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THE POWER OF KARMA it only remains for us to put it into action to cffect a magical transformation in ourselves and our environment. To do this is the whole business of life, and in consideration of this problem, it may be useful to draw attention to the nature of will, and will power, for in the application of the power of will lies the secret of achievement. It will be granted that to manifest and exercise any power latent within us, the mind must first be focused on an object. This object must first be clearly envisaged, and in order to effect this we must call upon the mysterious faculty possessed by every unit of the human race, which is imagination. The source of every action can be traced to its powers. Imagination is brought into action primarily by an abstract production of the mind which we call an ideal. At the back of every action lies such a more or less clearly defined ideal, which gives the key to every man's outlook on life as well as to his own individuality. In every man this ideal differs. Take the artist, the sailor, the soldier, the physician, the woman of fashion, the philosopher, the navvy, the publican, the engineer, the dictator, the priest ; any one you will each directs his or her efforts towards a certain end. Without an ideal a human being becomes a
