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Old 03-10-2007, 06:16 PM   #6 (permalink)
fretho
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Originally Posted by yossarian View Post
IMO the Star Wars analogy fits in that Fear is the path to the dark side, but the opposite of fear is not love. The opposite of Fear is Faith, and Faith is the path to the light side.
Hmm. Faith in what though? There's several possibilities:
  • Self
  • God
  • Things
  • Others

The way I see it, dark is more faith in specific things like self (ego), resources, and particular people. Light is more faith in general things like God, the universe, that things will work out, etc.
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