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The Need to Use Will


Certain periods of our life and our esoteric work require more the use of will more than anything else.

Will and the Work on the Ego

There are times in the work on the ego where we get stuck. We repeat the same mistakes every day and what’s more we look forward to it and something inside us enjoys making them. We have a problem we are on the side of the ego.

We know that to dissolve the ego we have to first get to be on the side of wanting to dissolve it and then next on the side of action, that is actually dissolving it.

To get to that side we have to at times use will, more than anything else. Of course, if we can complement the use of will with other qualities such as love, positive thinking then that will greatly help.

We have to at times take the step of imposing our will over that ego, we have to voluntarily take the step to not please and feed the ego. Of course that is difficult, bitter and dry. Though if we don’t do it we will only keep repeating the same mistakes and suffer the same consequences over and over again.

Will and Hope

The use of will in some ways can be our last hope. We say to ourselves now I am going to use will to fulfil my plan and I will succeed. Upon hearing these words we feel great hope.

This is incomplete and can be a form of self-deception! We have to take action! We must actually act on this promise to ourselves!

Using Will Effectively

We fail in using will because we have the wrong attitude. We think that using our will is difficult, painful, boring and like dragging uphill a heavy rock. When we think like this we end up failing and any other distraction seems so much better.

The key is to add yearning, excitement, pleasure and positive emotion to the use of will. That is the key! If using our will seems like a bitter duty it won’t be long before we fail. Especially when no-one is forcing or pushing us to get something done.

Combine Will with Positive Emotion

That is the key combine the use of your will with pleasure or positive exciting and enticing emotions. Think of how much benefit achieving this goal will bring to you. Think of how much pleasure and enjoyment you get when practicing or dissolving this ego. See all the benefits in a very convincing way.

Love using your will and love what using your will, will bring to you. For example in relation the death of the ego think of how much better we will feel with this ego gone, even if it is a very pleasurable ego. Or an ego rather that brings us some sort of pleasure.

You know we can always get pleasure from different sources and from different means that have nothing to do with that particular ego.

Try it!

So try this technique right now! Use it in your life to work towards your esoteric goals. Practice! Love your act of practicing. It will benefit you, while the ego wastes your time and the results of that will not benefit you! Go and do it! Or just as the Nike logo use to say: Just Do it!

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