Edgar Cayce's philosophy from his readings suggest that 20% of the influences in our lives can be measured by exterior signs or indicators such as pshchological profiles, astrology, and numerology. 80% of the influence of our lives comes from our own Will. All aspects of our lives that have been created by past actions can be and are altered through the use of our Will.
Will is an essential ingredient to our soul. Our soul is made up of Energy (Spirit or the Life), Mind (the builder), and Will (in fact, free will). Will is essentially always seeing the future. In a sense our real will is already at the point of our ultimate evolution and is trying to guide us to that point. On the other hand, mind sees things from the past. Mind likes to keep us in the status quo. I see mind in its most positve role as an anchor that solidifies a change one has made so as to be able to work on another change and not lose the previous changes.
Will has conscious properties and unconscious properties. The real will is in the unconscious realm. This is a huge subject that has been making slow progress in the scientific community since the 19th century in Western Civilization. It is still quite small today too. Most scientists and whatnot still do not believe in the Will. Well as the psychologist and philosopher William James wrote in his diary on April 30, 1870, "My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will."
| Quality of the Will | Characteristics of this quality | Imposter, Surrogate will for this quality |
| Synthesis and harmony | Unifies the fragments of life; "the whole is more than the sum of the parts" | Homogenized blend which blurs uniqueness |
| One-pointed, focused concentration | Attentiveness, especially in the inner mental realm | Obsession |
| Decisive, resolute choice | Decision making that goes through three stages with proper timeing: confusion, options, choice | Hurried decision making |
| Patient persistance | Understands the purpose of events; committed to actions for change | Stubbornnes; laid-back passivity |
| Courageous initiative | Lets go of the old and builds new patterns | Recklessness |
| Discipline and control | Affirms the positive of what needs to be done; flexible and sensitive to the immediate situation | Repression |
| Dynamic and energetic | Taps the universal energy fount; fosters growth and change | "Hyper" or manic |
| Chakra # / Quality | Ability | Recap |
| 7 / Synthesis and harmony | Helps you to obtain oneness | oneness; spiritual healing; universal love |
| 6 / Focused, one-pointedness | Characterizes the higher mind | Higher mind integrating intellect and intuition; the logos |
| 5 / Decisiveness | Allows you to choose | choice; decision |
| 4 / Patient persistence | Required in human loving | Human love and sympathy |
| 3 / Courageous initiative | Expresses your power to effect change in material life | the use of force or power in earthly expression |
| 2 / Disciplinne and control | Allows the poles of yin and yang to be balanced | The polarity of yin/yang or feminine/masculine |
| 1 / Energetic, dynamic living | Allows you to have the resources to survive | Survival and nurturance of physical self; survival of the species through reproduction |
Two points about this subject:
These charts were compiled by Mark Thurston, Ph.D. who is the Director of the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc. They come from the book "The Paradox of FREE WILL. Balancing Personal and Higher Will." For further study about Will, I highly recommend this book. It is very well referenced and documented for extended study after this book.