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Twitter/ Internet Buzz for The Last Jedi

Discussion in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' started by JeffG., Jan 28, 2016.

  1. Aras Volodka

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    You have some way of proving that?

    & you yourself just admitted that we really aren't in control if techniques have to be utilized in order to take control if at least some of the time.

    In times of crisis when a family member dies unexpectedly or something of that nature... no way... meditation will not be able to stop the mind from traveling 1000 mph.

    Anakin's turn to the dark side at that crucial moment... that was high stress situation in which he wasn't thinking clearly. I think it could happen to any one of us, & perhaps that's what I think the PT had meant to showcase. Anakin was a "good" person, he was a good boy right? Why would someone consciously decide to become evil? His mind became twisted by the Emperor, & it took Luke to unknot it.
     
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    I wouldn't be shocked in the slightest if that's the cave scenes they've been scouting .
     
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    JJ says....


    #LostLuke
     
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    I
    It sounds like a title of a children's book .
     
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    Could be but I'm sure they have other titles on the table

    Canine friends of the force.
     
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    You can read up on past lives and take your own journey to find your own answers to that question.

    All I can put forth is my own experience which was that i was not raised to believe in such things and those around me would laugh at people like Shirley Maclaine when she would talk about past lives and reincarnation. I do indeed believe in such based on my experiences. If you are to know about such things this life it will be made known to you one way or another.

    I recommended a technique for a problem you described that is a hormonal imbalance in the brain. Not everyone suffers with the problem you are describing. Meditation is a good way to deal with it (one of many). Many choose the quick and easy path and choose medication. Others identify the problem then do nothing and suffer.
    My advice would be to just do your best in a given day and take solace as you lay down that you did your best and tomorrow you will deal with one thing at a time and have faith it will all work out. Your mindset sculpts your reality.

    I just went through that with my mother and as she was nearing the end she had a great deal of anxiety. COPD and Emphysema can cause anxiety as a side effect due to the breathing problems; The body goes in panic mode, which exasperates the breathing process further. She no longer could take the occasional Xanax the last 2 months of her life because the doctors said she could go to sleep and not wake up. So I did basic breathing techniques with her although she never put faith in such before. It brought her a great deal of comfort and she had a very peaceful passing. She was the most strong-willed person I have ever known. If it worked for her it can work for anyone.

    I myself stayed as calm as i could given the situation and the next day wrote down my thoughts and observations as i sat vigil with her for the last 18 hours. It seemed to bring a great deal of comfort to those that were not there with her.

    I'm sorry but I just don't accept your statement because I've lived through such things and applied said techniques and they do indeed work.
    So in "my reality" that is a false statement. Choose not to believe it if you want. It does not affect me.
     
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    I apologize, but I must respectfully say that I'm a skeptic / don't believe in things that can't be observed or rationalized scientifically.

    (I'm also sorry but I'm currently on a mac @ work & don't know how to copy / paste so I wasn't able to quote specific parts of your post).

    I apologize for treading personal matters, I guess to what I'm referring was a moment in my life where I found a person VERY close to me dead, they were perfectly healthy & just collapsed... it was a complete shock. I just don't believe that any form of meditation could have possibly kept my mind from going 1000 mph at that moment, or the following several days. & I just don't mean about coping... I was suddenly faced with hundreds of important decisions out of nowhere.

    But I think overall it still just goes to show we are not in control if techniques are required to take control of our own mind. In many ways I might view something like a person riding a horse as a metaphor. You can perhaps control the horse (bio-mechanically?), tell it to run, go side to side, jump, etc, etc. But you can't tell it when to be hungry, when to not freak out if someone shoots a gun near it for the first time, etc, etc. Even trained horses can panic & stampede without provocation.

    Even just the opportunity to make a decision is already something out of our control, it is predetermined what we encounter & we merely react to it & do so by navigating our internal framework... as in we seek out references within ourselves, & that is already a flawed system because it's biased upon our own experiences & upbringing. (A child brought up without parents will react differently to a hug than someone brought up by a loving family for example).

    In Star Wars... I think the official story was that Palpatine created Anakin with the force? That seems to indicate Anakin didn't seek out his own existence, & as a consequence he never would have been forced to make a choice between the dark & light if that hadn't happened. So his reality was predetermined... I disagree with Pablo still.

    PM me if the convo is something you wish to pursue... I'm sure people would rather see tweets instead :)
     
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    I heard The Hamill answers one and only one question if you hand him a lightsaber.
     
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    I think he'll need it he was force drained last time I checked.
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    Mark is at it again




    #Andthentherewheretwo
     
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    I found this comment that Pablo reTweeted quite intriguing.


    Adam Bray ‏@authoradambray
    Star Wars canon: it's a web of storylines, not an index of factoids.

    To which Pablo added:

    Pablo Hidalgo ‏@pablohidalgo
    @authoradambray and those factoids surface from stories. Not the other way around.

    I think I may as well just pick and choose my own canon in the spirit of the classic SW role playing games.
     
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    #LukeSkywalkerGay?
     
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    Check out @lizo_mzimba's Tweet:
     
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    RIP R2D2 creator Tony Dyson
     
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    Look 2 posts above this one.;)
     
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    Has this already been mentioned here?, if it has my bad, sorry
     
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    They WILL BE, according to most recent news.

    I really don't give a damn. Thankfully, neither do Mark Hamill.

    I hate when franchises begin to feed on trends and controversies. Thankfully, Star Wars was never such a franchise.
     
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    I hope your right.

    I have a question for Leia fans?


    Another @JohnBoyega tweet


    Daisy news

     
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