Distinguishing Will From Willings

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The Integral Yoga, which
involves a deep understanding of

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the normal psychology of the
human being as well as the

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impact of the descent of the
higher spiritual force to

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manifest the divine will in the
manifestation, has to develop

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its own terminology and specific
definitions so as to ensure

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clear communication and
understanding.

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One such instance of this is
distinguishing between will and

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willing.
Will as a concept is reserved

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for the expression of the higher
intention in the manifestation.

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Willing is what arises as a
result of pressures on the body,

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life, mind through its
interactions in the world.

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We tend not to distinguish these
two normally, as they enter US

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subliminally and arise as if
from within ourselves, and we

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thus call them our will in
action.

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A close consideration, however,
can aid us in seeing both the

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source and the nature of the
various impulsions upon which we

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act and react.
The mother notes Quote I have

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another question about what I
told you the other day when we

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discussed the distinction
between will and willings.

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I told you that willings, which
riorobindo calls willings, are

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movements arising not from a
higher consciousness coming down

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into the being and expressing
itself in action, but from

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impulses or influences from
outside.

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We reserve the word will to
express what in the individual

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consciousness is the expression
of an order or impulse coming

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from the truth of the being,
from the truth of the

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individual, his true being, his
true self.

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You understand that we call will
and all the impulses, actions,

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movements arising in the being
which are not that.

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We said we're willings.
And I told you in fact, that

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without knowing it, or at times
even knowing it, you are moved

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by influences coming from
outside which enter in without

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your even being aware of them
and arouse in you what you call

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the will that a certain thing
may happen or another may not,

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et cetera.
End Quote reference Shriorobindo

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and the Mother, The Hidden
Forces of Life, Chapter 3.

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Hidden Forces Around.
Pages 55 to 56.