I fail to see how the mantra I presented encourages a view of personal deficiency. It definitely emphasizes power above all else to the apparent exclusion of control....but that in itself is not necessarily a bad thing. Those without the discipline to utilize their emotions effectively will simply fall by the wayside or, with proper direction by a learned master, pass through a trial by fire.
Power is a means and not an end. Freedom is a means and not an end. Both are implied by the mantra (taken, incidentally, from the Sith Code of Star Wars fame). There is no end, only an evolution. Goals are as temporary as the life of a mortal being. Once a goal is reached, a new goal replaces it. Once a life ends, a new life replaces it.
The Sith mantra, then, is useful as a double-edged sword. It weeds out the weak. |