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And it must make one, for the individual must express or die, because what we call Life is the expression of Soul through the body.

Therefore where you have desire, give it expression, for if the way is not chosen and direction is not given, it will find some way. Repressed desires, and repressed emotions arising from them are the cause of every ill of body, mind or estate. You are even to remember, that you as Will must take charge of your judgment, must direct desire, or it will run riot. Directed desire is the source of all success. Undirected desire is the cause of all that we term evil. Desire is soul-force. Never forget this, then you will never ask:"Will my desire be gratified" Force will find expression. Desire is your Life demanding expression. Will you diffuse it like heat lightning on a summer's night, or will you confine and direct it till it is the light upon your path and the motor power to your success?

A story is told of a student who upon entering college placed over the door of his room a large red V."What is it for?" he was often asked, but he never told. There it remained during the four years of his college life. He came out the valedictorian. On his last evening in his room, he invited his friends and pointing to the V, said: --- "Now, you know what V stands for. I have won. I determined when I entered here to be valedictorian. That was placed there to keep in mind my decision."

Is this not what is meant by "keeping thine eye single, then shall thy whole body be full of light." This young man, ignorant of the law, acted under it. He may, in his concentration upon this one thing, have lost