On the surface our Intentions are - why we do what we do. We act according to our Values (Oct. 12 post) / Belief systems (Sept. 8 post) and we set our INTENTIONS accordingly. We are often unaware of our Intentions, this is especially true when we act out of habit. Other times we act out of expectations and we are unaware of our Intentions.
Our Intentions are not as easily defined as one may believe. Mother Teresa knew this when she said "She would never attend a Anti-War rally, but she would attend a Peace rally". She understood that in a "Anti-War" rally our INTENTION is still focused on WAR. The issue of being "Pro" or "Anti" are judgment calls, the focus of both is still on WAR. However, in a PEACE rally the focus is on PEACE and not WAR, our INTENTION is now focused on PEACE.
We need to have CLEAR AND FOCUSED Intention. In the Anti-War example the Intention is focused on what WE DO NOT WANT (WAR). In the Peace rally the Intention is focused on what WE WANT (PEACE). We need to be clear in what - WE WANT, and to stay away from what - WE DO NOT WANT. When we are focused on WHAT WE DO NOT WANT, we often get what WE DO NOT WANT. Another example of this is the Anti-Poverty groups with their INTENTION on POVERTY, would do better if they changed their INTENTION from POVERTY to ABUNDANCE.
This issue of what - WE WANT verses WE DO NOT WANT - complicates using our Intentions to our potential. We are a society that is very judgmental and we are usually very CLEAR in what WE DO NOT WANT, but not so clear in what WE WANT. I know for myself that I know exactly what I DO NOT WANT, but find myself much more unfocused on EXACTLY what I WANT.
WE NEED TO HAVE CLEAR AND PRECISE INTENTIONS!
Another challenge we have with our Intentions is how they align with our Beliefs. If our Intentions conflict with what we believe we have the energy working against each other.
An example of this type of conflict was in the movie "What the Bleep do we know?" and they were talking about how our body's cells respond to our Beliefs. They stated that if we believe our self to be "Fat" that there is some evidence that our cells will prioritize the storage of calories. That if there is a choice of burning the calories or storing the calories the cells will store the calories. If this is true and we go on a diet to reduce our weight and our intention is to reduce weight, but our cells are still storing the calories (because we believe we are fat), we are defeating our own intention. This conflict between believing our self to be fat, and our intention to reduce our weight can create considerable frustration.
In healing our self, this conflict between Belief and Intention is also evident. If our Intention is to heal our body, then we need to believe in our body to heal itself. Doctors and Healers can assist the person in their healing, but it is the body itself that needs to heal.
As an example of the body healing itself; With my clients I often use the example of having a broken bone, the doctor sets the bone and immobilizes the bone so the body can heal the broken bone. It is the body that is the true healer, and we need to believe in our body in order to heal. It is our INTENTION that directs the body to heal itself.
Doctors, medicines and Healers have a limited part to play in the healing process. We can have partial success with our intention to heal when our BELIEF is with the Doctors, Medicines and Healers - The Placebo Effect. We have much better healing results when we have the proper respect for the Doctors and Healers and the BELIEF in our own body to heal.
However if our Belief is in our body being a victim of the dangers of LIFE, then our INTENTION to heal is going to be a long and suffering process.
We need to be AWARE of both our Beliefs and our Intentions and to keep these two in alignment with each other, and to have clear and concise INTENTIONS of what we WANT.
Patience & Persistence:
In our INSTANT society we have lost our PATIENCE. When we do not see instant results, we lose our focus and try something else. We are quick to judge something as not working and to change our focus to something else. LIFE does not work in this instantaneous process.
An example of this type of conflict was in the movie "What the Bleep do we know?" and they were talking about how our body's cells respond to our Beliefs. They stated that if we believe our self to be "Fat" that there is some evidence that our cells will prioritize the storage of calories. That if there is a choice of burning the calories or storing the calories the cells will store the calories. If this is true and we go on a diet to reduce our weight and our intention is to reduce weight, but our cells are still storing the calories (because we believe we are fat), we are defeating our own intention. This conflict between believing our self to be fat, and our intention to reduce our weight can create considerable frustration.
In healing our self, this conflict between Belief and Intention is also evident. If our Intention is to heal our body, then we need to believe in our body to heal itself. Doctors and Healers can assist the person in their healing, but it is the body itself that needs to heal.
As an example of the body healing itself; With my clients I often use the example of having a broken bone, the doctor sets the bone and immobilizes the bone so the body can heal the broken bone. It is the body that is the true healer, and we need to believe in our body in order to heal. It is our INTENTION that directs the body to heal itself.
Doctors, medicines and Healers have a limited part to play in the healing process. We can have partial success with our intention to heal when our BELIEF is with the Doctors, Medicines and Healers - The Placebo Effect. We have much better healing results when we have the proper respect for the Doctors and Healers and the BELIEF in our own body to heal.
However if our Belief is in our body being a victim of the dangers of LIFE, then our INTENTION to heal is going to be a long and suffering process.
We need to be AWARE of both our Beliefs and our Intentions and to keep these two in alignment with each other, and to have clear and concise INTENTIONS of what we WANT.
Patience & Persistence:
In our INSTANT society we have lost our PATIENCE. When we do not see instant results, we lose our focus and try something else. We are quick to judge something as not working and to change our focus to something else. LIFE does not work in this instantaneous process.
A great example of the proper alignment of Belief with Intention and the practice of Patience & Persistence:
A California medical doctor broke his lower back in an accident and was paralyzed from the waist down. The prognoses was that he would be in a wheelchair for the rest of his Life.
To make a long story short, the doctor was walking again after 2 years of being in a wheelchair. When asked to explain his MIRACULOUS healing. The doctor commented "He knew that LIFE can always overcome difficult situations, and if he continued to send the message from his brain to his legs to move, that LIFE would find a way to connect the message to his legs." It took the doctor 2 years of sending the message from his brain to his legs before he saw any sign of the message getting through.
The doctor's Belief in LIFE and his Intention to walk again is admirable, however, his show of Patience & Persistence was truly AWESOME in this modern time of INSTANT GRATIFICATION. To continue to send the message from his brain to his legs for 2 years before he saw any sign of the message getting through is unusual. This is especially true considering his medical training told him that it was IMPOSSIBLE to heal the spine.
HIS BELIEF TOOK HIM BEYOND HIS KNOWLEDGE.
Our INTENTIONS are the movers of the Universal Life-Force Energy (Chi) that creates the WEB OF OUR Life. Like our Feelings working with our Thoughts, our Intentions work with our Beliefs. Intentions & Beliefs work closely together and they are both powerful Chi movers and shapers! If we have limiting Beliefs then our Intentions will be similarly limited. If our Beliefs are empowering then our Intentions will be limitless.
Our Intentions are a powerful tool in shaping our lives. When we have clear Intentions we can move mountains.
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