The will of the individual is always the same unchanging desire throughout life, but how you achieve what you will, and what you are willing, can always be changed and redirected. For example, my will yearns after the feeling of happiness, or freedom from pain, and also wants to acquire the most accurate view of truth about the world, my will is directed at knowledge and wisdom to make the best decisions in every situation, it seeks physical pleasure, and mental stimulation. I think everyone shares this basic nature, but how it affects our lives, and how we act on it, and in which manner or towards which aim or within which activity, is all something that is differentiated.

This will, will never change, we won’t ever be free from desire, from want, it drives us every moment of the day. We can take steps and work to change what it is we do with it, what it is directed at, and we should try to do this consciously in a way that aligns with our values. We should work to expand our mind, and focus our attention on the things that truly matter to us, instead of being carried away by biological and culturally ingrained urges. We should work to understand our subconscious, and the physical system which includes our brain, which produces our conscious awareness, but at the same time, we should use our ability to reason and contemplate in affecting how we act.

Here we can realize that the bottom up system, our physical nature, produces our conscious thought, but also there exists the top down system, where this consciousness in turn will affect the action of the system. We must understand both, and utilize the ability to reason. We must integrate both aspects into our understanding of who we are, as they both are significant and working in every moment. We will eventually get to the deterministic nature of every phenomenon we experience, but what is important here is that what we think, will also determine what kind of experiences we are having, and the proper wisdom and influences and knowledge will be useful in understanding and implementing the conscious system which we potentially have in our grasps within every moment of our lives.