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THE TRUTH
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6-THE WILL
The element of activity in subjection to desire is will. The will is constituted by the totality of the individual desires-conscious and sub-conscious both. Desires are themselves mental longings or impulses seeking gratification. In the Central Office of the Mind the soul appears in the form of will. Mental impulses differ from one another on account of the differences of their ends, each one having a different end in view. The
ends' are there in the form of a state of consciousness which may correspond to a visual or non-visual sensation.
The most active of these impulses determine the line of action and thought for the individual, at any given moment of time. The less active impulses are quiescent; they do not possess sufficient energy to be effective. But they are nonetheless volcanic in nature, and may assume active shape any moment, if stimulated from an adequate cause. In deliberation the choice of the paths is determined by the amount of satisfaction that will result to the will with reference to its pleasureseeking impulses.
The character (or disposition) of an individual consists in the sum-total of his desires, the milder intensity and the lesser number indicating a higher type and vice versa. Conduct is the character in operation in any parti
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