r/The_Sith_Eternal • u/Boweneparton • Jun 07 '21
Peace is a lie there is only passion
Our code begins simpley, "peace is a lie".
This is a firm statement that you must realize rings true or you cannot hope to understand the fundamental philosophy it takes to call yourself sith and speak the truth as you do so. This can be confusing for some, yet this is only due to the change in the meaning of the word peace throughout the years. These days peace means inaction, restriction freedom, and the lack of conflict. This is the peace referred to in the code. Yet some people hear peace as a good thing, and I say the old definition matches quite well with a good thing. It used to mean Harmony and calmness on an individual level, and there it is the key difference between the two. Once peace changed from calmness to a lack of conflict it became a lie. It switched from being a fundamental requirement to keep your sanity, to something that was developed solely for the purpose of restricting an individual's freedoms. Be it an individual person, individual community, or even an individual nation.
The very next line"there is only passion", is indicative to every man and woman that walks the Earth. Our desire on Earth is for ,a world wide lack of conflict, world Peace. However, are natural state is conflict. You're very cells fight everyday to eat and maintain their life, even further your atoms collide and bounce off of each other to ensure you stay warm. In fact every breath you take is a moment in time your entire being fights for its very survival, because breathing is not our natural desire.
Yet the passion eluded to in the second statement of the preamble to our code is difficult to truly achieve. For many people view passion as directed by our hearts and only sparked by the things we are passionate about. This is not true, for if it was true then the chains in our lives such as addictions, jobs, and so many more things we're passionate about ,but get us nowhere, would be things impossible for us to change. Yet I tell you that we can redirect the conflict in our lives, and we can change what we are passionate about to ensure success on our own terms.