Willpower: Choice, Energy & the Power to Achieve

The ability to choose and exercise will is a defining characteristic of humans. Only humans have enough energy available to consciousness to escape the rule of instinct. Jung says, “the realm of will cannot coerce instinct nor has it power over spirit,” so ego shall not dictate to psyche but find alignment with instinct and spirit, values and volition, before springing into pursuit of a goal. We must first choose to attend to ourselves, consider the size, worth, and cost of the goal-and then practice parenting ourselves through the journey to achieving it. The nurturing inner parent is neither punitive and depriving nor lax and indulgent, but helps us chart a course between immediate gratification and long-term fulfillment. Willpower, when aligned, is in service to harmony and wholeness.
HERE'S THE DREAM WE ANALYZE:
"Scene 1: I received a huge certificate/invitation that said I had been chosen for special study among others in my class. It was a big 30x40” purple and white piece of sturdy paper. At first I thought I wasn't going to get it but I did. Although I felt like someone had given it to me just because I was upset that I didn't get one and it probably showed. The rest of the people who got it were the quiet, timid ones in the class. So this extra invitation or opportunity to learn presented by the certificate ensured this was their opportunity to shine. I was with a young guy carrying stuff in an elevator that descended past the ground floor to levels A,B,C,D,E. We stopped at Level E. That's where the training (from the certificate scene) would take place. I was eager but also anxious about going so far down beneath ground level. We walked out of the elevator into a corridor that was of concrete blocks and there were lights spaced out along the walls in equal distance. I had the feeling it was damp like a basement. I don't remember if we went anywhere past that."
"Scene 2: I saw different size bodies of water from above. I wanted to picnic by one of them. All of them had alligators in them so kayaking or swimming was out of the question. They were kind of marshy, with different vegetation growing around. I was with a girl. We picked a small pond and sat on its edge on something like a concrete slab that had a built-in bench-like feature. I was carrying two small, transparent organisms in my hand that I had to make sure not to lose or let them die. They were cup shaped. I was incredibly careful when placing them on the concrete and went to pick some tiny vegetation from the edge of the lake for them to rest and feed on. We talked and I noticed that one organism was trying to eat or hump the other except they weren't cup-shaped anymore but were rather elongated, resembling an ancient, less developed and basic structure like an insect with wings (like bee wings). They were still transparent. I think I tried to separate them but didn't want to hurt them so I didn't really intervene much, just kind of worried a bit if I should or how to intervene."
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You guys need to have tens of thousands of likes on this. This sort of content has helped me so much, just so full of deep wisdom and inspiration. THANK YOU.

[@seanboi]

Must be synchronisity. This video comes at the perfect time for me. Thanks for all that you do.

[@lessandra602]

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[@michaelk622]

Same here!!!

[@LasVegasSand_s]

41:20 analogy of churning here is beautiful Deb!

[@majesticsun3465]

Your podcast has been the mirror I've been seeking re: the perpetual question of "Why can't I just get started?". Thank you, a million times, thank you for providing this content. Jung's teachings never cease to amaze me. I look forward to exploring the rest of your episodes.

[@michaelk622]

Just what I needed to hear. Mostly conformation I’m on the right track…which is super important.

[@CYMONKA]

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

[@gwendolynmurphy9563]

What blows my mind here and now is the synchronicity of these episodes with what's happening in my life!

[@Atttuner]

I have been fascinated with this subject for my entire life.....thank you such a thoughtful exposition

[@stevethompson5441]

''I'm not sure what my suffering is in service to'' - joseph! Thank you.

[@tinareynolds2938]

I think there is something to say about what are we able to sustain and tolerate to get to the goal. Whatever the desire, if you aren’t able to tolerate the hard work or hunger pains or whatever it is, then the desire won’t be achieved. Quote: “His mother often said, When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. She had emphasized the corollary of this axiom even more vehemently: when you desire a consequence you had damned well better take the action that will create it. “ - Lois McMaster Bujold So it does involve the mother instinct. Ha ha. I think there are so many parts of us and some of them are interested in different things and ways of going about it. If there is a way to unite them toward one common goal then maybe the path forward could be easier. And maybe that’s the case but we don’t understand that’s what we’re doing all along. We’re just in the midst of it. I will keep asking “what am I in service to.” That line is a gem. Thank you! But also what is the correlating result to my actions.

[@sahareljamal5384]

This podcast came in the right moment, I always experience this eclipse , and then I go back again to my goals, and I’m tired because it has become very repetitive . Hearing that it is normal lowers a bit of my worry and makes me choose to be more aware

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Thank you very much. I love this one! ✌

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Your voices are like melted butter on warm crumpets to my ears.

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This conversation is such a gem.

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I LOVE this podcast!!! Fills my heart soul and mind! Would love to know what is the music used

[@petebaumbach7944]

much gratitude from the UK , Pete

[@goldbrick2563]

I havent had goals in my life for years...i achieve the goal + then something bad happens. So i have to get over the fear of accomplishing a goal only to have a part of my life shattered...to begin again

[@ISIHIA23]

Deb's churning metaphor and taking small steps everyday only works if there is cream from the beginning meaning we can't turn water into butter. So that is to say that if you don't have a sense of direction from the start what is the purpose of churning... doesn't that make you more scattered? or somehow a waste of time and energy? The other points made in the podcast are absolutely valid though that we have to understand what we really want instead of doing something we should be doing.

[@ayesha8809]

The difference with churning though is you know you're gonna get butter at the end of it. Churning in life not knowing where you're headed and just being patient isn't guaranteed to produce butter.

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Thanks Lisa for question at around 16:00

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Great channel❤those adds are killing me though😢

[@yomama847]

3:14 Will is the energy available to consciousness

[@FrankenspotterVideos]

What was said at 7:04 until 8:11 seems to be true for most of the people. However this shift happened way too early for me. Until maybe the age of 17 I just lived life going after my instincts, wanted to spend time with friends, was after sexual/romantic relationships and wanted to have fun in my life. Then around the age of 18 I lost interest in these kind of things and I'm on the search for purpose in life. Of course this actually sounds good, but it's really problematic for me. It feels like I lost my youth, never really lived life and can't enjoy the things my contemporaries enjoy. I'm 24 now and I really have problems finding work and keeping jobs as even the jobs that would be actually interesting to me are painful to do when they only serve corporate interest. People who can just live their life without those constant thoughts of purpose are those I envy.

[@janicehila]

I sympathize with this sentiment, even though I had an almost opposite experience in my younger years. I'm 35 and am going through a major life renovation, coming out of the mainstream LDS (mormon) church. I lived my young life always denying my instincts and trying to become an ideal that held eternal meaning. But now I'm looking for my unique personal meaning. I think if you're feeling lost that's an opportunity for discovery. I bet you'll find your unique niche in life, just follow those little lighbulb moments, the things that pop up and feel like something you'd really like to do or try and don't talk yourself out of it. I bet you know the difference between immature intincts and something calling to your deep inner self. Best wishes with your exploration!

[@LasVegasSand_s]

23:30 ❤

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[@LasVegasSand_s]

4:10 haha😂

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6:20

[@blisterpacman]

I've been having really intense dreams lately that when i wake up I feel strange. I had a dream last night where she was really beautiful and I told her she was and she stared at me and then I woke up. I had another one where I was having a problem at the store and was feeling bad and I kept saying "what did you say to her" over and over and over and some lady brought me kimchi and I told her I didnt want it and her boyfriend said Unbelievable and they left crying. I then had a dream that I had to go get a new ringer for my new washing mashine from my old apartment. I woke up feeling really bad it was strange, i felt fucked up when i woke up

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1) A beautiful message awaits you. 2) Woe unto those refuse the offering of fermented cabbage, the spicy gift from the depths, formulated to heal your gut, i.e. your intuition. 3) Looking back in order to move forwards will bring about an erroneous restoration of the self.

[@LasVegasSand_s]

38;40

[@sahareljamal5384]

Is what you are calling instinctive , is actually intuitive?? The people who do have a strongly conscious ego ( meaning they have sensing functions as primary in their ego) can have an easily conscious life. While those who are intuitive are more instinctive ?