Do what you will
....arguable the most common and certainly most original manner of Selfrealisation got in the course of mans histories discriminated as outcrop of ego, defamed as antisocial and reprimanded as immoral, whereas Self suffered denials and Will became synonymous with wishes and desires.
There have been plenty of attempts, famously by Buddha and Lao-tse, to reconnect man to his so called true Nature/Self/Will/Atman, and were doubtless easier in “old times”, than in the current division/multiplication process (progress) that has become synonymous with western civilisation.
In the Occident “Do what you will” was mostly confined to philosophical discussions and apparently neither understood nor applied as a way of Selfrealisation, since Will got divided into a divine and a human property, latter characterised by emotions (like wishes & desires) which in turn are the driving forces of its fragmentation.
And as the latter seems to grow exponentially, and with it the confusion and helplessness of its subjects, Do your Will becomes more urgent than ever, as it overrides the restrictions of Dualism and thus enables Selfrealisation according to ones true Self/Nature/Will/Atman.
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I think you should read 'Atlas shrugged' by Ayn Rand. That was her 'bug bear'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged.
I knew you were a cabbalist. :razz:
I don't know. What if your descriptions of what previous traditions expressed were incorrect?
How would one go about talking about that?
So, in my view, it is not so much the point of departure as it is the final station.
Augustine, I had thought. And Crowley is as good a stand in as anyone for the anti-christ.
Yep. Do you remember why Augustine said that?
Being spontaneous Will manifests Self unadulterated.
The space/time of Will is here/now - and so is Self realisation.
If I am driven by my fear of failure, how does that make me get what I want?
"I am driven by my desire to own a prosche" and "I want a Porsche" are synonyms. If you do something because you want a Porsche you are doing what you want.
Quoting ovdtogt
Is an oxymoron
Fear of failure seldom leads to succes.
Meaning, when you are most yourself, when you are one with this reality, then you are manifestation of your pure will and "can't harm", or "only positive".
In today's times, we can interpret it to this: Do what you will, as long as it's in line with the law.
Of course laws can be corrupt, but the same values apply. We are all one mind expressing itself subjectively, therefor, we need governing rules, like the law, in order to maintain order to our subjectivity.
People are more focused on achieving materialistic wealth than abstract wealth, e.g being one with the mind, the universal manner of thinking.
What I'm trying to say is that in today's times, this universal manner of thinking comes through what most agree with: Aspects such as democracy, law, etc.
it's also why philosophy is dying out, because most people fail to see the impact of abstract thinking in a world that is "expressing" its "mind" through materialistic means, such as the ones described above.
Different times, same reality, basically.
Because philosophy should push against the boundaries of scientific knowledge and most people are scientifically illiterate.