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LeeC:
The Clone Wars series tiptoed a bit close to that but they still kept the force a mystery.  GL described the force as a calm lake but when the dark side shows up it disturbs the lake causing ripples in the water.  The light side is what "balances everything" out and makes the water calm again.  This "awakening" could just be new ripples in the pond.

Edguy:
I think the force is best kept as pure natural force, with the "dark" and "light" side just being subjective perspectives on how to utilize it.

BenRG:
To me, the Force has alignment but no sentience. The nature of the energies that the adept accesses is determined by the outcome that they want on a conscious level. To use destructive forces, like Force Lightning, you have to access Dark Force energy, the energy of destruction and entropy. Because of its inherit nature, it induces spiritual and physical corruption in those who make too free use of it. Conversely, using the Force for a positive purpose like healing requires accessing the Light Force of growth and harmony. This similarly has a positive effect on its user, which might be the reason Yoda lived so long.

The other thing to remember is that I suspect that using Dark Force energy is mildly addictive, both on a spiritual and a physical level. The rush of easy power and easy solutions, the sick pleasure of dominating others; as well as being morally corrupting, these can also be habit-forming. The more one uses power, the more one wants to use it and will find excuses for doing so, accelerating the process of corruption in a negative feedback loop. I think that this is one of the reasons the Jedi have such strong emotional and personal disciplines, to control the desire for power that leaves one open to the temptations of the Dark.

Then we add the other distinction (which is practically the only element of Jedi lore in The Phantom Menace that's part of my head-canon). That of 'Universal' Force and 'Living' Force. The Universal Force represents the ultimate heartbeat of creation itself. It is beyond human definitions of 'alignment'; it is the absolute energy of nature itself. The Living Force is the energy created by life-forms. It is part of the Universal Force but, because it's energies are in part created by sentient life-forms, it is 'infected', for a lack of a better term, with our limited nature, our morality and our focus on destiny (personal destiny, especially; the Universal Force tends to be more about the absolute balance of nature) and alignment (whether a person is good or evil).

Kugai:

Akima:
Pretentious, poorly-written, with an illustration ripped-off from *ahem* inspired by the Assassin's Creed games? :roll:  If there is no dark or light side, how can there be a balance to be maintained?

I just take the Force as a clumsily-expressed misunderstanding of the Tao and qi muddled together, with the serial numbers filed off, and yet presented as something original. Taoism explicitly embraces balance, but not between good and evil (yin and yang are complementary, not opposed); imbalance is the evil. Qi is simply a force of nature (assuming you believe it exists) with no sentience or moral nature at all. I would see Sith as corrupted by their delusion, not by some hypothetical "external" Dark Side, but then I am probably no more able to escape my own philosophical/religious background than George Lucas was his dualistic, Abrahamic one.

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