I would love to share an article with you.
It’s written by a teacher of mine : Prophageus
You can say that he is today’s guest blogger. Enjoy !
Will
The dictionary defines will as something with which one makes a choice, especially with purposefulness or determination. That is a very useful way to look at what we all have available to us. And, if you take any event, and it’s perceived outcome you can trace it all back to a single choice. One of the better tools we’ve been given, free will is definitely one of the most useful if we learn to use it. Many of us don’t really make real choices, we make frivolous ones based on many outside factors that may or may not be too relevant.
So, what goes into using our will to make a choice? What are the key ingredients to expressing our will in a useful and meaningful way? Do we really have a choice? Are we in enough control of ourselves to make real choices with purposefulness? When’s the last time you made a choice, I mean REALLY made a choice and stuck to it and did it? Will is the ultimate tool, but how do you use it?
The first step to expressing your will successfully, in a manner that’s useful to yourself and others, is to realize that you have WILL. So, how do you realize you have will? You look at yourself, deeply, and observe your choices. Ask yourself, why did I really choose to do THAT? Many choices we make aren’t really expressive of our will, sometimes they express other’s will. We make choices based on others opinions, on the unknown, on ‘facts’, on our own sometimes unrealistic perception, on other’s unrealistic perception, on ‘experts’, on feelings we might not necessarily interpret correctly, etc. So, analyze the choices you make throughout a day. Count how many times you actually made a real choice. A choice where you actually really wanted something, and you made a real determined, purposeful choice to do it/get it/etc. Observe yourself, and your will, how you use it daily. That is how to realize you have will, and how intertwined it is in everthing that occurs in your life. You can begin to see how your will leads you to everything you experience, whether you give others power over your will or use it yourself, everything is up to you.. it’s your choice.
So, after we realize we have will, then what? Well, now you start to use your will to really make a choice to get to know yourself. You cannot really make realistic clear goals of what you want in life if you don’t even really know yourself. So, get to know yourself. Then, use your will to decide what you do and do not want in your life, and make a firm choice to stick to that. Start exercising your will. Even with something simple, like a habit you KNOW you should stop, but you just haven’t for ’some reason’. Use your newfound will to stop that habit ‘cold turkey‘, and be aware of how powerful and alive you now feel. When you really start to make real choices, and you use your will to do so, you’ll notice a change in yourself and your reality.
I do agree with you in this post. We have to have will power and then we can make our choices.
Comment by Kyels — November 19, 2005 @ 4:48 am
If there is a will, there is a way so the saying goes. It is not that easy to really make a choice decision as your beliefs and conscious thoughts may be in conflict with your will power.
We have conscious mind and can change the focus of our own consciousness. But we have the misconception that the conscious mind does not have any touch with the fountains of its own being, that it is divorced from nature and that the individual is at the mercy of the unconscious drives over which he has no control; leaving us powerless.
Just for example, you may be poor and want to alter the belief and say “My wants are taken care of and I will have enough money”. But nothing changes much and your bills keep piling up and you might think “My conscious thoughts mean nothing”
But a deeper analysis and examination of your beliefs might reveal that a deeper conviction of your unworthiness and should therefore must punish yourself by being poor. You might be thinking, “Money is wrong, the root of all evil” or “Poverty is more spiritual than abundance”.
The only way out is to become more aware of your beliefs and conscious thoughts, and to change them to be more in line with the kind of reality you want to experience. But not to be too concerned about the immediate result, for this will bring up the fears that new ideas will not materialize, and so this negates your purpose.
Comment by multidimid — November 19, 2005 @ 11:27 am
Will comes down to self-responsibility and motivation: something a lot of people lack, but once you attain it, it’s the most rewarding gift you can give yourself.
Comment by Deb — November 30, 2005 @ 8:26 am
THanks for posting this article! If only more people read it.
*smile*
Comment by shelley leong — December 2, 2005 @ 8:12 am