The Unwillingness to Settle for Less

Willingness does not always work in our best favor, nor does unwillingness necessarily work against us.

We can be willing to have what we don’t want and unwilling to have what we do.

Alignment requires that we turn this around, so that we not only want what we want, but also are willing to have it, and with all the conviction and authority of an unwavering resolve, which means that we are unwilling to have (be) less.

At the same time, this resolve must not become willful, a demand, since if it does, we lose the release that mobilizes nonlocal efficiency.

To this end, we encourage students to finish their deliberate intending with the self-reminder, “This, the equivalent, or whatever would be better.”

Note that in this little addendum, the resolve is there, in the implied “but nothing less.”

The unwillingness to settle for less is an essential part of deliberate creating.

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source: field project dot net