Category: Development and Training of the Will
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Chess as a Tool for Personal Growth
Chess serves as an excellent framework for understanding the stages and qualities of the will. Learning and playing chess is a good way of experiencing the process of willing – from setting goals and making decisions to the execution of a carefully crafted strategy. Each phase of a chess game illustrates key aspects of the…
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Notes on Assagioli’s The Training of the Will
Notes on Roberto Assagioli’s article The Training of the Will. See also: People The following people are mentioned in the article: Definitions Ptolemaic outlook The “Ptolemaic outlook” refers to the geocentric model of the universe developed by the ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy. This model posits that the Earth is at the center of…
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The Training of the Will
Psychosynthesis Research Foundation, Issue No. 17, 1966By Roberto Assagioli Note: To help you study this article, we’ve provided a short quiz. You can read through the questions before reading the article or you can take the article at the end. Introduction – The Need to Train the Will The wide gulf between the external and…
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Purpose and the Creative Will
The following book extract is copyrighted and may not be used without the express permission of its author, who has kindly granted permission for the inclusion of material here. Chapter extracted from by (ISBN 0955278600) available from Amazon and good internet stores or direct from PS Avalon Publishing Purpose and the Creative Will Since the…