The Power of the Will

[Plenum]

I was struck again, recently, by the strength of the Will, in reading this passage about the 'ghost phenomena'.

Basically, if one is so strongly attached (through one's Will) to one's former existence, then the process of death cannot fully ensue, and one is stuck in an 'in-between' place, in terms of the manifested self.  The yellow ray body is no longer viable, and has been severed, but the mental attachment to the former self is so strong, that it keeps it active as a kind of 'shadow' presence.  It's just astonishing to me.

47.13 Questioner: What stimulus would create what we call an Earth-bound spirit or a lingering ghost?

Ra: I am Ra. The stimulus for this is the faculty of the will.

If the will of yellow-ray mind/body/spirit is that which is stronger than the progressive impetus of the physical death towards realization of that which comes, that is, if the will is concentrated enough upon the previous experience, the entity’s shell of yellow ray, though no longer activated, cannot either be completely deactivated and, until the will is released, the mind/body/spirit complex is caught.

This often occurs, as we see you are aware, in the case of sudden death as well as in the case of extreme concern for a thing or an other-self.

and there were also a couple of other relevant quotes re: the Will, that I think show it's 'tenacity' and directive presence.

kickstarting the engine of activity:

The entity which is strong to think shall either be strong to act or that which it has shall be removed. Thus manifestation of knowledge is an area to be examined by the instrument.

to me, this is like karmic seeding.  Karma, not in the bad sense of the word, but in terms of consequentiality.  It's like we potentiate the instrumentality of action through strong thoughts.  If we don't utilize it, it's like a rejection of the moment, and what we have put power behind.  The Will is like the coupling of of sentience (thinking, feeling, engineering) and the Expression.  Not recogising this inherent linkage is like deflating a very core principle.

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And overapplying the Will, as one gains greater awareness of the depths of the Self then leads to situations where one is more confident in unknown situations that one perhaps has a right to be, and it's almost like not being able to recognise the deeper subtleties of novel configurations, because of the self-assurance that been laid down previously.

Instead, we appreciate and recommend the use of your second verb in regard to the use of the will. 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.

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The Will is such an interesting thing to consider.