A lesson from inside.

yoyoz69 · 2015-06-30T16:52:10+00:00

Here's the full parable.

In the Cherokee world, however, the story ends this way:

The old Cherokee simply replied, “If you feed them right, they both win.” and the story goes on:

“You see, if I only choose to feed the white wolf, the black one will be hiding around every corner waiting for me to become distracted or weak and jump to get the attention he craves. He will always be angry and always fighting the white wolf. But if I acknowledge him, he is happy and the white wolf is happy and we all win. For the black wolf has many qualities – tenacity, courage, fearlessness, strong-willed and great strategic thinking – that I have need of at times and that the white wolf lacks. But the white wolf has compassion, caring, strength and the ability to recognize what is in the best interest of all.

"You see, son, the white wolf needs the black wolf at his side. To feed only one would starve the other and they will become uncontrollable. To feed and care for both means they will serve you well and do nothing that is not a part of something greater, something good, something of life. Feed them both and there will be no more internal struggle for your attention. And when there is no battle inside, you can listen to the voices of deeper knowing that will guide you in choosing what is right in every circumstance. Peace, my son, is the Cherokee mission in life. A man or a woman who has peace inside has everything. A man or a woman who is pulled apart by the war inside him or her has nothing.

"How you choose to interact with the opposing forces within you will determine your life. Starve one or the other or guide them both.”

Reanimate_87 · 2015-06-30T16:21:44+00:00

There's this idea that human's generally are bad at obeying two contradicting masters. The amount of energy wasted by holding onto two opposite idea's is huge.

This tale reminds me of the book by Jack London called 'White Fang'. It's about a wolf that get's domesticated during the gold rush in Alaska. Perhaps not realistic in a TRP sense, but this writer is a genius at translating animalistic instincts into a living and breathing idea that almost feels humane in a sense.

scurvy_tail · 2015-06-30T17:02:37+00:00

Good and evil are ideas that people ascribe to others when it suits them. While there is little room for displaying, on a regular basis, the more prideful and selfish attributes, what is truer still is that people who are fundamentally good are the ones who are most exploited, and least capable in terms of dealing with that exploitation when they discover it. That is why you see so many stories of weaker men who are blind-sided, particularly in their relationships with women, on a regular basis.

Parables are wonderful things because they give us an idea of how life was once lived, but we have to accept that they are relevant only to the time of their conception. Looking at things from a modern perspective, I would look towards /u/yoyoz69 and his reply, which extols the virtues of being both good and bad in sufficient quantities so as to be a rounded person, who can understand and fulfil his own best interests. Those who are good will always succumb to the greater majority of people who are not.

Assassin1476 · 2015-06-30T20:12:32+00:00

"There is no Light or Dark, there is only Gray. There is no Good or Evil, there is only us."

wont_tell_i_refuse · 2015-07-01T08:52:02+00:00

I thought this was about prison for a second.

reddishman · 2015-06-30T19:29:01+00:00

The lesson here is that the old man is covertly manipulating young padwan into becoming something that is more beneficial to him. That is a nice little beta. The solution to this is to be completely dark triad and let the oldman think you are buying into his BS while you in turn manipulate him.

Title	A lesson from inside.
Author	DonBravera
Upvotes	27
Comments	10
Date	June 30, 2015 3:47 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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