Obstacles for willpower

Personal problems, minor/major setbacks in life, minor failures, inferiority complex, health problems and most importantly getting side-tracked to accomplish many goals at the same time will lead to diversification of will. When will becomes diversified there isnt enough energy to drive the job to completion and we end up identifying ourselves with the subconscious mind because of our being disappointed with ourselves.

Then we forget our inner goal of Self Realization because the subconscious becomes too ramified with, basically, our being disappointed in ourselves, or the willpower being so diversified, or awareness being so divided in many different ways that whatever we want to do never works out because there is not enough will, or shove, or centralization of energy, or awareness is not at attention over the project enough, to make it come into completion.

Make it a habit of finishing each job that you start and doing it well beyond your expectations. When this is done the inner scrutiny of the inner being gets satisfied. Will is the spiritual quality that makes all inner goals a reality.

When awareness becomes diversified, renew it. Discover the will. Back to the spine. Feel the energy in the spine. There is no lack of it, is there? The more you use of it, the more you have to use of it. It is tuned right into the central source. When you become aware of the energy within your spine and within your head, you have separated awareness from that which it is aware of, for that is awareness itself, and that is will. Feel and Concentrate on the energy within the spine.

Come slowly out again and you have all the willpower you need to finish any job that you've ever started, to make decisions, to do things and handle your external life in a very positive way, so that it does not capture awareness and hold it steadfast for a period of time, deterring you on the path of enlightenment.

Discipline is the next goal to be attained. When you go into a meditation, decide first what you are going to meditate upon and then stick with it. So, you have to be very, very firm with yourself when you begin a meditation so that you stay with it the way you originally intended to do and perform each meditation the way you intended to perform it. This brings us into discipline. By not seeking or responding to discipline, you can learn to meditate fairly well, just as you can learn to play the vina fairly well, but you will never go much farther than that.