Training

Honestly, what there is in the way of training at the Order of the Sith relies heavily on the drive of each individual that chooses to use it, to grow through it. Of course, that could be said of any training… I would only point out that courses for work-related skills, for future careers, etc. are often out of sync with the attending individuals heart. To gain anything here, to grow and evolve, begs that your heart is truly in it.

To forewarn, most of what I’m touching on here is only viewable if you sign up/register. While the extent of those forums restricted might lessen, they’re currently not viewable to unregistered guests. Anyhow…

The assigments offered through The Sith Resource are very simple and very few in number, meant to cater to newcomers. They’re obvious use is to help people unfamiliar with the Ways of the Sith in giving form to their current views on what a Sith is, what Darkness is, what the role of emotions might be in ones life, and so on. They are meant to act as a sort of starting point, a springboard.

There is a Self-Training Resource adapted from The Group for Organizational Effectiveness by Miles, a Sith Lord and member of the Order, that anyone can elect to do as well. That it isn’t a requirement to do this should not take away from the possible benefits prospective Sith can take get from it. Following through with it will, in all likelihood, provide more of a personal awareness, in where you are at in your life right now and what you might want; of where you might want to take it, and how you might get there.

Also not a requirement, or even a program the Order can lay claim to beyond it having been created by a Sith Lord and member of the Order, is the training program authored by Khaos. As Head of the Dark Aspect at the Force Academy, he established a training program for said aspects students. It’s viewable in the Dark Training forum of the FA; however, I give mention of it in relation to OotS because it can also be found in his Journal there.

A more exclusive form of training is Apprenticeship. I would suggest a few things pertaining to this… Try not to think of experienced practitioners as Masters; that will probably just irritate people, if it gets any reaction at all. The same can be said for newcomers asking for one-on-one training right off the bat. Get involved in the site, participate, put some of the resources to use on your own. And try not to go around asking everyone if you can be their apprentice. I think that the best of us, formally apprenticed to anyone or not, are self-driven. People that rely on external forces and influences for thier own evolutions rarely get anywhere, in these communities or in their own lives.