Will’s Comments (group member since Feb 18, 2014)

Will’s comments from the The Reading Challenge Group group.

I finished chapter 3 earlier this week. It was about the different aspects of the will. It is interesting to break the will down to different parts and think about what parts you have under relative control and parts that need work. The part that sets Assogioli apart from many others is bringing the concept of the transpersonal will into the scope. Understanding that more is one of the reasons I wanted to reread this book.

Just finished chapter 2. What I like about Assogioli is him bringing spiritual, high self, transpersonal will to psychology. He mentions vertical growth in chapter 2. That is a wonderful concept and I feel is overlooked when people talk about personal growth.

I got to start reading the other day. As I read the introduction I remembered why I originally got excited about the book. Assogioli's bit about what would happen if one of the world's great thinkers of the past came to the present, really struck me when I first read it. Assogioli is exactly right that we have advanced greatly technologically but have made no progress with regards to our personal development. That idea sets the tone for the rest of the book.

I will try to read the second chapter this weekend.

I've read The Act of Will once and it is well worth reading it again. I don't know if I have time to leave a daily commentary but I will try to take part.