Obi Wan Kenobi

" 'When I left you, I was but the learner, now I

am the master.'- Darth Vader
'Only a master of evil, Darth.' -Obi Wan Kenobi"

... OWNED

One of my dear heroes is the late great Jedi Master Obi Wan Kenobi. He was quite a guy, the model for self-sacrifice and a life devoted to virtue. I wish I could be him. I think I hate Luke more now as I write this. At least he could talk to Obi Wan in his head, Obi Wan was like his Jesus. Wouldn't it be awesome if Jesus dressed like Obi Wan? he already has superpowers.... sweet. I'm not trying to be sacreligious, in fact I think if Jesus has a list of favourite movies Star Wars is on it. And Alec Guiness who played Obi Wan in the original series was a convert to Catholicism. So Jesus already likes him.

Obi Wan Kenobi, what a guy, he had some amazing quotes. "That's no moon, it's a space station". "If you strike me down I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine". "My allegiance is to the Republic, to Democracy!". and finally his relativistic philosophizing: "only a Sith deals in absolutes".

I really hope that if I ever get my arm chopped off, or I'm hanging on the bottom of Cloud City, or I'm laying partially unconcious in a snowy planet (Yavin 5) that I could call out to Obi Wan and hear his voice in my head.

I think my life would be exponentially cooler if somehow he appeared to me and trained me in the Force. All these Catholics and their Apparations of Mary, Our Lady of Fatima? if you left it up to me I'd rather have 'Our Jedi Master of a galaxy far far away'. I still can't figure out if Darth Vader killed him, or if he just evaporated, or if he became one with the force.... and whether that counts as a mortal sin or not.

"Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope." - Princess Leia's Prayer to Obi Wan, patron saint of princesses leading rebellions against galactic empire's.

Ethos

I'm starting a new plan for trying to change my life, it's to reorder my ethos - my whole life ethic a bit. I'm using texts from three different religions in as much as their creeds help me to live as a better man. Don't worry I'm not converting to anything else, I'm fine being a Catholic Christian. Here they are:

1. Buddhism: I find that the ethics of Buddhism are actually quite easy to reconcile with Christianity, their way of life is difficult much like Christianity's, but I find that while I disagree with their theology and much of their philosophy, the actual pragmatic morality/religion part, I do agree with, here it is:

Buddhist Eightfold Noble Path
i. Right View
ii. Right Intention
iii. Right Speech
iv. Right Action
v. Right Livelihood
vi. Right Effort
vii. Right Mindfulness
viii. Right Concentration

Jedi: thank God only about 2 people even know this blog exists, because shaping your life after Star Wars isn't really 'cool' in any sense of the word. I read the jedi creed the other day and found it to be a very good mantra, it's basicallly just western style buddhism, but I like it. You can also Christianize this by just switching 'The Force' with logos which is Plato's concept of God which St. John uses in chapter 1 of his gospel to describe Christ as the eternal divine omnipresent deity.

There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force (or logos).

Christian
“We gladly suffer, because we know that suffering helps us to endure. And endurance builds character, which gives us a hope that will never disappoint us. All of this happens because God has given us the Holy Spirit, who fills our hearts with his love.” - St. Paul, in Romans 5:35 (CEV)

God blesses those people
who depend only on him.
They belong to the kingdom
of heaven!
God blesses those people
who grieve.
They will find comfort!
God blesses those people
who are humble.
The earth will belong
to them!
God blesses those people
who want to obey him more than to eat or drink.
They will be given
what they want!
God blesses those people
who are merciful.
They will be treated
with mercy!
God blesses those people
whose hearts are pure.
They will see him!
God blesses those people
who make peace.
They will be called
his children!
God blesses those people
who are treated badly
for doing right.
They belong to the kingdom
of heaven.” – Lord Jesus Christ, in the Sermon on the Mount (CEV)