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The Third Lesson: The Creative Will.747
Case after case might be mentioned and cited to show the operation of
the Will in plant-life. But wonderful as are many of these cases, the mere
action of the Will as shown in the growing of the plant is just as wonderful.
Just imagine a tiny seed, and see it sprout and draw to itself the nourishment
from water, air, light and soil, then upward until it becomes a great tree with
bark, limbs, branches, leaves, blossoms, fruit and all. Think of this miracle,
and consider what must be the power and nature of that Will that causes it.
The growing plant manifests sufficient strength to crack great stones,
and lift great slabs of pavement, as may be noticed by examining the
sidewalks of suburban towns and parks. An English paper prints a report
of four enormous mushrooms having lifted a huge slab of paving stone in a
crowded street overnight. Think of this exhibition of Energy and Power. This
wonderful faculty of exerting force and motion and energy is fundamental
in the Will, for indeed every physical change and growth is the result of
motion, and motion arises only from force and pressure. Whose force,
energy, power and motion? The Will’s!
On all sides of us we may see this constant and steady urge and pressure
behind living forces, and inorganic forms as well—always a manifestation of
Energy and Power. And all this Power is in the Will—and the Will is but the
manifestation of the All-Power—the Absolute. Remember this.
And this power manifests itself not only in the matter of growth and
ordinary movements, but also in some other ways that seem quite
mysterious to even modern Science. How is it that certain birds are able to
fly directly against a strong wind, without visible movement of their wings?
How do the buzzards float in the air, and make speed without a motion of
the wing? What is the explanation of the movements of certain microscopic
creatures who lack organs of movement? Listen to this instance related
by the scientist Benet. He states that the Polycystids have a most peculiar
manner of moving—a sort of sliding motion, to the right or left, upward,
backward, sideways, stopping and starting, fast or slow, as it wills. It has no