedi Jewel" <-- The link is a google doc's direct link to the saved PDF. 

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The Jedi Jewel, by S.F. Caldwell Jedi Ninefold Path

1. Meditation. First comes the practice of meditation. You begin by devoting
half an hour every morning, as early as convenient to the practice of meditation.
Do not increase this half-hour period, but if you want to meditate more, add half
an hour in the evening also.
Have a room in your home for meditation, or a special corner, and keep it as
austere as possible. A quiet, cool, well-ventilated room is best.

If you want to sit in a straight-back chair, one with arms is best; or sit cross-
legged on the carpet. Sit with the spinal column erect, and eyes gently closed.

As concentration deepens you may begin to relax and fall asleep; if so, draw
yourself up and move away from the back support so that you can keep the
spine, neck, and head in a straight line.
Have an inspirational passage memorized - Jedi Wisdom is great for this. Go
through the words of the passage in your mind as slowly as you can, letting each
word drop singly into your consciousness. Do not follow any association of
ideas, but keep to the words of the inspirational passage. When distractions
come, do not resist them, but try to give more and more attention to the words of
the passage. If you find that your mind has wandered away completely, go back
to the first word of the passage and begin again. Keep adding to your repertoire
of inspirational passages to prevent dryness in meditation.
The secret of meditation is that you become what you meditate on. When you
use the Jedi Wisdom in meditation, you are driving the words of wisdom deeper
and deeper into your consciousness, so that one day, perhaps after many years,
they will become an integral part of your consciousness.

2. Japam. Japam is the silent repetition of the mantram in the mind. The
popular etymology of the Sanskrit word mantram is from manas, 'mind,' and tri,
'to cross over' so meaning, "that which enables us to cross the tempestuous sea
of the mind." Even though every religion has its mantram, for a Jedi it would be
"The Force rests within the heart of all."

When you are angry, afraid, or anxious, repeat the mantram to still the agitation
rising in your mind. Anger and fear lead to the dark side and are a power which
rises within us. By the repetition of the Jedi mantram we can put anger and fear
to work, harnessing them for the benefit of ourselves and others, rather than
allowing them to use us destructively.

At bedtime, repeat the Jedi mantram in your mind until you fall asleep. In the
morning you will feel refreshed in body and mind.
Whenever you get a moment, while waiting for a bus or while walking, use this
time to repeat the Jedi mantram. Boredom is a great source of problems to
people who do not know what to do with their time.

The mind is very much like the restless trunk of an elephant. In India, elephants
often walk in religious processions which wind through streets of the town on
their way to the temple. The trunk of the elephant is a restless thing, always
moving, and as the temple elephant is taken through the narrow streets of the
bazaar, it is usually tempted by coconuts, bananas, and other produce displayed
in the stalls on either side. As it walks, if the shopkeeper doesn't watch, it picks
up the coconut and puts it in its mouth. There is a loud crack, and that is the last
of the coconut. Then, from the next stall it takes a whole bunch of bananas. It
doesn't peel them, but just puts the whole bunch inside, and it's gone. But the
wise mahout, the man in charge of the elephants, knows their habits, so as the
processions begin he gives the elephant a short bamboo stick to hold in its
trunk. The elephant holds the bamboo firmly and walks through the streets
without confiscating anyone's property.

This is what we do when we repeat the Jedi mantram: we slowly give a mantram
- stick to the mind. Gradually, this makes a Jedi's mind firm, secure, steadfast,
and resistant to tension.

3. Slowing down. Millions in our modern world suffer because they are
constantly pushed and hurried. Hurry makes us tense and causes us to make
mistakes and do a poor job. The remedy for hurrying is to get up earlier, so that
we can begin the day without tension and set a slow, leisurely pace for the
day. When we concentrate and slow down we do not make mistakes. Such are
the ways of the Jedi.

4. One-pointedness. The practice of meditation is a systematic exercise in concentration, which will finally become a permanent, spontaneous state. It is a great aid to meditation if you practice being one-pointed with your focus throughout your day.

5. Sense restraint. This does not mean sense-negation or sense-denial, but
training the senses by exercising discriminating restraint in our choice of movies,
television programs, books, magazines, and foods. The training of the senses
takes a long time, but finally it will enable us to have mastery over our deepest
drives, our strongest powers.

6. Putting others first. When we go after our own pleasure and profit, dwelling
on ourselves and ignoring the needs of those around us, we are constricting our
consciousness and stunting our growth as Jedi. A Jedi who is driven by anger is
full of self-will and cannot put another first. Seldom do they have lasting
relationships; seldom are they able to live at peace with themselves and with
those around them. But it is the Jedi who has little or no self-will who is secure
and by his calmness and steadfastness is able to help those who are agitated to
become calm. A Jedi is patient, enduring and forgiving.

7. Studying the Jedic ways. Study what the Jedi are about. Recognize that all
beings reside in the Force, as well as the Force having created a multitude of
mystics who taught the ways of the Jedi, but under the guidelines and terms
used in other religions/traditions. All knowledge is within, and the practice of
meditation enables us to draw upon this knowledge. Through carefully selected
spiritual reading we can be inspired by the spiritual awareness of the mystics of
all religions and ages.

8. Association with other Jedi. This is termed sangha or Satsang. It is the
meeting of other Jedi-oriented people. It is of great importance for the Jedi to
draw inspiration from others who have a great understanding of the Jedic ways.
It is a difficult task to practice meditation for many years, day in and day out, and
we all need the support and companionship of people with similar beliefs
meditating together.

9. Selfless Service of a Jedi to the Force. Selfless service for a Jedi consists
of two words: action and union. Selfless service for a Jedi does not mean all
kinds of actions, but only those actions which are conducive to the Force's will. A
true Jedi is in union with the Force continually. A Jedi's actions are performed for
the good of others, with the spirit of selflessness. But a Jedi must remember and
understand, that simply performing action without self-interest, but with a shallow
heart, is not the spirit of a Jedi, nor is it in the spirit of the Force's will. A Jedi
performs his duty with compassion and enthusiasm.