It must necessarily be admitted that there is a plan in the universe, that it is not something that comes about by chance, and that there is a Will to fulfil this plan, otherwise nothing could happen. You see, Sri Aurobindo contradicts those who say that the universe has no plan and no will. But the minute we admit that there is a consciousness—a conscious existence—behind the universe, we admit at the same time, automatically, that there is a plan in this universe and a will to fulfil this plan.
Ref : Questions and Answers 1957-1958