“Two there should be. No more, no less. One to embody power, the other to crave it.”
―Darth Bane
“What’s cooler than being Cool? Ice Cold (Andre “Ice Cold” 3000).”
“What’s cooler than being Ice Cold? Absolute Zero (Darth “Absolute Zero” Bowser).”
On one of those nights that promises profundity but all too often lapses into the mediocre, Darth Harley and his mentor Darth Bowser were out for a stroll.
B: (looking up a the stars) Beautiful night Harley. What do you see?
H: (starts naming the constellations)
B: Constellations?! That’s ridiculous. Do you believe what you see or do you believe what I tell you?
H: Always what you tell me my master.
B: Then learn to see beyond constellations. Do you think God painted a connect the dots puzzle in the sky?
H: Of course not, my lord.
B: You must learn to see the randomness that is the truth of the sky, not shapes and patterns. (draws a shape in the dirt) What’s this?
H: (hesitates) A box … A square prism?
B: Again, you need to see beyond the lies your mind is telling you. Boxes are 3D and you can put stuff in them. This drawing is 2D and flat:
H: I have much to learn, master
B: Well, that’s the starting point. Do you know the weekend is arriving soon
H: Yes master.
B: Does time flow backward with the weekend arriving, like someone kicking a ball to you, or does time march forward with you arriving at the weekend?
H: I guess both, depending on how you look at it. Calendars and clocks march forward, although we just as much can experience time flowing backward.
B: Both, or neither? Have you considered that time may not be what you sense but rather how you sense? In a dreamless sleep where the mind doesn’t create time as a place for experiences to take place in, what do you experience?
H: Nothing at all, just drifting off to sleep in one instant and awaking in the next even though many hours may have gone by.
B: Learn to see beyond the world of everyday opinion. It’s only in doing this that you can become strong in the Dark Side Of The Force!
H: Yes, my lord.