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datapad
Monday, August 28, 2006
Luke thought for a moment. "It is your contention, then," he said, "that to understand an emotion is to prevent its being dark." "Unreasoning passion is the province of darkness," Vergere said. "But an understood emotion is not unreasoning. That is why the route to mastery is through self-knowledge." Her tilted eyes widened. "It's not possible to suppress all emotion, nor is it desirable. An emotionless person is no more than a machine. But to understand the origin and nature of one's feelings, that is possible." "When Darth Vader and the Emperor held me prisoner," Luke said, "they kept urging me to surrender to my anger." "Your anger was a natural response to your captivity, and they wished to make use of it. They wished to fan your anger into a burning rage that would allow the darkness to enter. But any unreasoning passion would do. When anger becomes rage, fear becomes terror, love becomes obsession, self-esteem becomes vainglory, then a natural and useful emotion becomes an unreasoning compulsion and the darkness is." "I let the dark side take me," Luke said. "I cut off my father's hand." "Ahhh." Vergere nodded. "Now I understand much." "When my rage took control, I felt invincible. I felt complete. I felt free." Vergere nodded again. "When you are in the grip of an irresistible compulsion, it is then that you feel most like yourself. But in reality it was you who were passive then. You let the feeling control you." --- I know this is a repost, but yes, i think that it is necessary. if not for another, then at least as a reminder for myself. how different would the world be if everyone just spoke their mind? who is the one afraid to do so in the first place? i wonder. |
