An interesting excerpt from the book on Edgar Cayce about the will:

In spite of the great interest in the concept of free will ... most people seem to still have little awareness of the magnitude of this gift. Our greatest personal asset is the proper use of this power so that our choices may change the circumstances, directions, and outcomes of events in our lives for the better. ... no influence , whether heridetary, karmice, or otherwise, can stand in the way of the will
And an inspiring statement on how to overcome difficulties when a conflict within us appears (mind chooses one thing, while the spiritual indication goes into another direction):
When we make our choices on the basis of the motivating spirit of the ideal, we become free indeed.
The ideal generally refers to the grand criteria that is "spirit-inspired or infused", as I mentioned previously.