Once one finds oneself firmly embedded in the present either through self-work, exercise(body-work), or as a natural state of being, the next spiritual pinnacle to reach becomes the experience of self. The self is a slippery thing to get ahold of because when one believes they have attained it it slips right through their fingers and they find they are actually more or less than they previously believed. This slippery aspect of the self originates from the fact that the self can never be complete in of itself at any one time. The self we were yesterday is not the same as today and the same is true of even twenty minutes ago. One continuously creates the self through experience which arises from the ever-changing self interacting with the ever-changing outside world. This synthesis of variables coalesces into a state of being where one is experiencing every unique moment through a unique self. This paradox underlies spiritual living and the growth inherent in it. The self is continuously created through a lifetime, not achieved all at once.
I believe the true-will is the influence our future self (from the end of our life) has upon the present moment. The self that has already experienced our life paradoxically influences the path our present life goes through. This "ultimate" self may not just have experienced our current life path, but, all possible life paths we could have chosen based on any conscious decision we made throughout our life. So this "ultimate" self which influences us through intuition or conscience knows us better than any present self could.
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