Day 16 - Strengthening Willpower

40 Day Meditation Retreat 2007 with Sri Vasudeva
"Be Wise in Action"
Day 16 - Tuesday April 10, 2007
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Are you aware of the tools that you need to use in developing your will?

1. The intellect: you need to have a very clear picture of what you want to achieve. You need to reason out the possibility of achieving this. Is it realistic? Is it achievable? And then creating a strong belief intellectually that I am going to achieve this.

2. Creating a relationship with the object of your desire. Begin to think of how you would feel when you have this; when you achieve it. Begin to feel that you already have it and how wonderful it feels to have it. Begin to enjoy it even if you don't physically or materially have it. Begin to think of how much you will enjoy it; that's a relationship you create with your heart. "Wow this is going to be so nice when I have it. I can feel I have it already."

If it's meditation, think of how wonderful it will be when you achieve the sense of freedom. You can see all choices before you. You can love in a better way. There is more peace within you. You continuously think and admire those who have greater peace or greater love, and you hold them before you, "Oh this is achievable. If they can have it I can have it." This is creating a relationship with your object of desire.

3. Here you can bring the heart into willing this desire into manifestation, and then vitality. "Does my body support me?" Do I feel physically energized when I think of it? Am I excited in my whole being? And then you see the power of vitality. When you learn how to increase your vital energy in your meditation and in your exercises, you learn to increase your vital power then it enhances the will that you have; the body becomes supportive.

4. Grounding - I always believe in grounding. When I ground myself in the world I have more power in a total sense. My feet are on the ground; I don't lose myself.

Willpower involves your entire being. It is the "I" seeking through its power to manifest its desires and it does so using all the centres of energy.

Were you aware of all the tools that can be used to develop your will?

Will you now use these tools as you strive to accomplish your goals?

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[cosmicordering1]

Essentially, will power is your ability to put into action a carefully planned vision. It taps your emotions and your mind’s infinite power to accomplish the goals you’ve set – be it dieting, quitting smoking, bagging a promotion, winning the next election, changing the world, writing a hit song, landing your dream acting role, etc. In most cases, it is the most important thing you will ever need because it highly predicts your plan’s success or failure.

[krank34]

great speech

[krank34]

very good, i agree with him

so work with passion and don't think that you can't do something before you haven't tried it.

if you do so you are capitulating before even starting to fight the battle. You should be prepared in every aspect, emotionally, psychologically and physically. And remember this;

If you fail to prepare,

you prepare to fail.

I love this quote,

bye :d

[Doderhultarn89]

Great words

[zombiekillscene]

Well put