As I've been contemplating my spiritual lessons from both inner and outer sources I'm trying to ponder these ideas of "free will", "will power" and "Divine Will" from a non-dualistic perspective.
I've been meditating on this question as to what exactly my "will" is and why do I have this thing called a will? Is it truly free? And does my individual will differ from Divine will? With that last question we even have to ask what is meant by "Divine" and how does that differ from the individual.
Speaking non-dualistically I would say there is no differentiation from the Divine and the individual. By Divine I mean "all that is." The individual is a integrated part of all that is that just happens to be more focused on it's parts rather than it's whole.
If the individual is an expression of the Divine then I would say that the will of the individual is also an expression of the will of the Divine or Cosmos, or God or all-that-is or whatever verbal label you want to give it.
That being said now what is "will" itself? It's not desire although it's definitely tied into desires but more specifically it's having a desire and then deciding that you want to make that desire real. You want it to manifest, materialize and have it be a part of your living experience.
Combined together I would say will starts with a desire is initiated through decision or choice and finally either moves you towards or attracts that thing which you decided you want to experience.
That's about as far as I've gotten with this concept this morning and would be very interested in hearing from others as to what you think will is and is it "free" to do and decide as it pleases or is it tied into a karmic sense of ones intended destiny.
From a non-dualistic perspective I would say that there's no way the individual will can be in opposition to that of the Divine Will because there's no real separation between individual self and Divine Self. Or would you disagree?
Looking forward to an illuminating discussion on this topic.
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