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Energy is the force of will: will power, if you will.
It was the Will of the Creator that provided the Energy that is found in the Universe and that Energy is still subject to the Creator's Will as expressed in the Laws of Nature. Our wills, being similar to that of the Creator's, can tap into, and utilize, that Energy provided we follow those Laws rather than try to defy them. We also create laws of our own by expressing our will(s). It is also possible that the Creation was not a one shot deal, i.e., The Big Bang, but it is an ongoing process in which our wills provide some creative energy so that we actually participate in co-creating the future.
Is that far enough 'outside box'? I haven't looked yet, but I'd be willing to bet that there is a philosopher out there that has postulated a Monism of Will, as the basic substance of Existence, Being, of 'all that is'.
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