The Dark Side

[The Disciple of Ragnos]

Originally Posted by diana

I am a lightsider, but here are my views.
I have never been drawn to the darkside. I have of course been tempted by certain decisions and I have certainly been inclined to resort to violence rather than peace in some situations, but I never really answered the call. For me the dark side exists to challenge me and make me better than I am. I use my emotions as teachers, but do not act on them. To me, that is the way a light jedi betters him/herself. I think that the light and the dark can be equal in power, neither ruling over the other, because I believe the force to be neutral in this sense. I have been intrigued by some of your answers to this posting. I'm having the urge to judge...so I'm going to stop now.
-please feel free to question me on anything I said.

If I am free to ask questions, I have to ask you: did you ever tried to follow the paths of The Dark Side?

I have been A star wars fan for a long time.
I have aways hated the jedi scum.
I decided the dark side was the only side to go.

It was only recently that i realized that the dark path was right for me. I realized that being a sith, and killing indescriminatly do not have to coralate. I have nothing against jedi, and I know that for some the tenants of the jedi may be apealing, however I do not wish to seal away my emotions. that being said, it was after I played Knights of the old republic, and encountered the sith accademy. During that play through I was playing light side, and I still did to the end, but afterwards it got my mind moving. I started wondering about things. It also brought an interesting discovery, the distruction of alderon was not caused by ether vader or palpateen, it was under tarkin's order that it was destroyed.
This only caused to increase the velocity of which my mind was moving in a new direction.
I came to the conclusion that, to me, the sith arn't evil, but instead are seekers of true freedom. After I disproved the streotypes to my self, I came to belive that what indevidual siths have done does not reflect apon the sith as a whole. Then I became a sith.

[Darth Opacus]

i have always felt connected to the dark side. i thought that i knew what the dark side was for many years until i read about Darth Bane. that book changed how i thought of the dark side and led me to truely embrace that power. i have been away training for several months and i spent many nights in deep meditation. i have touched the dark side inside of me and it was the most terrifying but exciting experience.
the dark side allows for passion and power - the light bars those things.

[Darth Devious]

what is this darth bane book I keep hearing about?

[Empress Palpatine]

It is the book DARTH BANE: PATH OF DESTRUCTION by Drew Karpyshyn. It is a very good read.

[Mrs. Darth Vader]

I enjoyed the Darth Bane book as well. It had some good points. This author noticed some things that no one else noticed. A smal but quiet earthly fact but he got it on the money. Very insightfull.

[DarthKaneus]

Greetings, I became engulfed in the dark side when I realized that you could be a light jedi but unless you knew and embraced the power of the dark side, nothing would come to me.

Case in point: I am an honest man..I live life doing good by others, always looking to be positive and objective. What has that got me. Nothing. I engaged in some 'dark activities" (acting on my own desire, love, hate, etc) and slowly things started to benefit me...employees quit before being fired; managers above me resigned before I did anything to make them look bad. I even went so far as to make 'sacrifices' in my marriage, which did not result in divorce, only a more deeper desire of my parter not to lose me.

The dark side is nothing to be feared, it is to be embraced. As I read the various novels, websites, teachings, ramblings, etc of dark side, sith, etc., only now do I realize that the power of the dark side is not something to fear, but to embrace. Not something to run away from, but to embody. Fear is not the key, balance is the key...and balance is what I embrace.

I welcome thoughts, opinions and ideas....

[Darth Bane]

I have always been a dark person by nature but never knew why.Then I learned of the dark side and began studying it as often as possible.sure i can't fry people with lightning but i learned to use my anger and maintain a constant rage for when it was needed and even take a considerable amount of pain from taking a punch to frost-byte temperatures.
I know that if I progress more in the years to come then by the time I'm 20 I'll be a force to be that i hope people will fear.

[Darth Nixx]

The darkside has ruled my path for the last 26 years. At times, I've run from it & tried to walk in the light, but the darkness always draws me back. The dark side has dominated my spiritual & magickal paths & is the focus of what I guide others to realize within themselves. The light leads one to annhilation, while the dark leads one to godhood.

The Darth Bane trilogy really solidified things for me (from a Sith point of view) & helped me crystallize my dark side philosophy. Another work I'd like to suggest to everyone here is a book called Works of Darkness by E.A. Koetting. It is a dark sorcery work & while not a Sith work, gives an excellent depiction of Sith Sorcery in the present world.

[Mrs. Darth Vader]

I chose the Balance dark side approach. It has worked far greater than being too emotional. The cool approach of the scientist has worked well. I use my brain more than my emotions but it works for me. Objectivity to me is not just a light side thing because scientists are very objective and wait for the facts. To work with objective reality rather than a comfortable fantasy is more empowering. If you make decisions based on facts your decisions will pan out more than if you go on what your ears like to hear.

[Darth Ferox]

I have swayed from both dark and light sides over the last 24 years. I am capable of great compassion and generosity, I have assisted people in need and have sacrificed my time for the good of others.

On the flip side I am capable of extreme brutality, anger, and callousness. I have had many physical confrontations and when I was influenced by the light side I hated fighting because I was meant to feel that way. But deep down inside I was good at fighting a natural is you must. I actually enjoyed the feeling of moving my self through time and space responding and controlling my opponent. I liked this feeling more that the actual winning of the battle because that was when my light side would come to the fore and I would feel regret at hurting a fellow human being (even though they started it and deserved the whooping).

As I have gotten older I have become more cynical and realise that if you want to acheive anything you have to be merciless, highly motivated and out for yourself. Now I only waste my time on others if I know I will get something out of the exchange. Why should I follow the rules whilst those in power do not??? Unfortunately there is no money in helping others.

Also I am extremely fussy when it comes to effectiveness, simplicity, practicality, and realism. The world we live in today does not give a **** about you/me or anybody. Only the strongest survive and prosper.

There are philosophies that state that good and evil does not exist (only in the minds of man). That the only thing that exists is us/me/you. And that any method used to win, survive, grow no matter how underhanded (it may be perceived by current morality) is valid and justified, simply because it works. Think about the dark ages when killing was as natural as taking a leak! Or when a wild animal kills for food! Light and dark are abstracts, I use whatever is necessary and works.

'In a world without human conciousness, does good and evil exist?'