Avoiding Ridicule as a Jedi
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The more serious you become about this, the more difficult it is going to get with these sorts of things. Some will say "grow thick skin", but I will say instead "be light-hearted and learn how to laugh at yourself".
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I laugh so much harder about myself than they ever could :laugh:
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MartaLina wrote: Yeah , i have had some of that from my friends and relatives , and i kept silent and finished my apprenticeship , so ...yesterday they asked me how my Jedi stuff was doing and i said Yeah well i am a Knight now so ill start teaching soon myself , they just stopped ...and gazed at me. I know they did not think that i would take this so far and that if they disapproved i maybe would be discouraged , but i was not , i have too much fun and i learn a lot.
I laugh so much harder about myself than they ever could :laugh:
This has literally been my approach. I'm doing the IP when I have time. Moving forward and learning. I don't care what it's called. There's wisdom here. And the whole point is that we are removing the Metaphor so that we can study the lesson itself and see it in all other belief systems. You could just call it Dead Parrotism, and the lessons are still the same. You can seen the archetypes in almost every story ever told, because it is literally how we understand narratives in our own minds that creates the mythologies in the first place. You might as well call a religion/philosophical practice that is all religions and none of them. We all agree on the practice. There had to be a name for it and a mythology provided a narrative so that other people could grow to understand what it is. What better way to spark curiosity than to cleave to a mythology everyone already knew and loved because it wears the idea of myth on its sleeve?
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Dcranney01 wrote: They mocked and very blatantly called me an idiot for following a "Cult" that thinks something George Lucas made up is real.
To be honest I find it difficult to talk about it with others, I receive kind reactions when I do talk about Jediism and I enjoy that people take me seriously. The way we bring and brought our messages despite what it is or was, creates the biggest part of the response. Even if we would expect it to be different.
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Dead Parrotism would be more widely accepted I think; probably due to its beautiful plumage.6h057 wrote: You could just call it Dead Parrotism, and the lessons are still the same.
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Jedi, Pagan, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, etc...are all labels. They are terms that give other people an idea what you are talking about. Does that mean they understand the idea? Not at all.
From my point of view, we as people need to learn from all different types of sources otherwise things can become stagnant. You are doing something that helps you grow as a person and as a spiritual being. Not everyone is going to take the same steps as you, but your process should be respected. People tend to mock what they don't understand and 9 times out of 10 they really don't want to understand. They want to stay in their comfortable mindset and world. Don't be held back by other people's limitations. You are worth more than their opinions.
As others have said, don't be afraid to laugh at yourself. A good sense of humor is a nice virtue to have. It is something that can also keep you from stagnation.
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life is unfair and you really cant avoid ridicule completely
not only will there will be people who misjudge you and misunderstand you but, even worse, sometimes people will judge you harshly and they will have good reasons
so the first thing to do is to accept the reality of judgment and ridicule
consider this: one day youre going be in a situation where you know that you should do a certain thing, or you should refuse to do a certain thing, but people around you -important people like your spouse or your boss or coworkers or your family- are pressuring you to do (or not do) what you know is right
that is the moment when you are, or are not, a jedi, and compared to that moment, what youre facing now is easy
so, get used to walking your own road regardless of the opinions of others
generally, i find that the word "jedi" can be saved for last or omitted altogether
rather than say "i am a jedi, which means that i believe that we are all connected at a fundamental level and that it is my obligation to be of service to the world in which i live"
you could just say " i believe that we are all connected and that it is my obligation to be of service to the world; i guess you could say im a real life jedi"
see the difference?
People are complicated.
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