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I believe that the act of submission to the will of another is a direct contradiction to the Sith ways. The Sith are about the Self, Freedom, Emotion, Control, and more, but never should any Sith allow themselves to be the tool of another. Even Jedi should not submit to others. The Jedi are about selflessness, service(helping others), and more, therefore I come to the conclusion that submission also contradicts Jedi Teachings. The Jedi of fiction served the democratic governments, and as a result they became little more than an extension of the Chancellor’s will, ultimately putting them in a position of servitude under a Sith Lord bent on revenge against Jedi. However, the Jedi Realists I’ve met, most notably at Ashla, have adapted to serve people in general, putting themselves in position to avoid submission. When this happens, you become nothing but an extension of someone else’s will. Personally, I think of myself as more than a tool to be used by others.

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The Jedi Order of Ashla Knights is second to none for Jedi Training, and even serves as a place of growth for those such as myself. Every time the site goes down, it’s quite the opposite of fun. However, both Ashla Knights and the Order of the Sith have gone down in the past, and both have repeatedly arisen, recreated and improved each time. While the absence of such sites can seem bad at times, the site errors and/or attacks have forced growth and have only strengthened what was broken. Ashla Knights will rise again, and it will be a better learning center for all the hardship. Travis and Jedi Master Thompson are to thank for this, and all that is required for revival is patience.

I’m not quite sure what the overall point is of saying this, but it was a subject of thought for the past few weeks so I felt the need to share such thoughts.

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I mention conflict often, and I can be seen calling some struggles productive conflicts while I am also known to say that other struglles are unproductive conflicts. If you wonder how the difference may be seen, perhaps you should properly dedicate yourself to the path you walk…but for those who don’t know how struggles differ from productive to unproductive, allow me to offer my perspective…

In all honesty, both types of conflicts are simple to determine as costly or beneficial. Productive conflict is a conflict you can genuinely learn from, a struggle that offers knowledge and experience. Proper debates are excellent examples of this, but you must remain open-minded or a debate quickly degenerates into an argument. An argument is an example of unproductive conflict…some may wonder what makes arguing different from debating, and that too is simple: Debating involves thought out points being made and offered for scrutiny between two or more parties, proper debating is a method of learning from each other in a systematic and civilized manner, and it brings all involved closer toa possible truth pertaining to the subject of examination. Arguing is best described as a situation in which two or more people narrow mindedly try to convince each other that their views are correct, and that any other views are wrong; it is a pointless, costly struggle that only grants you a possible enemy. Hopefully this illustrates the two types of conflict I am aware of, if not…my apologies in advance.

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