The Curse of Star Wars
Just wanted to share something that people might find useful.
Star Wars has been a part of my life since I was probably 14. It was inspiring and exciting, and led me to find people who took concepts of the Jedi seriously. After 25 years of being a Jedi, I've reached a point where it seems to be hindering my life, rather than enriching it.
When I was 18, I told my parents I was a Jedi. That was met with serious resistance and damaged my relationship with my parents ever since. Even after eventually becoming a Christian, it still loomed like a shadow over everything I did.
I used to think of it as a gift, an ability to understand things the way most people didn't. But looking back over the course of my life, had I never become a Jedi, I believe my life would have been far more normal and far less full of challenges and tragedies. Not that challenges are bad, but some I simply couldn't overcome, and led to great sadness, both for myself and my family.
The point I'm trying to make is that I no longer desire to be associated with the Jedi, or anything related to Star Wars. I wish I had never seen Star Wars. I no longer wish to, as Simon and Garfunkel put it, "bow and prey to the neon god they made."
No more lightsabers. No more Force powers. No more Jedi temples. If this message is inappropriate for this place, then so be it. It's the only place, however, that I cared to put it. I refuse to visit the old Jedi sites. I don't care what they think. People here are more aligned with how I see things, but even so, this "hood" is still too much for me.
So this is goodbye for now. If anyone feels like contacting me, my email is burr918@gmail.com
Be well.
This was the appropriate place to share this.
The curse should be called out, especially those who have misconstrued and abused what has become. Yet know the ancient ways which the story hints had very little to do with temples, lightsabers, or powers. It has very much to do with morality and virtue... of a path which has been tainted in shadow, let alone lost in translation.
It has been darkened with various grayness and twisting. It has also been plagued and watered down with frivolous pursuits. In the end, it is hardly recognizable... yet deep in the desert trash heaps a jewel is found.
Yes, the curse has created a vast confusion with many various groups of cultish thinking and vain lifestyles. It has led to pain instead of peace. Yet this is a cleansing of fire. When the stubble has been removed, clarity will regain.
It took years in scripture to realize that the fascination is based on a primal calling. Only in a humble and broken state was it reveiled. Preconceptions had to be removed. Counterfeits had to be exposed to see the natural.
Only when we have covered ourselves will we see the higher will. This is the maturity.
You are welcome to speak again when the time comes.
Thank you for your help on the Jedihood video series in 2016. It helped us to grow where we are now.
Yahunatan
Aharon,
Dont be too hard on yourself. The missteps have led you to where you are now. Revealed things that may never have otherwise been known. We learn, we grow. Perhaps the path you walked will one day enable you to help another avoid some of its traps.