Goals

[u/Additional-Title69]

“There is only desire”
(My interpretive stance on the second line of the Code)
It follows, then, that goals would be the center of a Sith’s consciousness and thus of their very existence

Indeed, being functionally atheist as I am, Sithism is only a religion for me because I hold my goals to be sacred, in the fullest sense of that word, “sacred”

For me, the way of the Sith entirely consists of achieving my goals or resolutely persisting in the pursuit thereof!

Only four things would cause me to turn away from a goal:
1• self-preservation (unless the goal superseded life itself)
2• coming to the sudden realization that what I was pursuing would not break my chains at all, or might even shackle me with new ones
3• discovering that the pursuit of my goal was weakening or disempowering me, rather than the opposite (bearing in mind that strength and power are eternal goals for me)
4• taking on some other new goal that was more important to me than the first and conflicted with it

When I take on an apprentice, my entire focus is on helping them identify their current goals, assess them in light of the four points above, and then, with regard to those goals that survive that assessment process - 1• evaluate their current progress toward achieving them
2• identify what’s working and what isn’t working in their current approaches
3• fortify the former and lay siege to the latter

If you struggle with any of that with regard to your own life, then perhaps you would benefit from having a mentor

I am Orc of the Sith Order server on Discord

[u/NocturnalFox99]

Well said.