- The executive force of thought.

Man thinks. It is thought. Thought understands. It is done by observation. The senses observe and feed the mind with data. Mind is capable of seeing, hearing, smelling, etc. without the aid of senses. It happens when the yogi withdraws from all his senses. He then sees directly by his mind without the aid of his eyes. Mental understanding accrues knowledge. It has no capacity to act. What acts is the will. Mind has a consciousness, which divides into knowledge and will. Here we define will. Will is the force of consciousness, not its light. Man acts by his will i.e. his mind, choosing to act, instructs the body through the vital which energizes the body to execute the orders of the mind. If one is observant, when he wants to get up from his chair, his mind thinks to get up. It can be seen as a thought forming itself in the mind. One, who is capable of subtle observation, can see that thought rising in the subtle plane of the mind. Then the body shows initial movement energized by the vital. This is a simple act and its execution. The will rises in the mind as decision in the consciousness and becomes determination in the mental substance. There is mind in the body and the vital. It is only a further sub-division of the Mind proper.

• Will is energy directed into force.
• It acts according to the knowledge of the mind.
• Will itself has its own knowledge. It is partial.
• The greater the will absorbs knowledge, the more it is integrated with knowledge.
• At the point of full integration the idea of the human mind, becomes the Real- Idea of the Supermind, which is capable of self-effectuation.
• Will is energy organized by the mind for action.
• Will is the force part of the consciousness.
• Of the four parts of Sachchidananda - Existence, Consciousness, Force, Ananda -Will is the third.
• The will of the consciousness is divine Will.
• It becomes human will when it descends from conscious into the human mind.
• The heroes of action are heroic by their will.
• The body and the vital too have their own will.
• Shivaji or Napoleon had attained the fame of great warriors as they had unconquerable will.
• Will is ever-present in human life as we see that every man is constantly looking for an opportunity to assert himself.
• In the married life it is the asserting will that spoils the charm of it.