One of the difficulties in (finally being able to start to make a return to) the Jedi dojo is that folks tend to think that it is a message to them. Another consequence of the triumph of pragmatism. But disciple isn't a demonstration of virtue; it wants nothing to do with the observer. It's not a message, at least not a message from me, and if it's a message from someone else, I have nothing to do with either the sender or the recipient. The original meaning of virtue is strength. The shining city on the hill was not built, and does not function, in order to send messages by semaphore or flashing lights. What this age misses is the reality of the thing itself.
