Understanding Yoda’s statement "the path to the dark side is through fear" of-course one of the greatest philosophers and mystics in our century was Yoda, though soft-spoken and a bit monosyllabic Yoda’s revelations in fact inspired a religion (you can research this Jedism:D) – So such a master’s succinct summary of the root of evil surely deserves our profoundest comprehension, understanding and insight – the truth is, the Jedi Master was right, for when we feel secure our tendency is to fulfill our instincts, one of which is human closeness (as we know a human is a social specie) yet when feeling fear our tendency is to self-protect for our base instinct is ultimately selfishness as defined by the desire to Be – unfortunately when consumed by any desire, every other desire, like a candle in sunlight takes a backseat – hence when being consumed by another desire, as an addict loses his compassion so does the person seeking protection – however this is only the path to the dark side, for the dark side is the anger and jealousy over those who do not live in fear and as mentioned because all desires self rationalize hence the angy person not only sees no evil (aka Hitler, most Arabs etc.) in murder and worse, but concoct savage bloodlibles to both justify and shame – so the only path to reclaiming your soul is to a. Accept that all that God does he does only FOR (as opposed to AGAINST) you b. Accept all that ever has, is or will occur is God’s will