Will power is the most powerful lever
that the spirit can use to succeed. There is no stumbling block - naturally
within human limitations - which the spirit cannot overcome.
Will power makes no allowances for
self-consciousness, despondency and weakness. It has the power to conquer all
weaknesses, all passions, all vices, all intemperate desires, as long as man
knows how to consciously make use of this superior quality.
People commonly confuse will and whim,
although they really are entirely opposite things.
When an incarnate spirit is assaulted
by an inferior desire and his will power is sufficiently trained, the latter
intervenes in an overwhelmingly way and the desire is subdued.
Will power is an eternal flame that
leads to victory those who know how to foster it even during the most arduous
struggles of life. It is the result of a sequence of successes, achieved in
previous incarnations with effort and determination. It is an insurmountable
fortress for the spirit, an expression of its valour.
Self-awareness ensures that man does
not go beyond his capabilities and thus waste his energies.
It means, therefore, self-appraisal in
its true sense. It allows for neither vanity nor false modesty inasmuch as
magnitude and spiritual value are always measured from a precise, normal point
of view.
A self-aware person acts with
simplicity, equanimity and respect for others because he knows that we all have
a common origin and follow, without exceptions, the same course of evolution.
Will
power and self-awareness
by Luiz de Mattos
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by Luiz de Mattos
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