Will

What are the dangers of “Negative Will” and the advantages of the “Positive” one? Are dreams the wheel of Will?
Two interesting questions and, as per my usual style, I will address each issue separately so that we can all understand the thread of my thoughts.

To will: to make it happen (or try to make it happen by using the mental effort rather than physical means); to want it to happen (= wish) [Source: Collins and Cobuild English dictionary].

Positive Will Vs Negative Will
Imagine what it would be like to be depleted of Will…that is correct: one would be no better than a rock or even a vegetal.
Will is the moving force of life: one wants material things, he will work to get them; one wants a lover, he will predispose himself to attract one; one wants a promotion, he will do whatever to get it; one wants a works to work and his mind will Will it so that the “spell” will be successfully cast…
Of course these are examples of “Positive Will”, since one will put himself into action to actually get the things he wants, without the preoccupation of the time frame (i.e. he is patient enough; he does not bend to Will alone for he bears in mind the time needed to satisfy that wish).
But then there are cases where “Negative Will” predominates. These are the cases where people find themselves completely submitted to Will: they want to satisfy their pleasures; their wishes at all costs and whenever they want it. Their most common imperative is “I want it now!”. The downside to this negative form of Will is that usually a person does not see his wishes met and ends up by wanting more, more and more. This dissatisfaction (accompanied by undisciplined patience) will eventually lead to an obsession with a never-accomplished-satisfaction, which in turn will lead to numbness, inaction (of both mind and body).
Will is the driving force of action if, and when, hand-in-hand with time reverence.

Dreams as the wheel of Will
It has been said that dreams are the reflections of fears, however I find this view a too simplistic one. Dreams are much more than fear indicators; they are also warnings; a tool for clairvoyance; an escape for life’s vicissitudes; a canvas for the colours of our imagination and, undoubtedly, the wheel of our Will.
For most people dreams indicate them what path they should take in life (even if they do not remember it) and this puts in motion the Will cart. When they wake up they know exactly what to do (perhaps this is reason behind the expression “sleep on it”); what they want in life, how to satisfy their needs…
When people dream their mind builds a corridor of options through which they walk in order to choose whatever they wish. Once they select the object of their wishes immediately the cloud of Will is formed and then it will pour the rain of action upon the fields of creativity (when “Positive Will” predominates).
When the “Negative Will” takes over a certain individual; he dreams, the cloud of Will is formed yet it doesn’t produce the rain of action, instead it produces thunders of frustration when it doesn’t get what he wants, when he wants it.

Will is the parent of construction, progress and modernity when (and only) time is revered.

Image: "The Knight's Dream" by Antonio de Pereda