How do you find your True Will?

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[bloodsweatandsteel.]

I recently learned an odd piece of trivia about the book. " the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy " the supper computer deep thought determined that the answer to life the universe and everything was 42. This was not a random act by the author. 42 is binary code for ( - ). In some programing code - is a place holder for literally anything the programmer wants it to be so the answer to life the universe and everything is ...ANYTHING YOU WANT IT TO BE! According to the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy. Kind of brilliant if you ask me. And it just goes to show that sometimes the deepest wisdom can come from the stupidest places! Lol.

[Tiptoefoot]

100% as soon as I stopped worrying about making other people happy and focused on what truly makes me happy everything started falling into place. I get called cold and selfish a lot but that's because a lot of people in my life have weak boundaries. I find it very impowering that I get to decide what discipline and hard work looks like. More over I get to decide what happiness and success looks like to me.
I think this is a topic that isn't talked about enough in the community because there is a lot of baggage and shame in the conversation for most people.
Thank you for sharing.

[adrienvanore]

I've had a banner month: both sides of my family are struggling and I'm helpless to solve any problems, I got dumped very unceremoniously, and I got fired from my job via text about 3 hours ago. This commentary is so excruciatingly on point that I want to thank you. I want to thank you so much. I'm sorry for everyone who is struggling, no matter what that struggle is. The point about trauma and trauma responses is absolutely key to healing. Thank you 💗

[McMoldys]

As an absurdist I agree. I realized that my beliefs change and, even further, i cant control it. I try to enjoy them while they last and take the lessons when they’re gone. I get embarrassed thinking back on how sure I was of things in the past, but its also weirdly nostalgic.

[lacolocha]

I enjoyed how you contextualised this in terms of capitalism/Christianity. I’m on a career path with lots of high flyers, and I think always have a sense of guilt that I’m not inspired to b ground breaking in that field (or any field). I just wanna go for walks in the woods and watch the sunrise and do my job. Helpful to examine that sense of guilt and inadequacy and think about whether I really need to carry it. Maybe my true will is just to be ordinary

[julphines]

If it's meant to be, it's up to me.

[lexy]

I relate to the passion thing so much. It's taken a lot of therapy and acceptance to allow myself to put passions down and pick new passions up. It's so liberating. I don't tell myself I'm less of a person because i don't stick to something as a lifelong pursuit. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on this 💜

[aedynbrooks]

So true, Thorne! Finding out what brings you joy may take decades. For me, it was eliminating each thing I tried one by one. Until I found writing. The first few years were painful because I had so much to learn but I persevered. Writing is the one thing that brings me joy. That fires all my endorphins at maximum capacity. Also, finding a therapist that takes your insurance and has availability is truly a crisis in our country. The last time I tried desperately to find a counselor took me several weeks and the only option open in my area was group therapy. I knew that wasn't the right fit for me. I gave up. I'm thankful for online therapists these days. I'm hoping that means people can find a therapist that may live in a different part of the country--but is the right therapist for you.

[Chrome]

For me, the big thing is that true will must involve a harmony between the different aspects of myself. Oftentimes I can get carried away with an idea I believe is meaningful, but my unconscious sensory/emotional experience starts to reject it and my energy withdraws itself until I course correct. I think being in tune with the "lower self" and energy blockages in the body is just as important as striving for the idea of a higher purpose. So that works pretty well as a compass, but I still have no idea where it's leading me.

[michaelelwood]

I enjoyed your talk very much Thorn. It brought to mind a quote I came upon recently by Viktor Frankl. He said something like, "it is not for us to find the meaning of life, but for life to find the meaning of us". As a 66 year old, passions keep finding me. Like you, for me it was once music. And it saddened me greatly when I had to walk away for my own mental health. Now I turn to studies of witchcraft and paganism, European history and Archeology.. People half my age bring me volumes of knowledge and experience. Your work is very important to me. I thank you dearly.

[alinearttherapie]

Excellent ! (I'm sorry for my english). You're talking about a very important topic, and your vision is helpful ! Thank you Thorn!

[karmonbrown]

I have found when I’m operating in my true will I feel peaceful and things just flow

[samanthacameron]

This video really spoke to me. I’ll be 49 a week from today and feel like I spend so much of my time feeling lost. Thinking of the coulda, shoulda, woulda moments and feeling very behind. Almost as if it’s too late to do anything constructive. Finding myself envious of people that have been doing things their whole lives. Witchcraft in particular. Feeling the need to belong and detach simultaneously. It’s hard to find REAL confidence and self-assuredness. The kind that doesn’t waiver or break. And it’s almost like it’s easier to find out where you don’t belong before finding that sweet spot where you do. I’m not sure what the point of my comment is other than to say I appreciate your videos, your honesty, and your perspective on how hard it can actually be to find and makes ones own magic. Small request: I would appreciate a ramble on entering the craft later in life. Just your thoughts and opinions, and maybe even some advice, for those of us who aren't 20 something but still feel magical AF - most days. Blessed be.

[aviator]

i am 29, have a journalism major, quit journalism after 5 years, now am studying science for a total career shift, and i struggle with the fear of changing my mind again. it’s scary. i worry i will just look like a wishy washy, erratic ping pong ball to everyone all my life. yet somehow i feel completely assured that i am where i want to be, am meant to be, whatever you want to call it. someone recently asked me the best part about being 29 and i said it’s knowing what i want and being okay with what i want. can’t wait to ride out my 30s, 40s and beyond. thank you thorn for every time you choose to share your thoughts and words.

[nox-]

True Will is the True Nature of something, that particular nature inclines it towards certain choices in life, this is True Will.

Anything else just confuses brings egoity to the situation. Great video.

[arlynneeblin]

I have thought about this very question since childhood; first in the guise of "God's calling on my life" in my Nazarene/Baptist upbringing, and then again with the goggles of Thelema in my late teens/ early twenties (HGA, true will unassuaged, yadda). And recently, in my mid 40's as the phrase of "life's purpose" floats around various communities. It became so daunting and I felt so lost, that I let go of seeking it intellectually or emotionally in order to simply be. Or rather to become comfortable with simply being. It's strange how I had to lose myself in order to find myself all over again, yet it's as though I have become more me. I'm not sure this idea of "True will/ God's plan/Life purpose" should be as conflated as we tend to make it. Once I sat, really sat, with Crowley's statement alluded to above, it dawned on me that it has everything to do with doing...just doing what you do...naturally. Enjoying what you enjoy. Feeling passion when you feel passion. It's almost as though it is the purest forms of authenticity in every aspect of ones life from deep core values to the outward reflections of it. It difficult some days to witness myself in order to notice if my actions line up with my heart. This isn't an easy topic to talk about, because I think it truly depends on the weight one places on this idea or how big they make it. I've decided to make it so small that it is everywhere when I look for it. Well, I'm testing that out, anyway.

[bubbabentley]

Thank you. I had conscious will confused with true will for a long time

[anthonychavez]

My father passed of covid and my mother is in a care center that has a covid lockdown and we can't do anything about that. I find you can't make everyone happy with their grief. True will is trying to find the balance in my own life with being a seeker. Blessed be.

[amo]

This was important for me to hear. I'm older, in my 50's, and I STILL struggle with the whole "life's purpose" thing. I'm finding that "I want to be a novelist" is something that was true for me in my younger years, and every so often I start hammering away on a rough draft of something again because I "should." But I'm questioning whether I was in love with the idea of being a writer, rather than actually writing. I enjoy writing nonfiction, short articles, and blog posts. I can't say I usually enjoy hammering away at a long work of fiction. Okay, fanfiction can be fun. But I think I have always had this sense that hobbies should be something that can make money, and that leads to guilt if I'm spending time reading or knitting or writing a fanfic.
Maybe it's time I allow my ideas of "purpose" to shift. Maybe I can let go of the idea that every passion must be pursued with laser focus, and an eventual goal of making money.

[KikiAelita]

... bahaha. I posted a comment several days ago on one of your older videos about finding True Will, and then deleted it minutes later because I felt like it was an inappropriate thing to ask. Yet here you are, delivering! Thank you. Excited to watch.