Oct. 13, 2024
How to Utilize Will-Power Effectively
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter V Will-Power, pg. 49 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/how-to-utilize-will-power-effectively/
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Most people have very little
idea about how to utilize
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willpower effectively because
they don't fully understand what
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willpower actually is and how it
needs to be focused and
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00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,920
concentrated.
Essentially, willpower is the
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function that concentrates the
signal while reducing the noise
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00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,720
in a transmission of energy.
It is like the difference
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between a laser beam and a light
bulb.
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00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,160
Using this image, we find that
most people fail to fully focus
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00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:35,800
the energy they are putting out
and thus it is diffused and the
10
00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,040
energy is dispersed without a
strong functional effect.
11
00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,440
When they put their full
attention and concentrated force
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00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:48,240
into the will, it becomes like
the laser beam, capable of
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00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,560
accomplishing things that the
normal light bulb cannot do.
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00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,360
Learning how to concentrate in
this way involves regular
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00:00:55,360 --> 00:01:01,000
practice, an actual exercise of
will, until it becomes a
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00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:06,080
palpable force capable of
achieving its aim, the mother
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notes quote.
But one doesn't know how to will
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it.
In fact, 1 doesn't even want to.
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These are valiaities.
Well, it is like this.
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It would be good if it were like
that.
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Yes, it would be better if it
were like that.
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Yes, it would be preferable if
it were like that.
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But this is not to will.
And always there at the back,
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hidden somewhere in a corner of
the brain is something which is
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looking on and saying oh, why
should I want that?
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After all, one can as well want
the opposite and to try, you
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see, not like that, just wait.
But one can always find 1000
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excuses to do the opposite.
And, ah, just a tiny little
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00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,800
wavering is enough.
The thing swoops down and there
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00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,480
it is.
But if one wills, if one really
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00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:10,039
knows that this is the thing and
truly wants this, and if one is
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00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:15,440
oneself entirely concentrated in
the will, I say that there is
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nothing in the world that can
prevent one from doing it, from
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doing it, or being obliged to do
it.
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It depends on what it is one
wants.
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Yes, one wants like this.
Gestures one wants.
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Yes.
Yes, it would be better if it
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were like that.
Yes, it would be finer, also
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more elegant.
But after all, 1 is a weak
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creature, isn't that so?
And then one can always put the
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blame upon something else.
It is the influence coming from
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outside.
It is all kinds of
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circumstances.
The breath has passed.
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You see, you don't know
something.
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A moment of unconsciousness.
Oh, I was not conscious.
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You are not conscious because
you do not accept.
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And all this because one doesn't
know how to will.
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End Quote.
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
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00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:21,560
Mother powers within Chapter 5.
Willpower, page 49.
00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,960
Most people have very little
idea about how to utilize
2
00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,880
willpower effectively because
they don't fully understand what
3
00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,960
willpower actually is and how it
needs to be focused and
4
00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,920
concentrated.
Essentially, willpower is the
5
00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,000
function that concentrates the
signal while reducing the noise
6
00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,720
in a transmission of energy.
It is like the difference
7
00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,280
between a laser beam and a light
bulb.
8
00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,160
Using this image, we find that
most people fail to fully focus
9
00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:35,800
the energy they are putting out
and thus it is diffused and the
10
00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,040
energy is dispersed without a
strong functional effect.
11
00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,440
When they put their full
attention and concentrated force
12
00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:48,240
into the will, it becomes like
the laser beam, capable of
13
00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,560
accomplishing things that the
normal light bulb cannot do.
14
00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,360
Learning how to concentrate in
this way involves regular
15
00:00:55,360 --> 00:01:01,000
practice, an actual exercise of
will, until it becomes a
16
00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:06,080
palpable force capable of
achieving its aim, the mother
17
00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:10,000
notes quote.
But one doesn't know how to will
18
00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,920
it.
In fact, 1 doesn't even want to.
19
00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,560
These are valiaities.
Well, it is like this.
20
00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,520
It would be good if it were like
that.
21
00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,360
Yes, it would be better if it
were like that.
22
00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,320
Yes, it would be preferable if
it were like that.
23
00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:32,040
But this is not to will.
And always there at the back,
24
00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,160
hidden somewhere in a corner of
the brain is something which is
25
00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,840
looking on and saying oh, why
should I want that?
26
00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,880
After all, one can as well want
the opposite and to try, you
27
00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:50,920
see, not like that, just wait.
But one can always find 1000
28
00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:56,480
excuses to do the opposite.
And, ah, just a tiny little
29
00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,800
wavering is enough.
The thing swoops down and there
30
00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,480
it is.
But if one wills, if one really
31
00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:10,039
knows that this is the thing and
truly wants this, and if one is
32
00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:15,440
oneself entirely concentrated in
the will, I say that there is
33
00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,040
nothing in the world that can
prevent one from doing it, from
34
00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,200
doing it, or being obliged to do
it.
35
00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,640
It depends on what it is one
wants.
36
00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,680
Yes, one wants like this.
Gestures one wants.
37
00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,880
Yes.
Yes, it would be better if it
38
00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:37,560
were like that.
Yes, it would be finer, also
39
00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,960
more elegant.
But after all, 1 is a weak
40
00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,880
creature, isn't that so?
And then one can always put the
41
00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,600
blame upon something else.
It is the influence coming from
42
00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,000
outside.
It is all kinds of
43
00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,480
circumstances.
The breath has passed.
44
00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,920
You see, you don't know
something.
45
00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:03,800
A moment of unconsciousness.
Oh, I was not conscious.
46
00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,440
You are not conscious because
you do not accept.
47
00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,440
And all this because one doesn't
know how to will.
48
00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,120
End Quote.
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
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00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:21,560
Mother powers within Chapter 5.
Willpower, page 49.