Will Project Suggestions and Ideas
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This page is intended as collaborative collection of ideas and suggestions for inclusion into the wiki. As such it has a very loose structure, and items will be moved to the more structured pages at a later date. It can also provide a simple "drop off point" where contributors can add notes, suggestions, book/article titles, or anything else potentially useful to the project.
Links to follow up on:
Training The Will
http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=9WofaETGf8EC&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=%22training+the+will%22&source=web&ots=pvj39k-dAU&sig=kTTOhHOPCN2UO4BctFByl4BDQDM&hl=en http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=swONjKmoHJYC&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=%22training+the+will%22&source=web&ots=Q6XJe5Eqx4&sig=57oSrj4Uqnd-p19FQAbfX_ksKoQ&hl=en http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=eDjSf-sPx80C&pg=PA157&lpg=PA157&dq=%22training+the+will%22&source=web&ots=oJhqrKmBuY&sig=SFIcDkGHuGeVhdqBD5QVZNliECw&hl=en http://familyes.org.sg/education.html http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=kqZTvPAGDegC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=%22training+the+will%22&source=web&ots=bKLzpdaRPW&sig=YcwUTO7G6ClH1aftW0viQV-bI_8&hl=en http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=KocDfK3cNpIC&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=%22training+the+will%22&source=web&ots=tiZPiTqu-t&sig=0TThWXEPUo4lLpgoAjppYPdTLow&hl=en http://www.resourcesforselfimprovement.com/trainingthemindpart2.php http://www.mindmasteryacademy.com/ http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=rt0gcXrkuuIC&pg=PA420&lpg=PA420&dq=%22training+the+will%22&source=web&ots=um5xwrBTNu&sig=qUZfFOP5a5OFpU6hCTShmdDmiyo&hl=en http://lanternlight.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/prayer-ritual-magick/ Graeme 22:19, 2 May 2008 (EDT)
GENERAL (all the below)
"The Act of Will", by Roberto Assagioli
(in which many of the references below were mentioned)
"What Is It to Will?", ed. by Henry Ey (French)
"The Ways of the Will", by L.H. Farber
"The Farther Reaches of Human Nature", by Abraham Maslow
THELEMA (will and its integral role in human living)
"Personality and Will", by Francis Aveling
"Strength of Will and How to Develop It", by Boyd Barrett
"Motivation and Personality", by Abraham Maslow
"The Fourth Way", by Ouspensky
"Yoga Sutras" by Patanjali
"The Concept of Willing", ed. by J.N. Lapsley
"Raja Yoga", by Ramacharaka
"Essays in Zen Buddhism", by D.T. Suzuki
authors in whose works concepts of the will are discussed
fully include Augustine, Duns Scotus, Leibnitz, Fichte,
Schelling, Von Hartmann, Nietzsche, Maine de Biran, Ach,
Kierkegaard and Heidegger. among those recognizing the
primacy of the will were Secretant, Ravaisson,
particularly Blondel, Cieskovski, and Lutoslawski.
additional sources may be found in "The Concept of
Willing" within the essay by Pruyser entitled
"Selective Historical Survey". Assagioli mentions that
in recent years rapid growth in the development of
theories of the will have appeared in text by
existentialists, humanists, and transpersonal
psychologists (of which latter tradition the author
considers himself to be a part).
AGAPE (general love studies and relation to will)
"The Art of Loving", by Erich Fromm
"The Strength of Love", by Martin Luther King
"Love and Will", by Rollo May
"The Ways and Power of Love", by Petrim Sorokin
TRANSCENDENTAL WILL (transcending subabysmal thelema/agape conflict)
"Psychosynthesis", by Roberto Assagioli
"Voluntary Simplicity", by Duane Elgan
"The Will to Meaning", by Viktor E. Frankl
"Observed Illuminates", by Winslow Hall
"The Integration of the Personality", by C.G. Jung
TRUE (UNIVERSAL) WILL (comprehending and abiding the true will)
"The Way of White Clouds", by Lama Anagarika Govinda
"The Self", ed. by Clark Moustakas
appended commentary from correspondents:
From: anonymous source
Honourable additions to your list:
Chogyam Trungpa and Michel Foucault.
Trungpa elucidates a benevolent attitiude to be taken toward the world and how this integrates with Will, especially in Training the Mind - though he is a little wet for some tastes.
In his lectures, many of which are available in printed form, Foucault outlines what can be described as a extension of Neitzschean ideas into political spheres. Also his dissection of how society treats the mentally ill and the criminal, as well as societal labelling of sexual perversion, all feed into a perfect illumination of the role of the Willed in modern society. 60.234.139.53 23:27, 24 April 2008 (EDT)
I've recently downloaded Martha Crampton's material on empowerment of the will through life coaching. (http://two.not2.org/psychosynthesis/articles/coach.htm) She reflects on a dream in which she saw a person connected to her life purpose, who stays on track and does not get sidetracked and who is aligned with her higher will so that she moves forward seemingly effortlessly.
Martha Crampton then continues by looking more deeply at establishing a connection with the higher will, and working with the personal will to set goals, priorities and boundaries. Her material has a number of references to relevant literature, and describes how she uses a range of techniques to support development of the will in life coaching.
This material strikes me as a useful link between psychosynthesis and life coaching.
--Michaelw 01:29, 1 November 2006 (EST)
Things to explore in relation to the Will:
- Intention
- Choice
- Determination
--Graeme 05:28, 3 November 2006 (EST)
Contents |
[edit] Notes and suggestions for particular pages
[edit] Books
- Dr Joe Dispenza mentions a "deeper" intelligence having a will of its own in his book (audiobook) Your Immortal Brain.
[edit] History of the Will
22 April 2008 - A page for the Annotated Bibliography of the Will has been started. APA-styled citations have been added. Annotations to be added later.
The International Congress of Psychosynthesis in Canada from 11 to 15 September 1998 had the suggestion to "Develop an annotated bibliography of references to the will in historical writings".
Information on annotated bibliographies can be found here:
- How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography at Cornell University Library
- Critically Analyzing Information Sources at Cornell University Library
- Writing an Annotated Bibliography at University of Minnesota Crookston Library
- Annotated Bibliographies at The Writing Center University of Wisconsin-Madison
- more searches on Annotated Bibliography via Google
[edit] Concepts
[edit] Will (general)
From The Magician's Dictionary:
- Another word for persistence and maintained attention. Will is one of the two natural human powers for altering reality (the other is imagination). When faced with an insoluble problem or great odds against us, it is the Will alone that leads us through to solution and victory. As the imagination is the power of the mind through understanding and enlightenment, the Will is the way of material action. There is no will without physical effort of some kind exerted over physical phenomena.
- Colin Wilson says of the will:
- "Modern civilization induces an attitude of "passivity." When a Stone Age hunter set out to trap wild animals, he was aware of his will as a living force. When the prehistoric farmer scored the surface of the earth with a crude plough, he knew that his family's survival through the winter depended on his effort, and his will responded to the challenge. When a modern city dweller walks down a crowded thoroughfare, he feels no sense of challenge or involvement. This city was built by other people; all these shops and offices are owned by other people. He can get through an ordinary day's work in a state approximating to sleep. Most of his routine tasks are carried out by the 'robot.' There is neither the need or the opportunity to use the will."
[edit] Free Will
- Free Will from Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography - Part 3: Metaphysics of Mind
- The movie Donnie Darko explores concepts around Free Will, for instance see some of the comments in this article.
[edit] Good Will
e.g. in business
[edit] Will & Determination
[edit] Will of God
[edit] Will to Live
[edit] Will Power
[edit] Will To Power
e.g. Philosophy of Neitzsche
[edit] True Will
e.g. in the writings of Aleister Crowley
[edit] Movies
- Shine entry on IMDB
[edit] People
[edit] Friedrich Nietzsche
[edit] Arthur Schopenhauer
[edit] Poetry
- The Will by John Donne
[edit] The term Will in non-English languages
[edit] Dutch
De Wil (e.g. De Wilsdaad - The Act of Will)
[edit] French
Volonte (e.g. L'acte de Volonte - The Act of Will)
[edit] German
Willen (e.g. Die Tat des Willen - The Act of Will)
[edit] Italian
Volontà (e.g. La Legge della volontà - The Act of Will)
[edit] Portuguese
Vontade (e.g. O Ato da Vontade - The Act of Will)
[edit] Spanish
Voluntad (eg. El acto de la voluntad - The Act of Will)
