Will is a ray of deity in man; desire, a disturbing power, moody and fickle

Every objective manifestation requires two conditions: will and force, plus matter. The three are readily convertible to each other. Behind the immutable cosmic laws there is an Intelligent Cause, which, once having created and set these laws in motion, has infused into them the essence of its own consciousness. Will is an emanation from the seventh and sixth principles of man. The real function of will-power is to produce harmony between the law and man. Desire is a kamic principle and a disturbing power. Hence, the real punishment of Karma arises from the presence of desires which have to be repressed. It is that which man desires with his heart, not that which he merely imagines with his brain, which has real power. Will endows the creations of imagination with Life, for Will and Life are fundamentally identical. The Life-giving will-power comes from the heart, and acts like the rays of the sun which call life into action in minerals, plants, and animals. The centripetal power of the mind, finding resistance at the centre, returns and evolves a centrifugal activity, and this centrifugal power is called Imagination. Soul-consciousness is the product of the centrifugal activity of the Mind, put into action by the centripetal activity of the Will. The activity of the soul is not limited by the circumference of the physical form, but radiates far into the sphere of the Universal Mind.