I have noticed that many things in life depend on your perception of them. For a Shadow Jedi you must realize that for every good there is a bad. For every right there is a wrong. If someone spills grape juice on your brief case don't become angry just realize that in the end something good has to come from it. The point here is that it doesn't mean anything, life is only what you make it. When you were a child you were hypnotized by your surroundings, you learned to value material possessions, you learned that you cannot achieved your dreams...Likewise you could have been hypnotized by a positive environment, you could have learned success and you could have learned that the person that dies with the most toys...still dies.
If you were not lucky enough to be raised in a nurturing environment than that doesn't mean that you have to live with the imprints of the past...You can change them, Life is what you believe...choose to believe in something fulfilling. A Shadow Jedi is not heartless, nor is he/she blinded by his need for fairness...there is a point where you are forced to put yourself above others, if you have not experienced it than you are either a liar or have never truly lived. A Shadow Jedi doesn't live for ideals...He lives for life, he accepts as it is, and loves it as it is, and hates it as it is. This doesn't mean that he/she is confused about life, what it means is that he/she knows that life doesn't always favor one side or the other...No one can always be right so instead of trying to be right or just a Shadow Jedi just moves with it, that is the only way not to fail, if life turns sour do not become discontent, know that eventually it will come back to balance and back to peace...likewise do not over indulge in the light aspects of life to do so is to invite downfall. Know this life is a balance...Sometimes there is a violent disturbance but eventually it all comes back to harmony...instead of fighting the consequences of life move with them...Life is what you make of it, if you fight life you will lose if you move with the force and accept it than you will be invincible.
Control...It is what we all seek, we seek the ability to control our lives and destiny's, but how many of you out there think that you can make the force bend to your will's at all times, I feel sorry for those of you who do. The path to control is not the path of resistance it is the path of balance and peace. Control is realized through living a life of peace and balance, it can not be attained in any other sense. For those of you who think you can fight the force, I suggest you seriously reconsider your approach to life. I am considered by many to be a master but I will tell you this right now, I am but a learner in the ways of the force...I have awakened in a world of infinite possibilities and am learning for the first time in my life what it is to be alive. I hope you can follow this path as well and live the life you deserve.