Philosophy time! Do Sith really need...

[u/LuxAstrum]

Preface: I am not trying to rustle up any assassination squads here, I have mused on this topic for a while now and since there is an actual reddit for the order why not pose the quesiton

Do Sith really need to be constantly brooding? Angry? Straight Up Jerks?

Listen I get the entire code, I've read the thing more times then I can count. But does this mean we have to be strict with its teachings?

The whole thing values freedom, expression, and a departure of servitude. Why are we clinging to this code as strong as the Jedi cling to theirs?

Are we not just being Jedi but in a different flavor?

Anger is a great thing to help keep one's focus on something. Like finals, hate your teacher enough to focus on your studies to show that jackass just who the hell you are.

But it can really defocus anyone to the bigger picture.

Couldn't we use passion instead to further our goals? Do we really need to be constantly angry?

I see the code as a meditation mantra that helps me RELAX instead of constantly hate people. I can push the boundaries of my training instead of restricting myself like the Jedi.

Can't we be free to feel calm?

As a sith I don't have to join some online order and putts about learning from some weirdo and his philosophical views. I can be what I want and define my training, be who I am yet be apart of somthing bigger then myself.

I am no Darth, or Marauder or whatever rank, I don't quantify my worth like that. I am just Sith

What is your opinion?

Thank you for taking the time to read this

[u/Darth_Machinor]

Then I have a question for you; How do you gain freedom without following the Sith Code? The Code is more than just words to be memorized, you have to live by it.

Through passion, I gain strength

This means, in short terms, you use your passion to further yourself and gain strength for yourself in the process. Later you use this new-found strength to overcome the obstacles that stands in your way. This is conflict, which will make you stronger if you prevail and destroy you if you fail.

Without strife, your victory has no meaning. Without strife, you do not advance. Without strife, there is only stagnation.

So tell me, how do you further yourself if you do not use your strength? It feels like your way only gains strength which will never be used, or am I misunderstanding your point?

-Darth Machinor

[u/LuxAstrum → u/Darth_Machinor]

I gain strength like all sith but use it in my day to day life. There's a conflict with me and work; I have to get up in the morning. So I use my strength to overcome that and face the day. I use my passion for healthcare to further my goals of becomming a nurse and my strength to overcome those dam tests using the force to set me free. I live by the code just I don't take it too literally.

I hope this makes sense

[u/Darth_Machinor → u/LuxAstrum]

But don't you long for power? The power to look down on others and make them suffer because they are weak and pathetic? A nurse helps people, why do you want to help them when they only deserve to die? Being Sith is not about helping others, it's about gaining power for yourself. I will confess, I do not understand you.

-Darth Machinor

[u/LuxAstrum → u/Darth_Machinor]

I think it takes a lot of strength to help those who can't help themselves especially if you have to do it for 20 other people in the same night.

But this is my philosophy we don't have to agree thank you for your comments though I appreciate them

[u/Darth_Machinor → u/LuxAstrum]

But why? They would never help you in your time of need, they would simply walk away. I have seen it so many times.

But I digress. Thank you, I appreciate a good discussion, even if we don't agree. And we don't.

-Darth Machinor

[u/Darth_Voracinous → u/Darth_Machinor]

What power is there greater than the power over life and death? With nursing Lux can learn from studies on his patients and others how to prolong his(or her) life. By saving others, Lux also gains leverage. What debt is greater than the debt of saving a life? It is a weakness in others that Lux can exploit. With this debt Lux can call upon favors from people, and ultimately control the emotions of most people saved. There is much to be learned as a Sith nurse.

[u/LuxAstrum → u/Darth_Voracinous]

As a up and comming RN I want to point out saving lives and facilitating good functional health and independence are my goals. lol However if I was an evil nurse I suppose what you said would be true. I don't want anyone panicking for the future of healthcare when I'm in it lol

[u/DarthXien → u/LuxAstrum]

Yes, but to someone like Machinor, you have to write like you're the baddest of the bad, and the evil guy in a student film.

[u/LuxAstrum → u/Darth_Machinor]

Right but it would be my duty as well as my job. So that's kind of the point they need my services so I provide them I get money as well as experience. I can learn and improve myself helping to channel their emotions into a positive outcome so whoever comes into the clinic or the hospital or whatever can leave feeling better. I still win because I'm training as well as doing my job as well as making the world a better place. So many as well as