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Intentions vs. State of Being

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In 2004, I wrote a very specific and long list of things that I wanted.  Examples included: learning different languages; living in other countries; earning millions of dollars from my writing; being debt-free; working because I want to, not because I have to; practicing and, eventually, teaching yoga; and so on.  Years passed.  One day, I found that list in a forgotten folder.  The only thing that I had fully accomplished was insuring that my mom was well cared for.

In 2012, I participated in a ritual involving angels who would grant three wishes.  I don’t know whether they came or not.  I didn’t feel anything.  Ultimately, I turned those three wishes into three intentions that I read aloud every day, then once per month, then every now and then, and finally not at all.

By the end of 2016, I had obtained a new job.  All other doors were closed and I chose to walk through the one that was open.  Every week, I am provided with many opportunities to grow and to modify my prior ways of reacting and responding.  I’m constantly changing, trying to figure out how to navigate and be a positive, instead of negative, force in a chaotic situation.  I consider this position a bridge to that which I have not yet clarified.

I again wrote down what I want.  This time I felt that I expressed what my spirit, my true self, the real me truly wants.  As I grow and as I’m able to shed layers of distraction, layers of the external me, layers of whatever, I’m reaching my core.  I’m revealing what is.

Intentions point me back to myself.  They are revelations; guideposts enabling me to get close enough to hear the core me crying out, expressing my reality: “This is who I AM.  This IS me.”

My first job had its positive and negatives.  Ultimately, I left because it disappointed me in terms of my consciousness and awareness at the time.  Looking back on all that I’ve been through, I compare it to leaving my parents’ home.  I couldn’t wait until my 18th birthday.  I left days afterward to get away from burdensome rules and limitations.  Much later, I realized how good I had it.

So it was with my first job.  The way that I saw the world at that time was very rigid, very black and white.  Now, the way that I see the world is very fluid, with various shades of all different kinds of colors, not one way or the other.  I realize that there are many different ways of being.

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Deep Cleaning

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Deep cleaning my house has been very slow.  It’s taken months.  I’m finally getting to the point where I’m vacuuming my very filthy carpet.  As I vacuum, I think about things.  It’s been a trying time.  There are so many things that I need to do that I can’t do: maintenance my car.  I have deep cracks in my ceilings.  In my bedroom, the ceiling is bowed.  According to the Internet, this signifies that I immediately need to call a structural engineer.  But I can’t afford it.  I’m hoping that the issue is not the foundation.  I’m thankful to get through each day without my ceilings falling in.

I think, “why why why is my life like this?”

The thought came to me that I was the one who wanted to change my life, to turn my life around.  If you want to learn a sport, to become healthier, or to become proficient in anything, there are certain things that you have to give up.  You have to give up refined sugar, sitting in front of the television all day, drinking and hanging out every night, especially when you’re “of a certain age.”  Even though, to me, giving up income is not the same as giving up ice cream or cookies or TV, it still is, in a sense, a giving up of something.

The intent that I expressed to change my life has somehow overridden my desire to have instant money.  Left to my own devices, I would continue to do the things that have caused me to gain weight, to sit all of the time, to be unhealthy, to be unhappy and stressed out of my mind.  The Universe, responding to my intent, stopped and blocked me and said “no no.  You’re not going to do this.  You’re going to do THIS.”

My solution would be to win a million dollars.  This would solve all of my problems.  I don’t know why I can’t win the lottery when others have.  Apparently, that’s not in line with my intent.  Perhaps that outcome would change my life, but would not change me, which is my ultimate intent.

The path that I used to take seems to be closed to me right now.  Perhaps in the long run, looking back, I will see that it was a good thing that it was closed because otherwise I would continue to do the same thing.  It was easier to get and go to a miserable job every day to obtain money.  That’s what I’ve done for the last 25 years.  It’s been a good way to pay my bills.  If I could do the same thing that I had been doing, which is to be able to get a job quickly, then I would be working right now.

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Manifest Your Intention

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Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.  Rumi

Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny.  Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.  Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain

[T]he basic stuff of the universe, at its core, is a kind of pure energy that is malleable to human intention and expectation in a way that defies our old mechanistic model of the universe – as though our expectation itself causes our energy to flow out into the world and affect other energy systems.   James Redfield, The Celestine Prophecy

It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.  Ralph Ellison

When you choose to stay focused on what you desire, instead of what you don’t have, you realign your energy and cause external circumstances to shift.  Connecting with and choosing to remain in your state of inner peace, regardless of what is happening, is a dynamic affirmation that the external world is shaped by the internal one.  Lynne Herod- DeVerges, Center of Light Miracles

How Are You Expressing Your Intent?

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In 1998, I wrote that “a means to making money in a way that is fulfilling, nurturing, and healing is on its way to me right now.”  In 2015, I read this affirmation and wondered why I had not yet manifested it.  Today, I see very clearly what happened.  I stated a desire, yet pursued its exact opposite.

I had definite ideas about what I wanted to do and ways in which I wanted to develop.  I didn’t follow through because my focus was on making money, not on the means by which I made it. I believed that once I obtained an undefined “enough,” other things would simply fall into place.  Later, I entered into survival mode.  I had needs that I thought couldn’t be met without my salary.  Because I never took steps to implement my dreams, other people’s desires and needs filled that void.  Over the years, I worked overtime handling OPB (other people’s business) at work and in my personal life.

Regardless of what we say we want, our intentions are shown by our actions.  If I say I intend to lose 5 pounds this month, but continue to eat as I’ve always eaten, then my actual intent is to maintain or gain weight.  The doing guides the creative force.

Dreams take a long time to manifest because we don’t change.  We keep doing the same things.  We want different outcomes even as we refuse to do or think differently.  We say that we don’t want to experience [this] anymore.  Nevertheless, we continue to do what we’ve always done, for whatever reason – love, money, fear, wanting to please, perception of an unpleasant outcome, misplaced commitment.

Consider the following:

  • Do you even have an intention?

We all want a lot of things.  We have dislikes or desires: I don’t like this job.  I don’t like living in this neighborhood.  I don’t like people who do this.  I want a better car, a different house.  I want money.  What do we actually intend?  An intent is phrased differently: I intend to pay off my debts.  I intend to have a different job next year.  I intend to get my degree.

If you intend to do something, you can begin to think of certain steps towards its implementation.  An intent makes you focus.  That’s how you can separate a wish from an intent.

Ideas and wishes do not necessarily equal intentions.  Wishes need to be narrowly and clearly defined in order to be considered intentions.  Otherwise, they are simply thoughts being dispersed into the air.

  • Are you cancelling out your intentions?

Are your thoughts 25% peace, but your actions 75% conflict?  Each thought, each spoken word, and each action expresses and sends out energy that causes a reaction.  Are your expressions consistent with your intentions?  Does one cancel out the other?  Are you unhappy with your returns?  Look at your investments.  How are you spending most of your time?  The Universe doesn’t judge or interpret.  It receives and responds.  Is your behavior impeding or supporting your intention?

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