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Unconscious or subconscious is vast like an ocean, awareness and wakefulness need to be trained for a long time. For a successful willpower training one needs to have a strong Power of the Will. You train your Will Power (willpower) when you challenge your existing structures, when you go against your instincts, against the hunger, when you go against your sleep, when you challenge your limits whatever they are.

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    Wait before you eat. Do not eat immediately when you are hungry. Wait a couple of minutes, challenging your hunger. Exercising your willpower in such a way, you face your instinct to 'attack' the food, to swallow, your unconscious behavior towards the food.
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    Fast. Fast on water for more than 24 hours. Do not eat anything for 24 hours, or if you can extend this period to 32 hours. Fast once a month during a full moon. Fasting is a wonderful tool to cleanse your body. Fast is also a spiritual tool recommended within most of the major spiritual traditions.
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    Chose your food mindfully. Choosing your food mindfully, you exercise your willpower, with every meal you take. Chose your food in such a way to make sure that you are not harming your body, or your mind while you are eating.
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    Wait before you fall asleep. Do not sleep immediately when you are sleepy. Wait a couple of minutes, challenging your need to sleep. Become aware of your body 'falling' into sleep. Extend this period of awareness of the body 'falling' into sleep. Exercising your willpower in such a way, you also exercises your ability to stay 'aware' during your sleeping time, to recall your dreams upon awakening.
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    Use cold water. At the end of your shower, use cold water, challenging your comfort zones. Swim in cold waters. In some countries, people also swim during the winter.
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    Wake up early to walk or jog. Waking up early will strengthen your will power, and it will give you time to exercises before starting your day.
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    Learn to meditate. Stay still, without a movement, within the silence of your mind for 1/2 hour every morning or every evening. Meditation will relax you and will focus your mind.
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    Train Virtues. Train virtues through the development of qualities such as truthfulness, honesty, or compassion to all living beings. Just as a marathon runner trains his body through lots of training, you can train your willpower training your capacity to love, to be fair, or courageous.
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    Chose your 'strengthening the willpower' activity. Run marathon, climb Mont-Everest, play football when it is raining, quit smoking, and train for it, prepare for it, execute it.
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    Do not give up. Whatever is your will power strengthening exercise, do not give it up, work with it, explore it, exercises it. Go against the flow to quit it and enjoy the benefits of your chosen activities. Good luck!
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  • Willpower is the greatest human strengths and it will help you materialize your decisions, wishes and plans. You will be able to resist short term distractions so you can meet your long term goals.
  • It is not natural to wake up at the break of dawn to meditate, and yet it is the most beautiful experience one could have. It is not natural to challenge the existing beliefs, and break the existing patterns, and yet once you manage to do it, you create space for the new patterns to form, the ones that are filled with love, acceptance, knowledge, and you give yourself a chance to live your highest potential.

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  • Listen to your body, while exercising willpower or the Power of your Will. You do not want to get sick or over-do the exercises. Follow your limits and constantly challenge them.

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