Although the lightworker vs. darkworker polarization idea is a very cool thought experiment, something was still bugging me about this perspective.
Is it really just one path or the other? Is there really nothing in-between?
More importantly, can you still harness The Force (to the maximum and without resistance), yet still choose to create your own path?
I don't even remember how I ended up there, but I just found this web page a couple hours ago:
The Grey Jedi 
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Some (paraphrased) info on the Grey Jedi
Grey Jedi, although having completed the teachings of either the Jedi Order or the Sith, they operate independently outside of both.
Grey Jedi believed that The Force had no completely "light" or "dark" side, and should be viewed outside the scope of conventional morality.
The Grey Jedi will not intervene on either side, choosing instead to watch and follow their own code, defending themselves and maintaining the line.
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Some excerpts from the Grey Jedi "Code of the Line"
2 - You are who and what you choose to be as the maker of your own path.
9 - The quest for knowledge is the best focus of one's time and mind.
17 – Trust The Force.
18 - Trust your instincts, for they have developed from experience.
19 - Trust your heart, for it will always be true to you.
20 - Trust your mind, for it will draw on all your knowledge.
23 - Do not trust a Jedi [lightworker], for they will always believe they are right.
24 - Do not trust a Sith [darkworker], for they will convince you you are right.
25 - Do not trust a Grey, for they only trust themselves.
30 - So long as the grey line exists there will always be balance.
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Also, here are some of my own comments on the Grey Jedi...
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- A Grey Jedi is very aware of both the charm of the Light-side and the lure of the Dark-side. She aligns with neither.
- The Grey path is at first more difficult, because she must think for herself, instead of picking one side over the other.
- The Grey path is ultimately easier however, because she trusts her instincts, rather than relying on her subjective views (and other people's views) of what's Light and what's Dark.
- A Grey Jedi neither embraces nor rebels against the Light path or the Dark path. She can freely walk either path. And she can just as freely walk neither path.
- To outside observers, she seems to step on and off each path effortlessly. At times, she paradoxically seems to walk both Light and Dark paths simultaneously.
- To her though, she's simply doing what she feels like doing. Thus she is truly free.
- The Force has no preference. Everything... whether Light, Dark, or Grey... is already perfect.
- To be truly free... be yourself.
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