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The
Creative Will
Excerpt from: "Gnani Yoga" - By Yogi Ramacharaka
This
Creative Will is not a mere blind, mechanical energy or force--it is
far more
than this. We can explain it only by referring you to the manifestation
of the
Will in yourself. You wish to move your arm, and it moves. The
immediate force
may seem to be a mechanical force, but what is back of that force--what
is the
essence of the force? The Will! All manifestations of energy--all the
causes of
motion--all forces--are forms of the action of the Will of the One--the
Creative Will--acting under natural laws established by the One, ever
moving, acting,
forcing, urging, driving, leading. We do not mean that every little act
is a
thought of the moment on the part of the Absolute, and a reaching out
of the
Will in obedience to that thought. On the contrary, we mean that the
One set
the Will into operation as a whole, conceiving of laws and limitations
in its
action, the Will constantly operating in obedience to that conception,
the
results manifesting in what we call natural law; natural forces, etc.
Besides
this, the Absolute is believed to manifest its Will specially upon
occasions;
and moreover permits its Will to be applied and used by the individual
wills of
individual Egos, under the general Law and laws, and plan of the One.
But you
must not suppose that the Will is manifested only in the form of
mechanical
forces, cohesion, chemical attraction, electricity, gravitation, etc.
It does
more than this. It is in full operation in all forms of life, and
living
things. It is present everywhere. Back of all forms of movement and
action, we
find a moving cause--usually a _Pressure_. This is true of that which
we have
been calling mechanical forces, and of all forms of that which we call
Life
Energy. Now, note this, this great Pressure that you will observe in
all Life
Action, is the Creative Will--the Will Principle of the One--bending
toward the
carrying out of the Great Plan of Life.
Look where
we will, on living forms, and we may begin to recognize the presence of
a
certain creative energy at work--building up; moulding, directing;
tearing
down; replacing, etc.--always active in its efforts to create, preserve
and
conserve life. This visible creative energy is what the Yogi Philosophy
calls
"the Creative Will," and which forms the subject of this lesson. The
Creative Will is that striving, longing, pressing forward, unfolding,
progressing evolutionary effort, that all thoughtful people see in
operation in
all forms of life--throughout all Nature. From the lowest to the
highest forms
of life, the Effort, Energy, Pressure, may be recognized in action,
creating,
preserving, nourishing, and improving its forms. It is that Something
that we
recognize when we speak of "Nature's Forces" at work in plant growth
and animal functioning. If you will but keep the word and
idea--"NATURE"--before you, you will be able to more clearly form the
mental concept of the Creative Will. The Creative Will is that which
you have
been calling "Nature at Work" in the growth of the plant; the
sprouting of the seed; the curling and reaching of the tendril; the
fertilization
of the blossoms, etc. You have seen this Will at work, if you have
watched
growing things.
We call
this energy "the Creative Will," because it is the objective
manifestation of the Creative Energy of the Absolute--Its visible Will
manifested in the direction of physical life. It is as much Will in
action, as
the Will that causes your arm to move in response to its power. It is
no mere
chance thing, or mechanical law--it is life action in operation.
This
Creative Will not only causes movement in completed life, but all
movement and
action in life independent of the personal will of its individual
forms. All
the phenomena of the so-called Unconscious belong to it. It causes the
body to
grow; attends to the details of nourishment, assimilation, digestion,
elimination,
and all of the rest. It builds up bodies, organs, and parts, and keeps
them in
operation and function.
The
Creative Will is directed to the outward expression of Life--to the
objectification of Life. You may call this energy the "Universal Life
Energy"
if you wish, but, to those who know it, it is a Will--an active, living
Will,
in full operation and power, pressing forward toward the manifestation
of
objective life.
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