Misdirected Thoughts Can Trigger Emotions

This is a contrast to when tangled ideas confuse the thoughts and abruptly go from one extreme to another, whereby a misdirection of the thoughts arises which triggers emotions, and can even lead to murder and manslaughter. The source of the life-power, which must be created by oneself, lies in the consciousness-that is to say, in its thoughts - which must be formed, tended and nurtured in such a way that they correspond to a progressive kind and wise, equipped with a Ziel for life, an intention, an endeavor, an ideal;