Jean Houston calls this quality the entelechy, the dynamic purpose that is coded within each person.

Entelechy is all about the possibilities encoded in each of us. For example it is the entelechy of an acorn to be an oak tree…It is possible to call upon the entelechy principle within us in such a way that it becomes personal, friendly, and even helpful. This entelechy principle can be expressed symbolically as a god or a guide. We feel its presence as…inspiration or motivation…