The Qur?an says, ?We said, ?Be? and it became.? This is a key to the world of phenomena. To the progressive world, to the advanced thought, this is the key which shows how manifestation came into existence. It came into existence in answer to that Will which expressed itself in saying ?Be,? and it became. And this phenomenon does not only belong to the origin of things; this phenomenon belongs to the whole being of things, to the whole process of manifestation.

We do not reach understanding by analysis. Millions of people sit in audiences and listen to lectures. They only hear the words. It is only when they have the same knowledge which makes lessons and lectures possible that they really understand. And as man begins with the supposition that he is, he cannot get the supreme point of view. The supreme point of view is that God is, and therefore to find reality one must go on the God-search. It is on that search that one comes to the depth of his being. That is why not only is ?Toward the One, etc.? repeated but Zikr and other sacred phrases that the influence and suggestion of these phrases and sometimes their very sound brings on the state of awakening and understanding.

In poetical words will-power is love, in metaphysical terms love is will-power. And if one says God is love, it really means God is will; for the love of God manifests after the creation, but the will of God caused the creation. Therefore, the original aspect of love is will. When a person says, ?I love to do it,? it means, ?I will to do it,? which is a stronger expression meaning, ?I fully love to do it.?

The Sufi term is ISHK and this means not only love but adhesion, cohesion, gravitation and other forces. Only, they operate in the lower manifestations without full force of consciousness. It is this force which propels the blood, which gives it its wisdom, conscious and unconscious.

Also, will and consciousness are fundamentally the same. It is the two expressions of one thing which make them distinct; this duality comes out of unity. It is God?s own Being that in expression is will, in response consciousness; in other words in action it is will, in stillness it is consciousness; just as fundamentally sound and light are one and the same.