LESSON II. The Physical Jedi

LESSON III. The Mental Tools

LESSON IV. The Expansion of the Self

LESSON V. The Force

LESSON VI. The Cultivation of Focus

LESSON VII. The Will and Mental Control

LESSON VIII. Conscious Control of the Force

This book of Lessons is intended to be used by the Jedi candidate in conjunction with his training in the ways of "The Force".

The Force is an energy field, which is generated by all things and has been theorized and experimented with, since the origin of man. The Force was somewhat understood by the yogis and martial artists of the first and second millenium. Many of these lessons have evolved from their studies of "ki" or "Chi", and "prana", in association with the universal life force. It was not until the third millenium that the first of the Jedi Masters arose from the ranks of humanity and began teaching the path of the Force to the worthy Candidate and the advanced Initiate or knight. The Force encompasses everything, both animate and inanimate. Without the Force, there is no life. It is the knowledge of the Force and how to manipulate it through the power of the Will that gives the Jedi Knight his special abilities.

For many of you, this series of lessons will be as a seed planted in fertile soil, which will in due time put forth sprouts which will push their way gradually into the sunlight of your consciousness, where they will bring forth leaves, blossom, and fruit. Many of the fragments of these truths which will be presented will not be recognized by you at this time, but in the years to come, as you continue to train and progress, you will recognize the verity of these impressions, and then will you make these truths your own.

In these written lessons, we intend to speak to you just as if you were actually gathered before the council. We feel sure that the bond of sympathy between us will soon grow so strong and real through the Force, that as you read our words you will feel our presence almost as strongly as if we were with you in person. We will be with you in spirit and through the Force. The student, who is in harmonious sympathy with his teachers while learning the ways of the Force, will establish a psychic connection with them. In this way, the candidate will be able to grasp the essence of the teachings and to receive the benefit of the master’s thoughts in a degree impossible to one who merely reads the words in cold print without the use of the Force.

The teachings in these lessons are authoritative. We will be using the methods, which have been passed down through the ages from the Eastern religions that first began their work with the Force early in the millenium. It does not matter whether the Master’s statements are accepted as truth by all. The council feels that those who are ready for the truth, will intuitively recognize it, and as for the others, if they are not prepared to receive the truth, no amount of argument will assist in their progress. When a soul is ready for the ways of the Force, and the teachings are uttered in the presence of a qualified candidate, it will be recognized and appropriated. The Master knows that much of these teachings are just planting the seed, and that for every idea which the student grasps at first, there will be a hundred which will come into the field of conscious recognition only after the lapse of time.

We do not mean that the Jedi Masters insist upon the student to blindly accept every truth that is presented. On the contrary, we instruct the candidate to accept as truth only that which can be proven for themselves, as no truth is truth to one until they can prove it by their own experiments. But the student is taught that before many truths may be so proven the candidate must develop and unfold along the path of the Force. Accept nothing as final or truth until you have proven it; but, if you are wise, you will profit by the advice and experience of those who have traveled the path of the Force before you. Everyone must learn by experience, but others may serve as pointers of the Way. At each stage of the journey it will be found that those Jedi who have progressed a little further on the path have left signs and marks and guide posts for those of you who follow. The wise man will take advantage of these signs. We do not ask you for blind faith, but only for confidence until you are able to demonstrate for yourselves the truths we are passing on to you, as they were passed on to us, by those who went before.

One who wishes to go along the path of the Force needs to study the reality of the external universe and the reality of the universe within. Everything in the universe shares by nature, the same spirit with the universe. All phenomena; physical, mental and spiritual come from one source, and all is connected through the Universal Force. It is one of the duties assigned to the Jedi Knight that they should polish day by day the spirit shared with the universe so that their relationship with others and the Force may be in peace and harmonious with all.

The Way of the Jedi is to give life to all things, to reconcile the universe, and to foster the completion of everyone’s journey along the Path. All Jedi Masters, Knights and Candidates should have their minds united with that of the universe and help the eternal spirit succeed in revealing his mind to all things.

Thomas Chilton Meseroll is currently a manager in the aerospace industry working on top secret programs for the United States Government on the Planet Earth. He has a BS degree in Astrophysics from UCLA and an advanced degree in Geophysics and Space Physics from the same institution. He is currently pursuing a degree in Philosophy from the Philosophical Association of England. He has been a martial arts practitioner for 25 years and is an expert in Okinawan weaponry. He is a member of the Society of American Magicians and is known in magic circles as "The Magus". He is a practitioner of Zen, Yoga and Tai Chi. He is a marathon runner and a bibliophile. He is strong with the Force.