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Then, once you have decided, you need to learn a whole new way of living, and unlearn many things that don't work. Luke learns to trust the flow of his life. He connects with his instincts, experiencing his natural second sight. Luke learns that The Force responds to your needs and requests, and is, in a sense, under your direct command when you are working with it, so there's no point whining. Luke builds loyal relationships with his new friends that are based first on his relationship with The Force. He does what he believes is right at all times, and never compromises his values. Most important, Luke actually listens to the calm, quiet voice within (in the form of the ascended Obi-wan) who helps him blow up the Death Star just moments before it is about to destroy the rebellion and the lovely Princess Leia. To get that far, Luke had to decide that he wasn't insignificant, which meant recognizing that even though he's just one person, his actions really mattered. Sound like a familiar struggle? In case you think this is science "fiction" or some kind of simplistic morality play, consider that right now many of us are involved in an actual, overwhelming struggle between light and darkness, and it can be very confusing. Discerning right and wrong is one of the biggest themes of our generation. Your personal struggle may be over being a slave of your employer, trying to get out of an insane relationship, getting healthy, fighting a major illness, or trying to quit alcohol, drugs or smoking. Faced with this situation, would you be helpless or powerful? If you would be powerful, would you learn the ways of power? Some people are too arrogant to call upon The Force. Often, this disguises as false humility: "Maybe there's a 'god', but why should he give a shit about me?" But most of the time, the crisis is one of choosing between light and darkness. Most of us hang out in the gray area between he two, in the shadows of indecision, addiction, the past, dissatisfying relationships, irrelevant work, incomplete happiness, sexual repression, self-censorship, negative self-esteem or outright self-hatred, belief in magic, or any of the other thousand shades of gray we're so used to living and breathing without question. (One of my favorite examples of gray thinking are The Grays, those wise, ever-popular space aliens who abduct kids, stick things up their noses and then mutilate cattle in their spare time, but nobody knows whether they're good or evil.) As for us. Most people who want to change their lives are partially committed to healing all the time, or totally committed some of the time, neither of which works. To heal our lives and grow strong, it needs to be a constant commitment, and this requires learning the art of vigilance. Usually, we miss the fact that willingness to heal ‹ not the end result ‹ is a prerequisite to growth and real service to God. Once initiated, this process will, and necessarily must, encompass all of our problems without exception. For me, this includes accepting that God will cooperate if I want a neat desk. You are free to believe anything you want, though we never find out what's true until we give it a try. In case you haven't figured it out yet, life is about experience, not theory.