Yoda on the Law of Attraction

In this scene from The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda explains to Luke Skywalker some of the key principles about the Law of Attraction: use the force (aka the field, the divine matrix,etc) and the importance of belief. In particular, he utters his most famous line: "Do or do not... there is no try." He also explains to Luke that his lack of belief is why he fails: "That is why you fail." Finally, he reminds Luke that we are spiritual beings having a human experience, not the other way around: "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter." This is one of the all-time great scenes in the history of movies.

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• there is no try
• that is why you fail
• luminous beings are we

[myrmidryad]

Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.

[GeneralVariety]

the mixture of yodas voice, his words, his actions, the environment and the music at 2:29 to 3:10 makes this one of my favourite scenes of all time.

[danielofdoriaa]

@myrmidryad we are indeed :)

[wootdafak]

2:29 - 3:10 - i always say that when im high...

[momopup01]

I don't know who is worse Luke or jar jar...

[benthejrporter]

I love Yoda. He's very sweet and very wise. I was a small child when I first saw this film and I was frightened of him, but I was too young to understand it. It was many years later that I read the books by Carlos Castaneda, but I remembered Yoda and wondered if Geroge Lucas hadn't been inspired by them when he invented the character and the scenes with him in.

[darlingdino]

4 people have chosen to do not

[OOdragonball7]

@Anointed4Revival the force is the electric fluid and the magnetic fluid...not the holy ghost, but if you Think the force is from a book that GOD wrote him SELF then...shit man, i don't know lol

[ShadowGunner82]

@Anointed4Revival Um no. The "Force" has always gone hand in hand with Buddhism and other spirituality systems. If the Jedi believed and worshiped a deity, then we would be talking about Monotheistic (one) or possible Polytheistic (more than one) Religions. This isn't the case with the Force.

[seamoretwillnant]

@Huzmo Yoda's point was that we are bound by the Force in non-physical ways, which is awesome considering that concept takes the idea of life and gives it a philosophical will. Lucas has Qui-gon saying that Force-sensitivity is determined by microscopic life forms in our physical cells. Explain to me how that isn't contradictory.

[Huzmo]

@seamoretwillnant The midichlorians give us knowledge about the force, they do not create it. 

[seamoretwillnant]

YODA: Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter! *referring to Luke's body during his lecture about the Force*

QUI-GON: Midi-chlorians are a microscopic life form that resides within all living cells.

... George, do you even WATCH your own movies?