A Meditation on the Jedi Code

This morning, it came into my mind to meditate on the Jedi Code. For those who don’t know, this meditation or mantra originated with the old Star Wars Expanded Universe, now called Legends, and, within that lore, was the core creed of the Jedi Order before its fall, much like the Apostles or Nicene Creeds are for the descendants of the unified Catholic Church:

There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force.

As I meditated on it, I realized something profound. The lines of this creed exactly describe what it is like to experience, as Paul describes it, “the length, width, height, and depth” of God’s all enveloping presence; His all pervading, all consuming love.

There is no emotion, there is peace.
     Within the full presence of God, an overwhelming, all consuming peace takes over. All one’s fears, sadness, grief, and every other emotion which demands our attention just fades away and all that remains is that peace which goes beyond any human understanding.

There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
     Within the center of His full presence, all questions just kind of disappear and seem unimportant. Somehow, everything you could possibly want to know or ask is already answered just by who He is and His omniscience. When you are fully enveloped with Him, everything He has becomes yours and there isn’t a question left to ask.

There is no passion, there is serenity.
     All other desires and longings become quiet. There is a stillness, a quiet stillness around you that brings a rest unlike any which could be experienced. As He is at rest, and unmoving, so you also experience this rest.

There is no chaos, there is harmony.
     All things work together as they are ordered. The seemingly unruly threads of the tapestry of our lives, and the tapestry of all of creation for that matter, are woven together in such a way as to produce the order and harmony of the tapestry’s mural. The seemingly clashing and disparate off key notes of our lives are conducted together into a melody, a harmonic symphony of profound beauty and depth.

There is no death, there is the Force.
     Physical death is not the end. Our existence does not stop as we come to fully realize our union with Him.
     
     There is no death, there is the God who is All Consuming Love.
     There is no death, there is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
     There is no death, there is the Source from which all things are born and created.
     There is no death, there is Yahweh.
     There is no death, there is I Am.
     There is no death, there is the Way.
     There is no death, there is the Truth.
     There is no death, there is the Eternal Life.
     There is no death, there is the Logos.
     There is no death, there is the Resurrection.
     There is no death, there is Jesus Christ.

This is the meditation I offer up for today.