We see this word Will in the four laws, and countless authors books. But what exactly is Will? Is it the same as Willpower?
In my days with Fraternity of the Hidden Light, I had the opportunity to learn the Split Frame Method to merge time/self.
I then later willed Orobas to stand beside someone who requested I do it. In the BALG days.
So then, what is will, and is it different than hope, imagination, or willpower?
Will, from a philosophical point of view, is a faculty of the
. Psychologists will describe will as important as one of the parts of the mind, along with
and
. It is considered central to the field of
because of its role in enabling deliberate
. The classical treatment of the ethical importance of the Will is found in the works of Aristotle and Platon. Later through history Immanuel Kant's theory of the will consists of the will being guided subjectively by maxims and objectively via laws. Others, like Rousseau and Locke came out with treatises and theories about Will and Ethics.
disagreed with Kant's critics and stated that it is absurd to assume that phenomena have no basis. He proposed instead that we cannot know the thing in itself as though it is a cause of phenomena. Instead, he said that we can know it by knowing our own body, which is the only thing that we can know at the same time as both a phenomenon and a thing in itself.
also deal with issues of will and "willpower" and connect the term "Will" with the ability to affect will in behavior; some people are highly intrinsically motivated and do whatever seems best to them, while others are "weak-willed" and easily suggestible (extrinsically motivated) by society or outward inducement. Apparent failures of the will and volition have also been reported associated with a number of mental and neurological disorders. In this way advocates of
's psychology stressed the importance of the influence of the
upon the apparent conscious exercise of will although he got many critics from other scientists who did not believe in his psychoanalysis theory.
A recurring question in
is about "Free Will" and the related, but more general notion of
—which asks how the will can truly be free if a person's actions have either natural or divine causes
them. In turn, this is directly connected to discussions on the nature of freedom and to the
.
As you can see, the term Will is debated largely in fields of P
, Sociology, Psychology etc. Did you get the picture yet?