Greetings Path Walker
You have been led by the conjunctions of several philosophies into one common goal.
Self Discovery.
There are many ways, just like there are many branches on a tree, but we all share one common origin which we call life.
The question is: what kind of life do you wish to live?
Living your dreams or just dreaming them?
I know which sounds best, but what about yourself?
Do you feel capable?
Right now, your answer doesn't matter.
Why?
That's the spirit.
At this point, this statement ends and I introduce myself as someone you can talk to when learning about the tradition of the true Sith.
Tenets of Sith Philosophy
Fear leads to anger.
That which we don’t know how to fight angers us. The lack of clear battle conditions clouds our senses and makes us want to retreat, back down, or surrender.
Learn from this moment:
There will never be perfectly clear or stable battlefields, just a series of continuous and abstract factors which need an adaptable warrior with balanced action.
For a Sith, what is balanced action during a battle?
You win or you die.
There are many kinds of victories that sometimes look like defeat. Learn to absorb these lessons in your heart:
The only possible way for a Sith to be truly defeated is when life ends.
And I'm not even sure about that last statement.
Anger leads to hate.
We hate the idea of defeat, yet we never learn as much from life as we do when we have fallen.
There is no learning if you don’t get up and keep walking.
We may be afraid to lose, but that doesn't mean we can't learn from failure.
We may feel angry when something goes wrong, but that doesn't mean we can't plan a new course of action.
The only thing a Sith should hate is to die without learning and growing.
Hatred leads to power.
Once we are determined to grow and learn, effort brings results.
But proper effort brings desirable results.
They say knowledge is power.
A Sith uses knowledge to gain power.
Power leads to victory.
Power gives you the ability to choose to act or not.
Raw knowledge is nothing, it's passive.
Application is everything.
When you have nothing to win, you may achieve a hollow victory.
When you have everything to win, there is glory.
A Sith only fights for glory.
Let your anger flow through you.
When you feel you can't go on and there's nothing left to give, this is when anger must rise. When glory is so close and everything and everyone yells stop, a Sith's reply must be NEVER.
Your hate will make you strong.
The more you refuse to give up, the stronger you become.
The true power of a Sith comes from willpower.
True power is only achieved through testing the limits of one's anger and emerging unscathed.
Only when you refuse to give in, even when you bleed, you will find your true will.
Victory against countless odds is only achieved when you are willing to fight until death, without losing the determination and passion that brought you to this point.
A Sith always seeks to improve.
Rage, channeled through anger, is unstoppable.
When all doubt or thought of defeat diminishes, the rage of a true warrior appears, with the drive to obliterate anything and everything that stands in their way.
The Sith Sword is the battle spirit.
The dark side of the Force offers unimaginable power.
This is true.
What others may fear to use has become your weapon of choice.
You are a walking fight, yet still human.
A Sith honors nature but doesn't always agree with it.
The dark side is stronger than the light.
A Sith knows strength doesn't guarantee victory.
The weak deserve their fate.
A Sith knows there is always someone stronger.
A Sith seeks to be the strongest.
The Code
"Without strife, your victory has no meaning. Without strife, you do not advance. Without strife, there is only stagnation."
~Uthar Wynn
We live only to fight again.
No matter how much peace we wish to achieve or order we want to settle, there will be suffering, there will be tears, there will be blood, and when the next dawn comes, another battlefield will appear.
Why do we fight?
When all reasons or motives are gone...
Even passion lasts only so long...
Why do we fight?
Because we choose to do so.
Or like Freddy Mercury said, "Who dares to love forever? When love must die..."
Could it be you?
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
"Tell me what you regard as your greatest strength, so I will know best what to undermine you. Tell me of your greatest fear, so I will know what I must force you to face. Tell me what you cherish most, so I will know what to take from you. And tell me what you crave, so that I might deny you"
~Darth Plagueis
Your first opponent will be you.
Fight.
When there is no one left to fight, your last opponent will be you.
Fight.
When there is nothing left to fight for, what must you do?
Fight.
When does the fight end?
Fight.
Will the fighting ever end?
The only way to find out is if you...
Fight.
Through passion, I gain strength.
"The Force is not a shield to protect the useless… but is, in reality, a weapon… to empower the worthy."
~Desann
Those who have lost hope and no longer want to fight can only die.
Is there life for someone like this?
Whom can such a person hope to protect or shield?
In such a state, whom can such a person expect to defeat?
You might be ready to die when facing an opponent, but if you have renounced the idea of victory before the battle, it's like losing without fighting.
The universe would never tremble before someone like this.
Through strength, I gain power.
"Unless victory proves your superiority, it is an illusion. It is temporary." ~Uthar Wynn
What kind of victory can be found when facing a weaker opponent?
It depends...
If a weaker opponent has a will comparable to a Sith's, underestimating such an opponent would mean dishonor, defeat, or even death at their hands.
There are other scenarios, but the previous one is the most important. The ones not mentioned are left to your judgment when facing them.
Through power, I gain victory.
"The dark side offers power for power's sake. You must crave it. Covet it. You must seek power above all else, with no reservation or hesitation."
~Darth Revan
What is the rule to measure a Sith?
Victory.
What is the rule to measure Victory?
Power.
The victories you have won are the ornaments of your spirit, which we often forget to call experience.
Those victories will speak of the power you have gained.
Always seek to improve.
Always seek to learn.
For this means experience.
Experience is the ability to apply obtained knowledge.
The more and better you apply your knowledge, the more powerful you will become.
How do you obtain experience?
By living.
How does a Sith live?
Fight.
They say absolute power brings absolute corruption.
There's only one way to find out...
Live.
Through power, I gain victory.
"The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural."
~Palpatine
To live while eradicating every obstacle in your way, To fight for victory until the end, To grow and learn every day, To never give up even when everything and everyone is against you...
Who would consider such a person natural?
One of the monikers you should get used to being called: Monster.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
No Star Ever Rose or Set...
"No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere."
~Lord Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton ("Owen Meredith"), Lucile (pt. II, canto VI)
Since we are born, we must be driven to breathe and weep. This way, you became more than potential, you became a life that learned to walk, speak, read, and more.
When you grew older, you translated the three main passions of humankind:
- The passion to live
- The passion to learn
- The passion to be remembered
These were expressed in various forms.
Perhaps you wrote a poem for the person who gave you your first kiss.
Perhaps it wasn't this way at all.
Perhaps you bullied someone and provoked tears or anger.
You are already beginning to see it, the influence of your actions.
We must never forget that power is also influence, and influence is power.
There is a maelstrom within you, but you shouldn't be afraid. If you’re not afraid, smile, for you now know a reason to seek power.
What kind of influence do you wish to have?
What kind of power do you wish to achieve?
To provoke tears, shed blood, heal wounds, or provoke smiles?
That's up to you.
Influence is Influence as Power is Power.
The influence you seek should align with these questions:
What kind of influence do I wish to have?
What kind of power do I wish to exercise?
Do you wish to ignite stars and provoke the birth of suns?
Do you wish to help flowers bloom and resist the winter?
Your answer, your choice, is always...
YOURS.
Adharm Sutra
The Four Great Reminders
Agman — Life is a war. To live is to fight; to fight is to live.
Ajihina — Suffering comes from defeat. Death comes from surrender.
Apratidvandva — Only those who keep within their spirit of battle the courage and hope to fight for victory until the end shall win.
Amaribhu — Life is a war. Only when you’re victorious can peace be achieved; order, chaos, or anything can be unleashed.
The Three Great Icebergs
Dharma — Right duty imposed as a restriction to stop your potential.
Sila — Limiters strip you from your very humanity.
Nirvana — The spiritual winter, the poison that kills will.
The Three Fires that Melt the Icebergs
Svarasa — Instinct
Kamanala — Passion
Abhilasita — Will
The Stones that Prevent the Fire from Burning Us and Let It Warm Us:
Kalipinya — Experience and Dexterity
Anubhava — Knowledge
Supravya — Mindfulness
Abhiniveza — Determination
Know this, oh fighters:
Many people measure their lifespan by years, Some beings tire by the kalpas of their lifespan, Most beings want to travel to worlds far away, Few people want to extend their arms to the waking world without first learning to dream.
Feel this, oh path walkers:
A warrior determines the length of their lifespan by: One Sita or One Patara, the moonlight or sunlight reflected on their blade when it leaves its scabbard to face an opponent.
A warrior’s death is determined by: One Surakta, the deep and dark crimson color an opponent’s blade gets when its wielder is killed.
Or
One Abhata, the light reflected by the spilled blood of the defeated warrior.
A warrior’s death can only be found in two places: A superior foe’s blade or in surrender.
Every step a warrior takes is a lifetime of victorious struggle, Even if it's one or a half step at a time, A warrior always goes on.
Remember this, oh warriors:
To do an endeavor conveniently, One must have Kalipinya. Kalipinya means to have been wrong before. To be wrong before means to have made mistakes. Kalipinya is a collection of mistakes which gives Anubhava.
Therefore, a collection of wrongs is Kalipinya, And Anubhava finds its source in mistakes.
Don’t be afraid to be wrong, For being wrong gives you Kalipinya, And by your mistakes, you gain Anubhava.
Kalipinya allows you to do an endeavor conveniently, Anubhava allows you to remember how to do it conveniently.
Kalipinya is the sword, Anubhava is the technique the swordsman follows.
Yet, possessing Kalipinya and Anubhava is useless if you don’t have Supravya.
Supravya allows you to not make the same mistake again, Supravya allows you to know when to sheath or unsheathe your blade, Supravya allows you to live Apratidvandva in every moment of your life.
Even possessing Kalipinya, Anubhava, and Supravya is not enough, Abhiniveza allows you to conduct the other three, Abhiniveza is the choice of how to do an endeavor, Abhiniveza is the choice to sheath or unsheath the sword regardless of Supravya.
Under a tree, victim of autumn’s whims,
A dying saint was reflecting on the life of every being.
He was determined not to kill,
He was determined not to harm,
He was confident he would know,
He was confident he would understand.
The walker came to acknowledge him. The walker observed him. The walker asked him:
"Dear Saint, what are you fighting?"
"I’m fighting ignorance." The Saint replied.
"How are you fighting ignorance, dear saint?" Asked the walker.
"I’m determined not to kill.
I’m determined not to harm.
I’m determined to know.
I’m confident I will understand life," replied the saint.
"Your breath is killing many worlds, dear saint," said the walker.
"I will not harm." Said the Saint.
"You’re harming many beings with your breath, dear saint." Said the walker.
"I know I exist and don’t exist," said the saint.
"Your breath is helping other beings live," said the walker.
"The earth is my witness," said the saint while touching the ground with his fingers.
An earthquake grew in strength, killing many beings.
"The earth is angry.
You forgot to feel.
You forgot to admit.
Therefore, you forgot to live.
You barely exist, dear saint of emptiness.
Earth doesn’t like empty prayers, nor liars," said the walker.
"I have reached perfection," said the saint.
"Goodbye dear saint,
People will try to live the best they can.
Beings will keep trying to stay alive;
The dead will fall in love with life.
They might choose to return,
To live the life they love,
Once more," said the walker.
*A saint was traveling along with numerous people on a ship.
They were crossing a river said to be full of poisonous snakes.
The saint became aware that one of the passengers was thinking about killing the ship's captain over some grudge.
The saint predicted that if this happened, all the passengers would die.
Without hesitation, the saint killed the passenger who was considering murder.
The saint and all the passengers reached the other side of the river.
The saint was leading the passengers to the nearest temple.
The saint encountered a devil obstructing the way.*
"Tell me, oh saint, why did you kill that man?" Asked the devil.
"To save many lives." Answered the saint.
The saint noticed the devil was covered in blood.
The saint recognized that blood.
The saint used his divine eyes to see the distant temple,
The saint saw a forest of countless impaled saints.
"Tell me, oh devil, why did you kill them all?" Asked the saint.
"To save my life." Answered the devil.
Before continuing your path, remember these Samayas:
I undertake the precept to acknowledge all my killings.
I undertake the precept to acknowledge what I take and give.
I undertake the precept to acknowledge my name written in my actions.
I undertake the precept to acknowledge every word I speak.
I undertake the precept to do what is necessary to reach my goals.
The Vipatha
Yuddhasara
- Primal view
- Primal Intention
Bodha
- Convenient speech
- Convenient action
- Convenient livelihood
Agatika
- Convenient effort
- Primal Mindfulness
- Concentration
And what, oh fighters, is Yuddhasara? To both understand and feel the Will to live, to experience battle, to understand experience, to survive everyday life; this is called Yuddhasara.
And what, oh fighters, is Bodha? To learn to sing, to vocalize, to train your voice if you’re going to be a bard; to know the sword, to feel the sword, to draw the sword in battle if you’re going to be a warrior; this is Bodha.
And what, oh fighters, is Agatika? There is a case where a wolf loses the will to hunt. The hope of a peaceful and non-violent world is born within its heart. Fear comes and clouds the wolf’s second heart. The wolf’s eyes lose color and reflect the green of the grass it tries to digest, for the wolf may still have the shape of a wolf, but its steps have led it to behave like a sheep, think like a sheep, and finally die like a sheep.
There is another case where a wolf is proud of being a wolf, where it is at peace with its primal nature. It kills to appease its hunger, kills to defend itself if needed, and kills to get what it chooses to get. The second heart guides it, empowers it, and enhances it. This wolf is not afraid to be called killer, thief, or monster, for before its enemies draw their last breath, the wolf clearly speaks… "My name is Wolf."