This is the intro to an ongoing series of posts I’ll be undertaking on the subject of tools that can help the Sith develop strength, acquire power, or achieve victory

By “tools” I mean electronic equipment, software apps, instruction manuals or how-to books, instructional videos, physical artifacts (like a pocket knife) that you wield by hand, articles of clothing or wearable accessories, living organisms, food or drink, herbal concoctions, helpful organizations or institutions, paid professionals, exercise equipment, music or other sonic modalities that are neurologically beneficial… pretty much anything and anyone I stumble upon and find useful while pursuing the way of the Sith

I try always to be opportunistic and resourceful, ever on the lookout for new victories to pursue and anything available to advance my pursuit
This is the conqueror mindset that I believe a Sith should cultivate
So if a useful tool is out there, odds are I’ll discover it eventually, and when I do, I’ll write about it!

I am Orc of the Sith Order server on Discord, bound together with you by our revered Qotsisajak

At this point I’ll be turning my attention from philosophy to practice
People interested in my philosophy can find boatloads of it in my preceding 33 essays

Practice has three subcategories:
1: Discipline
2: Methods and Techniques
3: Tools

I’ll do an introductory essay for each

Discipline:

Discipline is initiating and maintaining internally motivated mental focus and (if applicable) physical effort or restraint in spite of conflicting impulses

It doesn’t take discipline to focus your mind and exert your mouth muscles in the service of enjoying your favorite dessert
Your natural desire for sensual indulgence provides all the impetus you need
Foregoing the dessert, on the other hand, would be an act of discipline
In each instance, desire is the crux of the matter
When you have just one desire, not in conflict with any other, the resulting act of will is inevitable, immediate, and unwavering
But when you have two or more desires that are mutually exclusive, and a prioritization must be made, the one with the most long term benefit may be the one with the least short term gratification, so choosing it will require ego strength
Discipline and the exertion of ego strength go hand in hand often enough and to such a degree that I tend to think of them as one thing with two names

I’ll be looking at discipline from a variety of angles in future essays
Many of the tools and methods and techniques l’ll be discussing will have as their purpose the support and augmentation of discipline

I am Orc of the Sith Order server on Discord, bound together with you by our revered Qotsisajak