Holocron of David Harper

As I have been quite busy lately, I decided to write on the concept.

I was in the car last Tuesday, stopped at an intersection, when someone turned as their light went green. Their car passed close, and I could see in. I have a habit of looking into other people’s cars (although I’ll have to drop that when I get my learner’s license in a couple of weeks) and what I saw this time provoked a thought. In the car (it was a nice car, can’t remember any details, but it was nice) was a young woman, in her late 20’s perhaps, wearing big sunglasses and looking quite focussed, but I got the feeling most of her focus wasn’t on driving. She was thinking about the next step, the all-important ‘what happens next’. These days life is divided into get up, go to work, work, have lunch, work more, go home, have dinner, watch TV and go to bed (as a generic structure). These are the nodes of our time-based network, the interest points. But what happens in-between? I was in the city a few weeks ago and noticed people are always moving. Nobody just stops for the sake of stopping. It’s always go here, go there, hurry. It felt odd to be in such an environment where everybody is concentrating to the point of being almost oblivious to their surroundings. This concept was pretty alien to me, as I take in my surrounds as fully as I can, sometimes I just stop and stare at something, contemplating it, whether it be a statue, patch of grass or even just empty space. I’ve found that when I’m in an exceptional mood (but not excited) my thinking actually slows and I’m mostly just absorbing the moment, where I am and how things are around me. It’s a very calming experience. I don’t rush between points unless I’m really busy, otherwise I just wander, enjoying my travel (mostly by foot) to where I’m headed. I also believe the practice of absorbing your environment and feeling what’s around you, reading the moment with your feelings is an excellent relaxation technique and opens your perceptions. Don’t think about it, just stop and feel. Find a new angle on something, whether it be looking at something from another vantage point, or touching it with your eyes closed to get a feel for its texture. It’s simple, but feels quite remarkable.

Most who come here will already know at least a little about me. If not, I’ll introduce myself. I go by the name David Harper, I’m an Aussie Jedi and student here at Ashla Knights. I’ve been studying Jedi related philosophy for not much more than a year, making me quite new on most sites. I’d never been one for conventional religion, mostly because the stories and other such things made no sense to me. So then, why would I be interested in the Jedi, a fictional group? Well as you would most likely know, the ideas and principles of the Jedi were based on historical beliefs and codes, mostly Eastern philosophy. The idea of the Force also fit in with science’s quantum theory [yes, it may be a theory, but then so is gravity!] which gives it, in my mind, more credibility. So here I am, most generously given my own holocron by Master Thompson. I would like to tell you more of my “aspects of study,” as I guess they would be called.

I am, by “traditional” [fictional] Jedi classification a Consular. If you want a definition just Google “Jedi Consular”. I’m very much a deep thinker, which I think is one of the main reasons I chose that classification. My studies are not so much focused around theorizing about the ideal duties etc of a Jedi, however, I’m more of a “do-er” in that respect. My weekly post (most likely updated Monday or Tuesday due to my work schedule) will mostly be about something that has either happened to me during the week, or something I have spent some time considering during the week [and of course, learnt from].

I hope my holocron informs you.