THE POWER OF INTENTION

The Power of Intention

-Life responds to our intention. When we really want something to occur, life tends to move toward us, fulfilling our aspiration. If our intention is full -- i.e. if our energies are intensely directed toward the pursuit of a specific goal over a certain period of time -- then life not only moves towards us, but does so rapidly, fulfilling our intensions.

-When we have a clear knowledge of what we want to accomplish, and our emotions fully endorse and support its achievement, then our full intention takes shape. If we then make a determined, persevering effort to carry out our hearts desire, we generate an irresistible power that can quickly attract the infinite potentials of life.

-The ancient Indian texts known as the Upanishads declare, “You are what your deepest desire is. As is your desire, so is your intention. As is your intention, so is your will. As is your will, so is your deed. As is your deed, so is your destiny.”

-Human aspiration/intention can express at various levels -- from a mild mental interest in a subject to an intense desire to accomplish an important goal. At the highest levels, our intention can be directed to changing the very course of our lives. But whatever our level of intention -- from a passing fancy to a need to fulfill our heart’s desire -- life can respond.

-When we intensely take an interest in a subject and also consciously seek tangible results, life move towards us with results that are in turn themselves utilitarian.

-Real intention, however, takes shape when the thing we consciously desire is ongoing; i.e. it is sustained over time. When our aspiration/intention repeats in our thoughts, when it continually rises in our emotions, then our intention really becomes full. From that poise, we generate a surge of energy inside ourselves, which moves out, and creates a ripple in the fabric of the cosmos, attracting corresponding elements, which we experience as life response.

-Though a sustained interest in a subject or matter that includes specific intended results are critical elements, the heart and soul of intention is to really want the object.

-When you really want something, life tends to move toward you with good fortune. On the other hand, if you are indifferent, half-heartedly hoping for something to occur, then there is unlikely to be any substantive results.

-Though our aspiration for something might be strong and deep, life might not give us what we want until we change a corresponding wanting element within. However, when we identify and reverse that wanting quality, life instantly brings us the very thing we longed for.

-When we move beyond the constraints of our own individual nature -- i.e. from ego to ego-lessness, from finite possibility to an unlimited view of what is possible, from a narrow view of time to a wider one, and from ignorance to knowledge -- we open ourselves to the universal plane where all intentions are instantly fulfilled