Loving the world, she realised, was a choice, and an act of willing, and the beauty of being together is that one is always coming undone in the dance of knowing and unknowing.

We imitate the behaviour of those we spend time with, and those behaviours become habits. The will is the only intervention we have against the conditioning of worldly existence

Authenticity is attractive in part because it promises a sense of harmony, it is the promise that, if we know who we are, then we can act in a way where our actions are in alignment with our values. But the will is characterised by a sense of conflict. It is the inner organ that generates tension within the self, making one aware of the... See more

Their decisions are not subjected to the will. Instead, they are simply following a routine of patterns that have been formed over time. In order to engage the will, one must be willing to pause

It has the power to shape us by drawing us into conflict with ourselves. Without inner conflict, there is no forward movement.

The will is a space of tension inside the self where one actively feels the difference between where they are and where they would like to be.

And for Heidegger this meant that if we spend most of our time in the everydayness of being, where our routines are shaped in large part by the society we live in, the habits of people we spend time with, and political institutions that govern life, then we must necessarily forget a part of ourselves