working with yellow ray

[reeay]

When thinking about how will is directed, I keep going back to the concept of the discipline of personality.

Acceptance of self, forgiveness of self, and the direction of the will; this is the path towards the disciplined personality. Your faculty of will is that which is powerful within you as co-Creator. You cannot ascribe to this faculty too much importance. Thus it must be carefully used and directed in service to others for those upon the positively oriented path.

There is great danger in the use of the will as the personality becomes stronger, for it may be used even subconsciously in ways reducing the polarity of the entity.

When unresolved issues in our unconscious mind are not fully understood and accepted, it may be possible for person to direct will in a way that is harmful to self & others. Person may or may not be aware of this. Perhaps it's possible for person to act-out instinctively w/o being able to have conscious grasp on what is unfolding. The importance of knowing self and accepting, forgiving self is then pretty important.

Family relationships are significant as they are primary context in which we learn about power in relationships with others or with society/social institutions. There may be intergenerational patterns that emerge around issues of power due historical oppression, colonization, immigration, acculturation (adopting mainstream cultures), violence/domestic violence, poverty/wealth, prejudice, racism, slavery, unresolved grief/loss, social status etc. Significant relationships such as romantic relationships and friendships could also shape the way in which we understand power. There's so much to explore in terms of our views around power.

I like the metaphor of constructing and deconstructing self - like we become increasingly aware of self and we construct these images of ourselves and our society that is influenced by our life experiences. Then there comes a time when the process of deconstruction begins where we begin to review how we adopted certain beliefs or values, or began to react to certain events. This was Krishnamurti's processes. He'd grumble about how we've come to be so dependent and unaware of why we are the way we are. Then he'd say let's have a dialogue and encourage people to think for themselves based on their own life experience. Our relationship to society could have so many parallels to our relationship w/in. Great mirror.