Picture: Durga Ma fearlessly riding her tiger with a sword for cutting away delusion, a bow for shooting forth will-arrows straight and true, and a hand held in blessing–among other implements of truth and clarity.
Master spoke a great deal about will, both the development of it through use of affirmations and maintaining focus throughout a project, as well as uniting individual will with God’s will. We do ourselves great good to pay attention to these lessons.
Many of us undermine positive intentions by not acting with clarity, purpose and bringing to them to conclusions. All success depends upon being able to maintain focus on our goals. Self doubt, obstacles encountered, and competing thoughts and desires rob us of initiative.
We are now headed south to Ashland, and it has been one obstacle after another. However, there has been clarity of purpose from the start–it has been God’s direction to make this journey. With each problem He has provided the means for solutions we have needed. At every turn it has been obvious that circumstances could have been far worse. This is His play and He has tested us, our clarity of purpose.
Think of will as a muscle group that needs to be exercised. If you start a physical exercise program that is too difficult for where you are now you will not keep up with it. Dreaming of climbing Mt. Everest and not even going for daily walks will not get you there. You start with getting off the couch and going for walks. Then climb hills, go on to master lower mountain peaks, and eventually you prepare yourself for the big climb. Sitting on the couch and dreaming will not get it done!
So, start with everyday goals on which to focus your will. Determine that the sun will not set without your achieving a particular goal; no matter what. Make this your daily practice and you will build will-muscle through repeated effort and the lessons you learn.
One great lesson is that when you make a determination and keep with it,especially when you invoke Divine Providence from the beginning, you attract invisible support for accomplishing your positive intention. Feel that you are not alone–God, the Masters, angels and invisible forces respond to your clarity and uplifting purpose. In this sense, there are no large or small goals, but only one goal, and that is the one in front of you now.
Declare with all the power of God in you that you are determined to succeed. Feel the invisible forces in and around you as supports, and when you meet obstacles, as you surely will with any worthwhile goal, those invisible forces aid and abet you in overcoming. When self-doubt assails you, as may happen to anyone doing something great, check inside for the rightness of your cause. Do not seek to have God on your side, but rather know that you are on God’s side through deepened meditation and intuition. Then proceed forward and be His instrument with true purpose in all things.