2. The thwarted soul, seeking full expression of some divine characteristic or inner spiritual reality, produces within the substance of its sheaths a point of friction.

Much of this statement I have covered above. I would, however, call your attention to the fact that in this sentence the emphasis is laid upon the fact that it is the soul which is responsible for producing the friction. In the analysis of the previous sentence, the emphasis was laid upon the personality, because its failure to respond produced the friction and consequent disease. Is it not possible that in this [570] sentence we have the clue to the entire purpose of pain, of distress, and even of war? I would commend this to your careful and, if possible, illumined thinking.