Etiqueta: Cosmic force

What’s the difference between the cosmic force and the living force? I’ve tried to read some things but it just made me even more confused. I thought that the cosmic force was the «… It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together». And the living force was almost the same, but it was the one «inside» living beings (people, animals, plants) and since they’re connected with the cosmic force, they can manipulate it sometimes? Is that correct or there’s another explanation?

padawanlost:

Yeah, that’s
pretty much it. From I understand, the
force has two aspects – Living and Unifying –  the cosmic Force is a part of the Unifying
force.

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“All that surrounds us is the foundation of
life, the birthplace of what your science calls midi-chlorians, the foundation
of what connects the Living Force and the Cosmic Force.” TCW [06×12]

“Forgive me. I had to be certain. According
to Jedi Offee, the enhanced connection with the Force is potentially so
powerful that, were it to fall into the wrong hands, the results could be
cataclysmic. She felt that it opened a channel to what she referred to as
the Cosmic Force. I assume you know what she was referring to.” Jax
nodded, lost in thought. Most philosophers and students of the Force, including
many members of the erstwhile Council, believed that the Force was above
intellectual concepts of good and evil, and that the terms light side and dark
side constituted nothing more than a merism. Nevertheless, many also felt a
case could be made for viewing the Force, as it was generally understood and
utilized, as a subset of a grander and all-pervasive unifying principle. It
was this “living Force” that was the aspect most Jedi—and most Sith as
well—were familiar with. If one’s connection with it was strong enough, one
could accomplish what seemed to most folk to be miracles: telekinesis, healing
abilities, supernal strength, speed and stamina, even a certain amount of
precognition. But, according to the Old Teachings, this was only one
aspect of a greater whole, much as one planar surface represented only a
fraction of a hypergem’s multidimensional wonders, known variously as the
unifying, cosmic, or greater Force. One connected with the greater Force
only through a lifetime of meditation and sacrifice, but the reward of doing so
was, it was said, a unification with all of space and time, an ability to
manipulate matter and energy on the most elemental levels … even, it was said
by some, the ability to throw off the shackles of the flesh in favor of an
immortal body of energy. [Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows by Michael
Reaves]

It seems the Cosmic force has become just another name for Unifying
Force.The cosmic Force was mentioned for the first time in one comic 1977
(before the movie came out) and then only in 2009 in Michael Reaves books. He
is the only EU writer who used that concept until TCW’s season 6 but by then
Disney owned SW and the topic was no longer explored in the EU. Pre-Disney manuals
only mention the Living Force and the Unifying Force. On the other hand, Disney’s
canon only uses the term “Cosmic Force”. Since Disney scrapped the entire EU
but not TCW, they picked the term that was actually mentioned in “their” canon.that explains some of the mess, i guess.