J. Krishnamurti Online, January 14, 2015 – http://tinyurl.com/mk5dx64

When we try to break down our conditioning through the action of will, what happens? One desire becomes dominant and resists the various other desires -which means that there is always the whole problem of suppression, resistance, and so-called sublimation. Does any of this free the mind from conditioning?

I wonder if we fully understand the implication of using the will to get rid of something, or to become something. What is will? Surely will is, in itself, a way of conditioning the mind, is it not? In the action of will, one dominant desire is imposing itself upon other desires, one wish is over-riding other motives and urges. This process obviously creates inward opposition, and hence there is ever conflict. So, will cannot help us to free the mind.

Collected Works, Vol. X,26,Action