In this exercise, we look back to lesson 4 and are asked to pick
three of the darknesses we listed. I chose one from each
portion; darkness from my upbringing, my culture and myself.
Next we name what could be positive about embracing those
darknesses. Embracing selfishness, even partially, or only for a
moment, could yield personal rewards where a moment of
selflessness could’ve come at great cost. Open-minded thinking
is a Sith virtue, and identifying gold hidden in darkness is
part of that thinking. To again quote Miles.. “In the end, the
point of it all is to learn about and embrace the self, all that
you are, good and bad, and find the gold hidden within. This is
often done in stages, but the end result is to continually
embrace the darkness until there is no darkness left to embrace.
I refer to this condition as the Sith Paradox of Darkness.”
Quick Judgement: Embracing quicker judgements would lead to
quicker decision making, resulting in a more decisive and most
likely more resolute me. If I embraced t