balance comes from the jedi listening to the will of the living force,
and acting out the will of the living force in the macroscopic world.
the midichlorians have a mind of its own, so to speak. a "will" to act.
--> the force flows through the jedi, and the jedi converts thought to action.
the jedi act out the will of the living force. they live in harmony with the force, like symbiotes.
like american indians living in harmony with nature's balance.
they listen to the will of the living force, and they use the force accordingly.
--> BALANCE <--
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IMBALANCE came from the creation of the republic itself,
and the fact that the jedi became bound by law to enact the will of the people. NOT the will of the living force.
(ie: the "will of the force" was replaced by the "will of the senate")
--> the jedi began using the force to act out the will of the people.
via democracy.
they NO LONGER listened to the will of the living force.
they only listened to the will of the people.
this became a problem when the Sith took control of the senate;
when the will of the people was bent by Fear into fighting a war for security.
the will of the Sith took over for the will of the people, who were driven by FEAR.
so now we've got the Jedi using the force, to act out the will of the senate.
which is now identical to the will of the SITH.
(paplatine: "
I AM THE SENATE!!")
this was the problem:
the jedi were bound by law, to use the force, to act out the designs of a sith lord.
this was due to the relationship between the jedi and the senate,
which formed the foundation for the Republic itself.
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Balance was restored when the jedi were free from being the puppets of the government.
when the jedi were free from their obligation to "the will of the people"
when the republic was dismantled/destroyed.
--> the jedi were suddenly free to act on the will of the living force again,
after
thousands of years of serving the will of the people. which was corrupt.
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read my discussion of BALANCE in this thread
forcefx.proboards43.com/index.cgi?board=epvi&action=display&thread=1168559625it kind of rants for a while but you'll get the point.