Dzwolutwokun

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"Force users are not 'seduced by the dark side.' The Force is not some malevolent cosmic entity, cackling maniacally with every Force-sensitive it corrupts. It is a prism that cuts through the complexity of personhood and casts its wielder's true colors upon the wall for all to see. It is a consuming fire that melts away the dross and exposes the quality of the metal beneath. The Force is neither light nor dark in itself&mdash;it is the means by which the fundamental nature of the wielder is illuminated and laid bare. It is the wielder who is light or dark, just as it is the wielder who is responsible for the choices made and the consequences suffered. To blame the Force for one's actions is to evade responsibility."

- translation of an extract from the writings of theorist Karos, composed circa

Dzwolutwokun, a  translated as "existing as only one,"  was a  offshoot  espoused by the  philosopher Karos that claimed that the conventional  conception of  and  alignment was a characteristic of the  rather than. According to this philosophy, the Force itself was a single indivisible entity that simply augmented and enhanced the respective light and dark-sided alignments of its wielders the way a  amplified the unique properties of a  in the production of a focused blade of a given length.

Etymology and nomenclature
"Dzwol wohadzuskaqyâsikûjontûkut yun, jenwai jen&mdash;dzwol Qyâsik wokun. Chwitatul hyalûshsaaraikut tashdzwolutyun."

- extract from the writings of Karos summarizing the central tenet of Dzwolutwokun

The name Dzwolutwokun was derived from a sentence attributed to Karos, namely "Dzwol wohadzuskaqyâsikûjontûkut yun, jenwai jen&mdash;dzwol Qyâsik wokun. Chwitatul hyalûshsaaraikut tashdzwolutyun." This sentence could be translated into as "Those born of the Force exist as two, light and dark&mdash;the Force exists as only one. Those who crave truth must cast off the lie of duality." Dzwolutwokun was composed according to the Sith morphology rules governing and the appending of different stems and case endings based on context. It was composed of the infinitive verb stem dzwol meaning "to be/exist," the nominal verb marker -ut, the noun wo meaning "one," and the exclusivist suffix -kun meaning "only."

Tenets
Like the philosophy popular in certain  circles,   the Dzwolutwokun theology codified by the  philosopher Karos claimed that the Force was an indivisible entity that could not be readily separated and subdivided into clean and clearly demarcated  and. However, contrary to some proponents of the Unifying Force paradigm, Karos did not go so far as to deny the existence of the light and dark sides. Instead, he claimed that light and dark Force alignment was a characteristic endemic to the Force wielder rather than the Force itself. Karos likened the Force to a  used to amplify the output and unique characteristics of the weapon's  in the production of a focused blade of a certain length. In a similar fashion, the Force was simply a means by which the fundamental character and moral fabric of its wielders was augmented, amplified, and laid bare. Those of a traditional "light-sided" bent were empowered by the Force to aid and heal others at the expense of the self, while "dark-siders" were granted easy access to powers permitting self-aggrandizement at the expense of others.

Inspiration
The Dzwolutwokun conception of the Force was inspired by Karos's dislike of phrases like "seduced by the dark side of the Force." He believed such phraseology erroneously shifted the burden of responsibility for a Force user's actions away from the individual and onto the Force itself. In so doing, this removed the element of and responsibility for the consequences of one's voluntary actions, rendering the Force user nothing more than a mindless actor in the Force's incomprehensible cosmic games. Karos believed this was a dangerous philosophy, a convenient means by which all manner of injustice perpetrated by Force users could be excused as being the fault of the Force rather than the individual. He particularly disliked the amnesty shown by the to so-called "redeemed"  like  and. In Karos's estimation, those fallen Jedi who had committed heinous acts against sentient beings prior to returning to the light should still face punishment for the crimes they had voluntarily committed.