faithfulson | Voicemail ~ Mask or Menace

That's always easier said than done. But I'm always happy to chat, or help however I can. Do you know NeoJedha, in Maurtia Falls?

Yes! I go there often with a family friend to train.

That's great. I'm there more and more often lately - I've kinda taken over a lot of the admin stuff since Cassian left us. When I'm not doing that I teach some meditation classes - you're always welcome to join, if you want.

I definitely will. My ability to meditate is... bad. We'll go with bad.

[ Like father like son in this case. ]

I can only imagine it's difficult when you haven't been trained to it from a very young age - but in my experience most people can get something out of it with enough practice.

It really is. I either get nothing at all from it, or I end up lost in visions for hours. There's no in between.

Expecting something may be part of your problem. Meditation is really just about finding your center and letting yourself be one with the Force - whatever form that takes. Even if it's essentially "nothing".

...I never thought of it that way.

I think it's pretty common - I used to dislike meditation for much the same reasons. I thought - I don't know, that the Force should be working for me, not the other way around. Or I maybe just didn't see the value in peace and quiet. These days, I like reaching out, feeling myself part of something bigger.

[ Luke let out a snort. ]

Peace and quiet? Here?

[ With so many Skywalkers in one place? H A H A H A ]

That just keeps coming up in short supply these days.

Kid, I've spent the past several years living in close quarters with two angry teenagers, a murderous astromech and a Lasat who smells worse than all of them combined most of the time. If I can find ways to meditate in that situation, you can do it here.

[ He clicks his tongue a bit. ]

I maintain a space at NeoJedha for it, though I also enjoy doing it outside, too. There's lots of nice parks in Heropa especially.

[ ...that sounds worse than Chewie on a bad day. Luke winced in sympathy. ]

Y-yeah, some of the parks here are nice. This is the smaller of the towns we can live in, so it's definitely more peaceful in general.

I like to be outside for it. The Force connects all life, after all, and being among some of that life is soothing.

Especially after so much time on ships.

[ Luke laughed softly. ]

I don't know about that. I feel like the peace and quiet of space is much more calming.

Different things work for different people. You're from... Tatooine, I think I heard?

Yeah; I was a moisture farmer before... everything.

That's right, Tatooine is pretty arid.

[ Ezra had gone on an... excursion to Tatooine not long before Kanan showed up here. Met Obi-Wan there, even. Kanan is clever enough to put two and two together, and he's pretty sure there's a bigger story here that he doesn't quite have all the pieces to -

But he's not interested in prying into that. Not at the moment. ]

Figuring out what works best for you is key. I mean, you do need to be versatile - I can definitely meditate just as easily on our ship - the Ghost - as I can in a forest, but knowing your own preferences, your own mind and body, is a step towards mastery.

[ Luke nodded absently to himself. ]

...I think that may be part of my problem. I'm... not as familiar with myself as I thought I was.

[ Bespin proved that, among other things. ]

Realizing that is true wisdom, my friend.

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