YOUR WILL POWER, .... WHAT DID YOU WANT?

WILL IS THE POWER of YOGA, without the will what can you do? The theory of the Will is pragmatic. The Will is not regarded as a separate psychic faculty; it is considered to be a quality or aspect of behaviour, In fixing of attention on relatively distant goals and relatively abstract standards and principles of conduct; the weighing of alternative courses of action and the taking of deliberate action that seems best calculated to serve specific goals and principles; the inhibition of impulses and habits that might distract attention from, or otherwise conflict with, a goal or principle; perseverance against obstacles and frustrations in pursuit of goals or adherence to principles.

The following are the weakness of will that are not proper fucuss,due to inability of associating with the spiritual master. Lack of suitable goals, with ideals and standards, Indecision brought about by one’s attention shifting from one opinion or course of action to another, Inability to choose between alternative courses of action and to stay with a decision once, it is made, The inability to break habits, and inability to resist desires, impulses, and urges. The word volition or mental power in preference to “Will”. Volition is the cognitive process by which an individual decides on and commits to a particular course of action. It is defined as purposive striving, and is one of the primary human psychological functions (the others being affection [affect or feeling], motivation [goals and expectations] and cognition [thinking]). Volitional processes can be applied consciously, and they can be automatized as habits over time. Willpower is the colloquial, and volition the same state of the will; viz., an “elective preference”. When we have “made up our minds” (as we say) to a thing, i.e., have a settled state of choice respecting it, that state is called an immanent volition; when we put forth any particular act of choice, that act is called an emanant, or executive, or imperative, volition. When an immanent, or settled state of, choice, is one which controls or governs a series of actions, we call that state a predominant volition; while we give the name of subordinate volitions to those particular acts of choice which carry into effect the object sought for by the governing or “predominant volition”. Willpower is a concept that assumes we are under rational control, and the reduction of the same results in a lack of willpower. The fact is that we turn our rationality to serve our impulses or wishes, and sometimes have great willpower in pursuing them. Thus an alcoholic can be very cunning in achieving his determination to drink, and may display great willpower in achieving this goal. At other moments, he may rationally know that this behavior destroys his life, and costs him all that is dear to him, and may resolve for the moment to forgo it. That is when the observer deduces that willpower is a key to success, and with sufficient will he would remain with that promise. However, at another moment another urge may become important, and he devotes his will and his rationality to satisfying that urge. But the only one way one can have absolutely control of the mind [will power]is by constants meditation and chanting of the holy name of the lord [the Hare Krishna Maha mantra] to fix the mind and withdraw it from sense gratification. The observer’s error is to assume that the human is a rational creature, and that will should serve that rationality. In fact, we are only partly rational, and often our rationality and determination serve various motivations that occur for causes other than reason. Volition is one of the three sub-systems that act on human behavior. Within this model volition considers a person’s values, interests and beliefs about self-efficacy and personal capacity. In all circumstances strive for perfection of yoga, to attend the state of equanimity of the mind, a complete freedom from the pangs of material existence.