Q&A: The Power of Intention
How powerful are the intentions we set? Sometimes the true intent might be different at a subconscious level, so maybe what we’re really setting is different from the intention we think we’re setting? What do you have to say about this?
Intentions are only ‘set’ in terms of effort. So how powerful are your intentions? Depends on how powerfully you are willing to put in the effort in that direction. As for the universe, it is nothing but a fantasy that we ‘set’ an intention and the universe fulfills it. When you become a creator, you are in alignment with THE creator and any desire you have to create was already part of the plan, so you never ever ‘create’ anything new anyway. And as long as you want to ‘create’ something that is not part of the plan, then you’re out of alignment and nothing will happen. So any ideas of setting an intention is essentially a fantasy.
Secondly, people tend to confuse thought with intent. A real ‘intent’ rarely involves thought. When you drink a glass of water, you drink to quench your thirst. Are you making vision boards, thinking affirmations that your thirst should be quenched? No. There was an intent, there was an action, and in most cases, no thinking is involved. This is why when so many things ;just happen’, people are left saying, I wanted that! I just didn’t realise that I had wanted it! But I did ‘want’ it! That’s intention. You can’t ‘think’ an intention, although in some cases intention can filter down into thought, especially when intensive action is needed.
So thought itself is quite powerless. If your mind is empty, then the only thoughts floating in are in alignment with THE plan, so your thoughts seem really powerful and it seems as if your intention is too.
Positive affirmations and vision boards etc are helpful if you are attracting negativity into your life through too much resistance to the plan. It allows you to ‘get out of the way’ and allow life to flow smoothly, thereby reducing unnecessary pain. You can walk along with life willingly, or you can be dragged through it kicking and screaming – positivity merely allows you to shift from the latter to the former, but changing the destination or even the path – very unlikely.
Author of ‘Healing Through Reiki’, Ashwita learned Reiki in 1997, and started teaching it in 2006. She now incorporates other forms of energy healing, as well as hypnotherapy and past life therapy in her work. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, crafts, reading and painting.
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