Purpose
These assignments are for those who are looking to be knighted. Being a Jedi isn’t just feeling the Force for a few minutes a day and attending a class once a week or bi monthly. Jediism is a way of life. It is practiced both at home, at work, with friends, at a party, driving, and in public. Through these assignments you will learn how to act, talk, and think like a Jedi. The list includes a variety of tasks to help you develope different skills and interests. Remember a Jedi is well educated and independent and these tasks encourage that. The reason to post your tasks to the Jedi groups is to show your progress and inspire others to train. Take your time and do them the best you can. While there is no due date, you can’t be knighted until you complete at least 15 assignments. You may do 2 paid assignments to count as 6 “credits” out of your 15 ( two paid assignments and 9 free assignments as listed below). If you can’t do one due to a physical restraint please see one of the teachers and they will help you. If you are asked why you are doing a task by a non Jedi you can say it’s for a charity/ educational group/ school project/ I just want to become a better person.
Disclaimer: These assignments are not meant to put you in danger or cause you suffering. If you find yourself in danger please stop doing the activity, find help if need be, and alert one of the teachers.
Warning: You may not count past activities. You must do each one starting from the first day of training. You are here to practice and show off your work, not find shortcuts and cheats.
For those who don’t want to be knighted, but to be more immersed, you are certainly welcome to pick and choose what you want to do and write up a short report on it. It inspires other to seek training!
Traditional Assignments
1. Keep a diary of your training, thoughts, emotions, struggles, and achievements. Your diary can be public or private. If private, take a photo/screenshot of the cover or a page as proof. Presenting your journal at your knighting trial can help us learn more about you, but is NOT required.
2. Help your neighbor. Maybe it’s carrying something for them, holding the door, walking their dog, taking out the trash, or giving advice. Look for a Jedi lesson if one appears. Take a photo if given permission or write to the teacher about it/ post it to one of the Jedi groups.
3. Pick an exercise or a sport you want to either beginner or improve one. It can be stretching to reach your toes, walking and recording with your phone, lifting weights, joining a soccer/football team, practicing with your kid’s sport, running, ect. Take a photo/get video of you doing it at the beginning and the end before you are ready to be knighted.
4. Pick a subject that you are interested about and research it. Find a way to tie it into Jediism (there is always something). Write about how this subject is important and why a Jedi needs to learn about it. Post it in one the Jedi groups.
5.Find an activity that involves teamwork and leadership. Complete that activity. If you can get a picture, grab it. Otherwise write about your experience in leadership or being part of the team. What works/what failed.
6. Make a list of your fears. Now pick one to face. Do not do anything stupidly dangerous. Feel free to have a friend support you. Get a photo if possible and write about your experience. It’s ok to fail and have to try this again or pick another fear.
7. Spend a day being patience. Don’t rush to work. Don’t glare at your slow coworker. Let someone go first at the cashier. Wait to use the bathroom. Take your time on making dinner. Be patient. Write about the day.
8. Everyone has a mess they never ever want to clean. It’s the pile of papers, your kid’s out grown clothes, that side table, the junk draw. Tackle that mess. Get it completely clean and shiny. Take a before and after picture. Observe your emotions through out the process Why was that mess ignored for so long and how does it affect you now that’s finished. Write about the experience.
9. Most people have a project that they brought the materials for and never bothered to do it. It’s time to do that project. Feel free to get a friend to help.
10. Pick a subject that you would like to learn more about, but never seem to remember to do it. Sit down, research it. Practice it if possible. Write about what you learned.
11. Pick a religion you would like to learn more about. What do they believe in/don’t believe in. Do they have a god(s)? What are their practices? Talk to people who are followers. Compare it to Jediism. Feel free to try out their practices. Write about your experiences.
12. Research what a cult is and isn’t. Look into the history of cults. How do they behave. Does Jediism act like a cult? How can we make sure we aren’t going that way? Make a post about this.
13. Take a day to pamper yourself with the focus on relaxing. Spend some money on yourself. Note how it affects your training for the next week. Write to the teacher if you do not wish to make it public.
14. Be of service to a friend or family member for a whole day. Make the day about them, not you. Help them with anything to make their day better. Take a couple of photos or write about how that went. What did you learn about being of service?
15. Spend a day being as positive and pleasant as you can be. Smile at everyone. Compliment people. Express gratitude. Hold the door. Say please and thank you. Reflect on good things happening in your life. If you have a negative thought or experience try to look for something positive.
16. Pick an organization to volunteer at. It can be anything you like: homeless shelter/animal shelter/fieldtrip/sports trip/zoo/hospital/church/ect Take photos and write about how it affected you.
17. Make a list of outside books, articles, studies, movies, and other materials that would help a Jedi in their training. Explain why each item is important. Post it on one of the Jedi groups.
18. Try a new recipe. Take photos. Tell us how it tasted! What went right? What went wrong?
19. Go on a short or long trip to somewhere you have never been. You can’t use old trips. It can be a park, a museum, a town, ect. It can be a day trip or a week long one. Write about planning, packing, and going on the trip. What went right and what didn’t.
20. Go to a nature spot and learn all the features of the land: plants, animals, rivers, mountains, low lands, desert, forest, how weather and humans affects the area. Learn everything you can about that area. Take photos and write about it.
21. Pm 5 different new Jedi and offer answer questions and to help them get started on their training (you do not have to advertise this class if you don’t want to.)
22. Private message (pm) 3 different experience Jedi (aside from the teaches at Jedi Praxeum) and learn about their life, how they did their training, and their views about Jediism. Let a teacher know who you talked to.
23. Make a list of various problems you see with the Jedi community and include some suggestions of how to fix that issue.
24. Meet another Jedi in your state or attend a Jedi gathering/chapter if possible. Please be safe about this. This only applies if you can find someone/afford to go to gathering/chapter. Take photos if possible.
25: Spend a month giving up something. It can be a type of food, internet, your phone, your car, a show, a fun daily habit, ect. Post about your experience in a Jedi group about how it affected you. Please remain safe and healthy during this assignment. Seek a doctor before doing any drastic changes to your diet and exercise routine.
26. Donate Blood/Plasma. Do some research and find how this helps people. Write about your thoughts, research, and feelings about giving blood/plasma. If this is a fear, also write about over coming that fear.
27. Join a debate group and learn how to debate. Write about your experience.
28. Write a list of 20 things you are grateful for and why.
29. Read and finish a new book (can be fictional/non fictional) that relates in some way back to Jediism. Write about the book and how the lessons in there relate back to Jediism.
30. Grow a plant from seed. You can start a whole garden, but one plant will be fine. Take a couple of pictures of the plant growing. Write about your experience. Practice feeling the Living Force and focus on how the pant feels throughout the process.
31. Make a list of your flaws/bad habits. Pick one you want to work on. Spend a week working hard on that flaw/bad habit. It could being late/eating out too much/not making your bed/never replying to emails, ect.
32. Spend a week counting your steps. See how many you can do in a day. Take a screen shot of your end day count and post it at the end of the week.
33. Spend a whole day (8 hours) with a kid (14 or under) that is not your own child. If you are a parent offer a trade of kids for a day. Give that kid your total attention. Play with them. Ask them about their interests. Take them around town. Teach them something. See what you can learn. Write about your experience.
34. Think up a Jedi/spiritual name for yourself. explain the meaning behind it.
35. Spend a week picking up trash around your community. It can even be a single piece of trash every day.
36. Write up a 2-3 page lesson about some skill/area of knowledge you have and really find interesting. Tell us what it is, why it’s interesting, how it works, and tips and tricks. Write as if we have no idea what this is.
37. Find someone you don’t talk to often who lives in a different country. Learn about their country/culture/daily life/jobs/ housing/chores/and their personal life. You can tell them you are doing a report for a school project. Write about your experience (this can get really interesting)
38. Edit an article here in Jedi Praxeum for grammar and spelling mistakes, See Karen for more details.
Extra
These assignments are NOT required to be knighted, but do cost money to complete. You need to find a way to prove you did it. Photo/video/ or signed letter from the instructor. These are also more practical and beneficial. Due to the cost and extra effort one of these tasks will count for 3.
1. Get CPR/first aid certified
2. Take a martial arts class
3. Take a fencing/lightsaber class
4. Take an exercise/dance class
5. Take a survival class.
6. Pay for someone’s meal/ purchase at a store-write about the experience.
7. Take a meditation class.
8. Take an art class (paint nights count as well)
9. Take a cooking class (there are many Jedi lessons to be found)
10. Take a college class and find a way to relate it back to Jediism
11. Do a paid run/walk (like a 5k or something like that)
Advanced
These are knighting assignments meant to challenge the not so new to Jediism students. you will need to do the asdignment and make a post about the process. include pictures as needed. You need to be detailed in your post. Note: newbies you are not required to do any of these. For those who are bored or looking for something harder and little more impactful, here is a list of assignments you can try. They count for one credit, unless stated otherwise.
1. Break an attachment you have. This means give something precious up: a favorite shirt, a favorite book, something you don’t want to, but rely on too much.
2. Forging a spiritual weapon, like a staff* no lightsabers
3. Do a vision/Force quest
4. Read and complete 5 Jedi mantras. Please see Karen for those mantras.
5. Eat healthier for a month. Three credits for two months.
6. Learn a Force skill that’s not taught in the classes (telepathy, telekinesis, remote viewing, healing, precognition See Karen for those lessons)
7. Face 3 fears and write about them. Challenge yourself to go for the deeper, scarier fears.
8. Do a 5 mile hike. Or a 3 mile run. Take a pic and post your time/step counter as proof.
9. Write an 8 paragraph (or more) article on Jediism, any topic relate will work
10. Attend a guided meditation with a Jedi Prax teacher.
11. Do a 24 hour fast Post your experience.
12. Do a 4 hour seated meditation. Post your experience.
13. Teacher 5 people something, any topic you want. Post what you taught and the outcome for each student.
14. Spend a week in service. Post your experience.
15. Spend 12 hours connected to the Force/ Post your experience.
16. Build and fill a Blessing Box. Take pics.
17. Apply the Jedi code to your daily life for two weeks. Post about how that went.
18. See a counselor for past trauma. You may pm Karen if you do not wish to publicly share that.