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But what about when our subconscious will might be interfering with, or sabotaging, our conscious will?
Just to return to this, and echoing some of Badbh Catha's points. This puts us into Crowley territory, in that the Thelemic 'True Will' referred to in the statement 'Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law' - is thought to be synonomous with the universal will - or the Will of God if you wanted to give it a monotheistic slant and make Crowley spin around at an incredible speed beneath Hastings.
So when you preface a sigilised intent with 'it is my will' you could consider this the true will, not a conscious or unconscious desire, but powered by your very reason for incarnating in the world. Therefore, if it is your true will that is behind the magick and it then manifests - you don't have anything to worry about; but if the magick doesn't work - then it obviously wasn't your will but a conscious or unconscious desire, and no harm is done.
It's an interesting model, although anything theorising along these lines is purely speculative until your own practice gives evidence to support it.
The 'Do as thou wilt' thing is often bundled up with the similar Wiccan line that adds 'if it harms none' - which is really a perversion of the initial idea, in that a person's true will is their true will - it's what they're supposed to do in life regardless of whether it hurts anybody, as anyone who gets hurt in the process is obviously not doing their own true will or they wouldn't be getting in your way.
The phrase 'Every Man and Woman is a Star' considers every human being to be like a Star within its own orbit if they're doing their will. The 'stars' will only collide with each other if a person is acting against their own nature - or in other words not doing their true will. Therefore any harm that such a person may experience as a result of the actions of someone who is doing their will, could be seen as a form of cosmic 'tough love' that will bring the wayward 'star' back within its own orbit.
Again, it's an interesting theory but there's a vast potential for misinterpretation. It's difficult to gauge whether or not the model tends to lead the magician with a superficial grasp of the concept into adopting a callous mindset, or if there's just a lot of people whose true will actually is to act like a bit of a dick.
Although regardless of this, elements could be incorporated into practice as a way around the initial problem that Iconoplast posted. The 'True Will' can be considered the part of you that is recognising 'flaws' in your fiction suit and caused you to make that post as a step towards sorting out this problem. The thelemic concept of the true Will is what you're naturally supposed to do on this Earth, what will bring you the most pleasure, and make you feel the most fulfilled, and to consider it an impediment to happiness would, in Thelemic terms, be a contradiction in terms. |
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