Sithism...

Yin-Yang symbol.

You got two parts to make a whole. A coin has two sides to make the whole. It exists and it doesn't exist. Light and absence of light, etc.

Asopo wrote: Yin-Yang symbol.

You got two parts to make a whole. A coin has two sides to make the whole. It exists and it doesn't exist. Light and absence of light, etc.

Thank you very much. There are no sith, flip the coin there are no Jedi....we just are. What makes you is what you do.

I think I'm going to change my lable to, "Rickie The Grey". I choose light but acknowledge my dark.

It's all in the eyes of the beholder.

Despite seemingly opposite philosophies, I've found that jedi and sith are much more alike than they are different. The difference between the two, rather than a complete opposition, are more akin to the differences between Catholicism and Protestant Christianity. As a matter of fact, I've jumped around from one label to the next, not because I found a real difference between the two, but because it was more palatable to others, who would otherwise not know how to relate to me only because of semantics.

Usually (and this is my observation only) newcomers to both jedi and sith philosophies enter their newfound religion in an almost fanatic fashion: the jedi try hard to dominate their emotions - even if that means simply surpressing them - and feel obligated to engage in some sort of crusade to save the world; on the other hand, the sith are hell bent on drawing attention to their aggressiveness and individualism.

Once people get past that initial stage, jedi start to discard the supression and self-imposed altruism, and sith discard the aggression and self-proclaimed dominance, and start simply being themselves. Past that point, the lines blur, and jedi and sith are almost completely alike, though I would point out as the main difference is that jedi still seem to hang on to their commitment towards utilitarianism while sith hang on to individualism.

But people keep seeing a contradiciton, a clash of opposites, when it's simply two aspects of the same Force, two sides to the same coin.

Agreed....

Mostly....

I have seen it said that Sith focus on their self improvement, for themselves... And Jedi focus on self improvement for everyone else....

Jedi focus on themselves quite a bit... With the theory of "what you are on the inside, you are

Sith seem to focus on themselves quite a bit as well, thinking, "It's all about me..."

So it seems in my time in the community....

This is not necessarily true for each person,but more of a pattern I see overall...