“To the man who is afraid, everything rustles.”

Adder wrote:

Desolous wrote: I'm on week 2 of that coursera course. Where do we post our musings?

Dunno, I couldn't find a thread specifically.... a dedicated thread in the Additional Courses area might work good if your keen to post often;
https://www.templeofthejediorder.org/forum/Additional-courses

I agree...

Maybe we could start threads "Course XYZ, Week One", Etc?

~sent from the Hitchhiker's Guide, inside my GalaxyS7~

The wicked flee when no man pursueth[...]
Please don't get hung up on the wicked part. The point I am trying to make is:
If there isn't something off within, we would not react as volatile.

Only when the topic strikes a chord can it gain enough momentum.
Only when we are off center can we be overbalanced.

To me this is the center of 'emotion, yet peace'. It starts with introspection. Why does this irritate me,
what's the chord that's ringing? More often than not, tracing those lines will lead to a deeper knowledge
of the self and sooth the chord. Naturally it's not always possible, when agitated it is hard not to react
and just stand and look.

To answer the initial post and sum it up:
tl;dr: If we don't want to be the plaything of external influence it is vital to be aware of this concept, lest we
wish to be dragged along by our raw chords.