Ka' el Darcverse
Aug 4th, 2003, 10:24:23 AM
Ka' el had been a Jedi Learner for as long as he could remember. One of the few Jedi of the Order to be raised in some resemblence of the old ways. His parents, had recognized his gifts at a young age and brought him before a Jedi Order to be raised.
This was a source of pride for the young Padawan Learner, he was a Jedi of the old ways. Pure and blameless in the Force, he had been trained as a Jedi for as long as he was aware enough to recieve instruction and therefore he was conditioned to react as if by instinct as a Jedi was to act, he did not suffer the cloud of emotions, there was right and there was wrong. This made it easy for him to pick up on things quite rapidly. He was by no means a genius as the boy wonder Loki Amarah, nor supremely naturally gifted like the protege Sejah, rather he was disciplined and determined. Nothing was more important than his duties and as a Padawan his duties were to train and learn.
That is what brought him to the library this evening. To study, but what was his topic of interest tonight, alchemy, physics, perhaps history; Ka' el's master Figrin D'an was the Jedi Historian.
No tonight he would study how to fortify his mind. The ancient Jedi masters were known to be of such mental fortitude that even the most skilled Sith Soceror could not break their concentration or crack their resolve. They could focus themselves to such an extent that even in the face of excruiciating pain or in some cases as they died, then did not lose their resolve or connection with the calming side of the Force. This is how the ancient Jedi could absorb energy, could sustain what would normally be fatal wounds and still continue fighting til the moment they took their last breath. He would learn to become one with the Force as a living breathing Jedi; he would learn the ancient art of Jedi Battle Meditation.
Ka' el wished to learn how to achieve such a connection to the calming Force, he wanted to know how to be of such a singular purpose that all other external stimuli could be ignored. And tonight he was going to study it in theory before attempting to put it into practice.
Master D'an had suggested a few books and also told him to reference the Librarian as she would be able to take him to the more valuable texts that were not allowed to leave the halls of the Library unless they were in the Care of a Jedi Master.
The first book he picked up was called; Connected to the Living Force it was a very good book, but only gave basics on how to begin connecting to the calming aspects of the Force. It suggested repeated meditation while reciting the Jedi Code. It suggested attempting to perform Meditation while conditioning the body, reciting calming mantras. Ka' el already did this many times a day. It helped him in his saber exercises, but he had plateued with this technique, it had taken him as far as he could go.
After reading through a couple of chapters of Connected, he placed it back on the shelf and took another book from the list Master D'an had given to him.
Focus on the Force was this books title and it seemed quite a bit older than the first book. The librarian said it came from the old Jedi Archives, one of the few books deemed non-dangerous by Palaptine. As Ka' el read through the text he came across another training technique designed to increase ones stamina. It suggested only minor meditation before entering an intense training session and that the reader should work their body to near exhaustion, then just as they seemed on the verge of collapse begin their Jedi Meditation. The concept was to call on as little bit of the Force as was needed until their own physical resources became exhausted, this would force the Jedi to rely more heavily upon the Force and by doing so connect deeper with its calming aspects.
Ka' el immediately wrote down this information and then began writing done a suggested work out for the prospective student. It would be intense, the book warned but then it went on to describe how each time the student would be able to go longer and do more before having to resort to full reliance on the Force. The book said however though your beginning meditations would become more and more powerful even if they only seemed to be slightly focusing you on the Force your body would become naturally attuned to it, therefore removing the Force from you as a crutch and instead giving it to you as a tool.
This was a start, it was close to what the Jedi used to call Battle Meditation. Ka' el knew that if he could reach this point all he would need to know was how to perform Jedi Battle Meditation and he would be able to use the technique, which made the Jedi such powerful warriors and such effective guardians of civilization.
Ka' el had been in the library for quite sometime reading but had not noticed anyone else around, perhaps because he was so deeply entranced by him study or the fact that it was getting late. The Librarian had closed off the restricted archives and told Ka' el that she would be back tomorrow if he wished to look through some of the older texts that had survived the great Purge.
The young padawan frowned, he would need a Knight or Master of the order now to get in to read some of the older books, perhaps some would stop in that might look kindly upon his studies. Until then however he would continue to read.
This was a source of pride for the young Padawan Learner, he was a Jedi of the old ways. Pure and blameless in the Force, he had been trained as a Jedi for as long as he was aware enough to recieve instruction and therefore he was conditioned to react as if by instinct as a Jedi was to act, he did not suffer the cloud of emotions, there was right and there was wrong. This made it easy for him to pick up on things quite rapidly. He was by no means a genius as the boy wonder Loki Amarah, nor supremely naturally gifted like the protege Sejah, rather he was disciplined and determined. Nothing was more important than his duties and as a Padawan his duties were to train and learn.
That is what brought him to the library this evening. To study, but what was his topic of interest tonight, alchemy, physics, perhaps history; Ka' el's master Figrin D'an was the Jedi Historian.
No tonight he would study how to fortify his mind. The ancient Jedi masters were known to be of such mental fortitude that even the most skilled Sith Soceror could not break their concentration or crack their resolve. They could focus themselves to such an extent that even in the face of excruiciating pain or in some cases as they died, then did not lose their resolve or connection with the calming side of the Force. This is how the ancient Jedi could absorb energy, could sustain what would normally be fatal wounds and still continue fighting til the moment they took their last breath. He would learn to become one with the Force as a living breathing Jedi; he would learn the ancient art of Jedi Battle Meditation.
Ka' el wished to learn how to achieve such a connection to the calming Force, he wanted to know how to be of such a singular purpose that all other external stimuli could be ignored. And tonight he was going to study it in theory before attempting to put it into practice.
Master D'an had suggested a few books and also told him to reference the Librarian as she would be able to take him to the more valuable texts that were not allowed to leave the halls of the Library unless they were in the Care of a Jedi Master.
The first book he picked up was called; Connected to the Living Force it was a very good book, but only gave basics on how to begin connecting to the calming aspects of the Force. It suggested repeated meditation while reciting the Jedi Code. It suggested attempting to perform Meditation while conditioning the body, reciting calming mantras. Ka' el already did this many times a day. It helped him in his saber exercises, but he had plateued with this technique, it had taken him as far as he could go.
After reading through a couple of chapters of Connected, he placed it back on the shelf and took another book from the list Master D'an had given to him.
Focus on the Force was this books title and it seemed quite a bit older than the first book. The librarian said it came from the old Jedi Archives, one of the few books deemed non-dangerous by Palaptine. As Ka' el read through the text he came across another training technique designed to increase ones stamina. It suggested only minor meditation before entering an intense training session and that the reader should work their body to near exhaustion, then just as they seemed on the verge of collapse begin their Jedi Meditation. The concept was to call on as little bit of the Force as was needed until their own physical resources became exhausted, this would force the Jedi to rely more heavily upon the Force and by doing so connect deeper with its calming aspects.
Ka' el immediately wrote down this information and then began writing done a suggested work out for the prospective student. It would be intense, the book warned but then it went on to describe how each time the student would be able to go longer and do more before having to resort to full reliance on the Force. The book said however though your beginning meditations would become more and more powerful even if they only seemed to be slightly focusing you on the Force your body would become naturally attuned to it, therefore removing the Force from you as a crutch and instead giving it to you as a tool.
This was a start, it was close to what the Jedi used to call Battle Meditation. Ka' el knew that if he could reach this point all he would need to know was how to perform Jedi Battle Meditation and he would be able to use the technique, which made the Jedi such powerful warriors and such effective guardians of civilization.
Ka' el had been in the library for quite sometime reading but had not noticed anyone else around, perhaps because he was so deeply entranced by him study or the fact that it was getting late. The Librarian had closed off the restricted archives and told Ka' el that she would be back tomorrow if he wished to look through some of the older texts that had survived the great Purge.
The young padawan frowned, he would need a Knight or Master of the order now to get in to read some of the older books, perhaps some would stop in that might look kindly upon his studies. Until then however he would continue to read.