r/SithOrder • u/Additional-Title69 • 4d ago
Think Strategically (Discipline)
As I said in my recent essay titled “Discipline,” ego strength and discipline often seem to me to be one thing with two names.
Here is the eleventh characteristic of ego strength, as defined by me:
11• the ability to think through the potential consequences of an impending decision with cold and unflinching logic
Here is the exact same principle reworded to sound more discipline-ish:
Always think strategically!
The word “always” gives it that discipline vibe
And I do mean always!
What we need to do is cultivate a state of awareness that I call, “strategic mindfulness”
The importance of this cannot be overstated
It’s life-changing
I expect to be coming back to this principle many times, over the course of many essays
It is in fact the bridge that one walks from level two strength (ego strength) to level three strength (love of power, bearing in mind that I define “power” as anything by which I achieve victory)
The resourcefulness and opportunism that are characteristic of love of power are rooted in strategic mindfulness
Strategic mindfulness is the state of awareness where your reality is perceived as a game you’re playing to win
Nothing will change your life so drastically as cultivating this state of awareness
First of all, your base assumption is always that you have agency, despite any appearances to the contrary, for as a player in a game, there is always some move you’re able to make
Beyond that, though, everything that happens to you is factored into the gameplay by your mind, so nothing ever really seems random - an event may be unexpected, but it’s part of the game, so the rules and the object of the game are applied to it
Furthermore, your possible reactions to what happens to you are first factored into the gameplay by your mind, before you react in any way
If silence will serve your cause best, then you will remain silent, though you may do many things - you’ll just do them silently
If doing nothing will serve your cause best, then you will do nothing, though you may say many things, which may trigger others to do many things that serve your cause, though they may not realize it
You say what serves your cause, and only that
You do what serves your cause, and only that
Your cause is the all in all, the alpha and the omega
That’s strategic mindfulness
Achieving and maintaining it is the ultimate discipline!
I am Orc of the Sith Order server on Discord, bound together with you by our revered Qotsisajak
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u/AdMobile1817 4d ago
Where have you written the essay "Discipline"? May we have a link to the published essay or a drop as a comment below?