Most people treat desire and Will as the same thing, or at least as natural partners. Afterall, they both work like: you want something, you go after it. But there is a distinction between the two that, once you see it, changes how you understand both your own...
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Training the mind to obey the will
Here's an interesting quote by William Walker Atkinson: "The occult masters have ever impressed upon their pupils the importance and necessity of acquiring the power of Mental Concentration, and all trained and developed occultists have practiced and persevered toward...
Short term relief, long term collapse
In the previous email we looked at how the language of being forced is rarely accurate, since almost no everyday situation actually removes your ability to choose. Now we are going a layer deeper into why so many people keep using that language anyway, even once they...
The language that gives your power away
Most people carry an unconscious belief that other people have power over their actions. You even hear it constantly in everyday language: "he made me do it" "they forced me into this" "I had no choice" Outside of genuine threats to your safety, none of that is...
the Will to adapt
Here's an interesting quote from William Walker Atkinson: "The adaptability of persons to their business environment is more a matter of determination than anything else. In this age we hear a good deal of talk about a man's aptitudes. Some of his aptitudes, some of...
Why the will determines your magnetic ceiling
In the previous email we looked at the difference between acting from genuine inner direction and acting from the ego's need to prove, protect, or perform. That distinction points at something worth going deeper on: why the Will is not just one element of magnetic...
The tension underneath the confidence
There is a version of magnetism that looks like confidence from the outside but feels like effort from the inside. You have probably felt it yourself: the moment you walk into a room and something in you shifts into a mode of proving, performing, or protecting. You...
Desire pulls, Will chooses
Most people treat desire and Will as the same thing, or at least as natural allies. You want something, you go after it and that feels like inner power. But there is an important distinction between the two that, once you see it, changes how you understand both your...
the right use of your Will
Last week, we looked at what actually creates energetic change, and the answer was not analysis but meeting the block at the level where it actually lives, in the body, in the energy, through direct felt experience rather than reflection. But that raises a natural...
You are not a slave to your desires
Here's an interesting quote by William Walker Atkinson: "Desire is the motivating force that runs the world; as little as we care to admit it in many cases. Look around you and see the effects of Desire in every human act, good or bad. As a writer has said: "Every...
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