The will to exist is the force of coherence that maintains the self through the adventures of a life. It is at the same time a primal yes and a primal no, a yes only insofar as it is also a no and a no only insofar as it is also a yes. The deeper you go into it the more this double face is revealed, each having its own all-embracing system, cultivation and ideology. Love is perhaps found at the still point where these two drives appear to be in balance, but most of the time one of them predominates.