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Distinguishing Will From Willings · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The Integral Yoga, which involves a deep understanding of
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  the normal psychology of the human being as well as the
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  impact of the descent of the higher spiritual force to
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  manifest the divine will in the manifestation, has to develop
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  its own terminology and specific definitions so as to ensure
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  clear communication and understanding.
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  One such instance of this is distinguishing between will and
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  willing. Will as a concept is reserved
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  for the expression of the higher intention in the manifestation.
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  Willing is what arises as a result of pressures on the body,
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  life, mind through its interactions in the world.
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  We tend not to distinguish these two normally, as they enter US
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  subliminally and arise as if from within ourselves, and we
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  thus call them our will in action.
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  A close consideration, however, can aid us in seeing both the
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  source and the nature of the various impulsions upon which we
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  act and react. The mother notes Quote I have
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  another question about what I told you the other day when we
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  discussed the distinction between will and willings.
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  I told you that willings, which riorobindo calls willings, are
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  movements arising not from a higher consciousness coming down
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  into the being and expressing itself in action, but from
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  impulses or influences from outside.
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  We reserve the word will to express what in the individual
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  consciousness is the expression of an order or impulse coming
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  from the truth of the being, from the truth of the
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  individual, his true being, his true self.
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  You understand that we call will and all the impulses, actions,
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  movements arising in the being which are not that.
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  We said we're willings. And I told you in fact, that
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  without knowing it, or at times even knowing it, you are moved
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  by influences coming from outside which enter in without
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  your even being aware of them and arouse in you what you call
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  the will that a certain thing may happen or another may not,
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  et cetera. End Quote reference Shriorobindo
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  and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter 3.
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  Hidden Forces Around. Pages 55 to 56.