This is a practice taken from psychonetics. Igor Kusakov recommneds it in his Psychonetics: A Nerd's Toolset to Work with Mind and Perception and Oleg Bakhtiyarov recommends it in his later theoretical works on psychonetics. Practising this mediation develops concentration and enables one to direct one's Will more efficiently, by wilfully aligning perception with an active principle.
The meditation is simple and is originally used as a type of grounding practice. Its aim is to increase psychoenergetic tone as a warmup to other exercises. As such, it is very stimulating, which is unique for a grounding practice. It develops and stabilizes one's perception of will, which can then be used to do other exercises. It is recommended to do it for 20 minutes before psychonetic practice, so as to avoid developing psychosis, which is a common risk when stretching one's possibilities of perception.
The principle is that one uses volition to direct perception to the identification of Will. In doing so, Will becomes stabilized upon itself, because it is required for the direction of perception.
It is a semantic meditation. That means that it uses a word to reach its meaning. Because of this, the results may differ depending on your native language. It is recommended to do this practice in your mother tongue, as the correspondences between a word and its meaning will be the most direct and natural. However, if you'd like, you can also use the original Russian word for Will which is воля, read as volya. This word is very specific because in Russian the word 'will' (volya) and 'I will' (volyo) are almost identical. Essentially by saying 'will' you are saying 'I am willing'.
There are some other languages that have similar structures. In Polish there is 'Wola' and 'Wolę', which is also specific, because there is no separate word for 'I', although it is implied. This is called a pro-drop or null-subject language. Willing, as a verb, is written directly into the word, thus giving it a specific semantic charge. 'I Will' has a two separate semantic charges, requiring a meaning for 'I' and a meaning for 'Will', as well as a conjunction. It is my opinion that languages that combine subject and predicate within a verb are superior for this type of meditation. You may also use the Latin 'volitio', if you are uncomfortable with using Russian, perhaps due to the current political situation.
Now towards the actual meditation.
The goal of this meditation is to attain a direct experience of Will by becoming aware of the sensation that its word evokes and then reducing this sensation to a pure meaning. A pure meaning is semantic content below the representational level. When you are looking at a chair, you know what you are looking at, without having to name it every time. You are perceiving a chair. You don't have to state to yourself: "It is a chair that I am perceiving" every time. We want to do this with the concept of Will.
There are 3 three phases:
In the first phase, you will say the word 'Will' out loud in your given language.
In the second phase you will say the word in your head.
In the third phase, you will evoke the meaning without using sound or letters as a crutch.
Say 'Will' out loud. What meaning does it evoke? Don't try to understand it discursively, just grasp it. You understand words when they are said, but the words are not their meaning.
Say 'Will' and wait until the sound stops. The sound fades, but the meaning does not. Where is it now? What happens to a word when it passes? It remains in your head.
But what happens when the word passes even in your head? If you focus on it, the word will pass but the meaning will not.
Keep your attention on the concept of Will, evoking it with sound first, then in your head, and then without words. This is the entire meditation.
You know what Will is, now you just have to keep your attention on it, which is a volitional action, thereby stabilizing Will upon itself.
You can try using other constructions with this like 'Willing', 'I will', 'A Will' or using different languages. Doing this will help you differentiate subtle nuances in the various perceptions of Will, thus helping you identify it.
The third phase is the most challenging of them, not because of the concentration required but because of the tendency to believe that one is experiencing a pure meaning while actually still being stuck in discursive perception. You must be critical of yourself here and ask whether you are still experiencing Will as mediated through a concept or whether it is direct. You must also learn to trust yourself when you are dealing with direct experience, so as to not succumb to doubt. This might sound complicated but when you will gain some skill in this exercise, then you will immediately know when you are dealing with direct experience or with a concept. Direct experience is completely simple but requires high concentration. If you manage to maintain the pure meaning of Will, you will find yourself becoming more and more stimulated the longer you maintain it.
As you can imagine, this technique can be used with other concepts as well. Using it with Will is just useful because you are already using Will to conceive of Will. You are essentially charging willpower by creating a volitional loop.
The meditation is simple and is originally used as a type of grounding practice. Its aim is to increase psychoenergetic tone as a warmup to other exercises. As such, it is very stimulating, which is unique for a grounding practice. It develops and stabilizes one's perception of will, which can then be used to do other exercises. It is recommended to do it for 20 minutes before psychonetic practice, so as to avoid developing psychosis, which is a common risk when stretching one's possibilities of perception.
The principle is that one uses volition to direct perception to the identification of Will. In doing so, Will becomes stabilized upon itself, because it is required for the direction of perception.
It is a semantic meditation. That means that it uses a word to reach its meaning. Because of this, the results may differ depending on your native language. It is recommended to do this practice in your mother tongue, as the correspondences between a word and its meaning will be the most direct and natural. However, if you'd like, you can also use the original Russian word for Will which is воля, read as volya. This word is very specific because in Russian the word 'will' (volya) and 'I will' (volyo) are almost identical. Essentially by saying 'will' you are saying 'I am willing'.
There are some other languages that have similar structures. In Polish there is 'Wola' and 'Wolę', which is also specific, because there is no separate word for 'I', although it is implied. This is called a pro-drop or null-subject language. Willing, as a verb, is written directly into the word, thus giving it a specific semantic charge. 'I Will' has a two separate semantic charges, requiring a meaning for 'I' and a meaning for 'Will', as well as a conjunction. It is my opinion that languages that combine subject and predicate within a verb are superior for this type of meditation. You may also use the Latin 'volitio', if you are uncomfortable with using Russian, perhaps due to the current political situation.
Now towards the actual meditation.
The goal of this meditation is to attain a direct experience of Will by becoming aware of the sensation that its word evokes and then reducing this sensation to a pure meaning. A pure meaning is semantic content below the representational level. When you are looking at a chair, you know what you are looking at, without having to name it every time. You are perceiving a chair. You don't have to state to yourself: "It is a chair that I am perceiving" every time. We want to do this with the concept of Will.
There are 3 three phases:
In the first phase, you will say the word 'Will' out loud in your given language.
In the second phase you will say the word in your head.
In the third phase, you will evoke the meaning without using sound or letters as a crutch.
Say 'Will' out loud. What meaning does it evoke? Don't try to understand it discursively, just grasp it. You understand words when they are said, but the words are not their meaning.
Say 'Will' and wait until the sound stops. The sound fades, but the meaning does not. Where is it now? What happens to a word when it passes? It remains in your head.
But what happens when the word passes even in your head? If you focus on it, the word will pass but the meaning will not.
Keep your attention on the concept of Will, evoking it with sound first, then in your head, and then without words. This is the entire meditation.
You know what Will is, now you just have to keep your attention on it, which is a volitional action, thereby stabilizing Will upon itself.
You can try using other constructions with this like 'Willing', 'I will', 'A Will' or using different languages. Doing this will help you differentiate subtle nuances in the various perceptions of Will, thus helping you identify it.
The third phase is the most challenging of them, not because of the concentration required but because of the tendency to believe that one is experiencing a pure meaning while actually still being stuck in discursive perception. You must be critical of yourself here and ask whether you are still experiencing Will as mediated through a concept or whether it is direct. You must also learn to trust yourself when you are dealing with direct experience, so as to not succumb to doubt. This might sound complicated but when you will gain some skill in this exercise, then you will immediately know when you are dealing with direct experience or with a concept. Direct experience is completely simple but requires high concentration. If you manage to maintain the pure meaning of Will, you will find yourself becoming more and more stimulated the longer you maintain it.
As you can imagine, this technique can be used with other concepts as well. Using it with Will is just useful because you are already using Will to conceive of Will. You are essentially charging willpower by creating a volitional loop.