"Our will, our
volition, our karma, constitutes the essential core of the active part
of mental experience. It is the most important, if not the only
important, active part of consciousness. We generally think of will as
being expressed in the behaviors we exhibit: whether we choose this path
or that one, whether we make this decision or that. Even when will is
viewed introspectively, we often conceptualize it in terms of an
externally pursued goal. But I think the truly important manifestation
of will, the one from which our decisions and behaviors flow, is the
choice we make about the quality and direction of attentional focus.
Mindful or unmindful, wise or unwise-no choice we make is more basic, or
important than this one."
