Full Idea
Just as you have the impulse to do something, stop.
Gist of Idea
Just as you have the impulse to do something, stop
Source
Anon (Cent) (Centring [c.500 BCE], 64)
Book Reference
'Zen Flesh, Zen Bones', ed/tr. Reps,Paul [Penguin 1971], p.159
A Reaction
Nice. You might train your own will like a dog in this way. It is a counterexample to the simplistic idea that all you need is a belief and a desire, and you have got an action. But (pace Searle, Ideas 3817 + 3818) this does not prove free will.
Related Ideas
Idea 3817 Free will is most obvious when we choose between several reasons for an action [Searle]
Idea 3818 We freely decide whether to make a reason for action effective [Searle]