IMPORTANCE OF WILL

To be liberated spiritually a person must first have the will to do it.  Ramakrishna said, pray that you have the will to do it.

Necessary for liberation:  health, the will, purity, and the desire to live a spiritual life.  Important is the ability to discriminate between the Atman and the non-Atman, i.e. between the real and the unreal, the eternal and the non-eternal, the changeless and the changing.

Needed as well:  the direct perception of Brahman, which comes in time, a continuous union with Brahman, which comes in time, and a commitment to constant recollectedness, i.e. recalling Brahman throughout the day. 
 
Liberation, however, can be known only by rare souls, as only rare souls desire for God, have the will to know God.