We may conclude that one's "True Will" is a very similar concept to one's "True Self." One should not try to force some static purpose upon one's being, but to allow one's being to fulfill its dynamic nature.
Many people think that making a statement about one's True Will is a very important thing to do relatively early on in one's Magical career. However, this should be done only after considerable introspection; and then with considerable circumspection. The tendency would be to choose some very romantic, flattering
goal which has little to do with the real nature of one's being; one which begins "It is my True Will to (fill in the blank)." One may feel a great sense of achievement at first, only to experience later a sense of stagnation and confusion.
One reason that such problems arise is that a lot of us have an Old Aeon sort of notion that the discovery of the True Will is a point event, a sort of Cataclysmic Flash of Illumination which Reveals the Eternal Truth Once and For All; after which we may consider ourselves
Enlightened and begin taking on disciples.
A viewpoint more consistent with the energies of the New Aeon would be that the discovery of the True Will or True Self is a gradual process, analogous to that of growing up. Recall that the phrase in
"Duty" is not "Summarize one's True Will in a written statement of 11 words or less" but "Find the formula of this purpose, or `True Will,' in an expression as simple as possible." One can never fully know one's True Will to the point of concise, specific, one-time expression, because it is dynamic and encompasses the totality of our experience; and the sum of our experience evolves as long as we remain alive. One can, however, know something about its
formula, that is, how it tends to manifest, dynamically, in one's life. Crowley never said that this cannot be done more than once.
On the Nature of the True Will.