Harnessing the Power of Intention In Your Daily Life
by Therese Miu on 13/10/09 at 5:42 am
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“You create your thoughts, your thoughts create your action, and your intentions create your reality”
Imagine…..
What it would be like to live life with the Power of Intention.
I think we can by every breath, every thought, and every action.
I would like to begin with this quote as it pertains to Intention:
“The future depends on what we do in the present happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
It’s very important to start the day with the right mindset, attitude, and outlook on life. To begin each day with full gratitude in your mind and in your heart. I have this Gandhi quote to remind me to live each day and each moment with Intention. From the mindset when I wake up, to the actions I will take that day, to the overall feelings I have and feeling in complete harmony. Whether it’s as simple as sitting down and writing my task for the day and feeling being in the present moment. Or while driving to work—and maybe expressing gratitude for another day that’s given to me at that very moment.
Note: Living each day with Intention is a practice of self-mastery.
One of my first Mentors and Coaches in Spirituality is Dr. Wayne Dyer and in his book “The Power of Intention” he mentions there are seven faces of Intention.
1.) The Face of Creativity
2.) The Face of Kindness
3.) The Face of Love
4.) The Face of Beauty
5.) The Face of Expansion
6.) The Face of Unlimited Abundance
7.) The Face of Receptivity
I want to give you a simple example of harnessing the power of intention in your life.
I was driving in crazy traffic, which is a perfectly normal example because we all run into traffic every now and then if not everyday instead of complaining and being negative about it. I sat there in my car with no radio and set out an intention.
My intention for those 2 hours while I was stuck in traffic was to give everyone I encountered positive thoughts and blessings. What happened was very magical and almost serene. I felt peaceful. Patient. Compassionate.
I gave out the intention of the next car beside me, ahead of me, behind me.
“Intention is the active partner of attention; it is the way we convert our automatic processes into conscious ones”.
I also ran across a small accident which was not a big deal but this guy’s car was completely stopped on the freeway. I too, sent him positive thoughts, wellbeing, and blessings. When I sent out these intentions I really felt it in my heart. It was not some kind of casual inattentive thoughts of any kind. I really felt it:
Visualize
Prayed
The 2 hours of traffic became a blissful experiences. It wasn’t about me or what I planned to do that day. No thoughts about family, business, or life in general crowded my mind.
I carried out my intention specifically towards the wellbeing of others.
“Motivation, the kind that carries seed ideas to fruition with energy and passion, comes from a clear intent.”
After that moment, everything was magical. Once I arrived at my given location people smiled at me for no reason. I had a friend who completely spoiled me with food. The waitress was absolutely fantastic.
And then I sent out another intention of fully listening to my friend about her life what she was up to, how her life is doing etc.
When you step into that intention, realize that you’re stepping into the present moment.
You see everyday you have simple moments like this that you can harness the power of intention.
One intention that I never forget to intend daily is the intention of gratitude.
I am so grateful for the opportunity at this moment to write this blog and express my feelings on the subject around Intention. I don’t just feel it in the most superficial way once again. I am filled with goose bumps all over my arm and my entire body. I am grateful for my relationship with God and over the years how the connection has deepened. I feel truly guided in all of my work I have done. I am grateful for my loving family-my husband, my son, my immediate family, and friends. I am grateful for the smallest things—from my eyesight, hearing, touch, taste, etc… I breathe it in. I thank it! I welcome it!
I feel most alive!
This is a daily intention for me.
I BELIEVE
Abundance is given to us the moment we wake up- the air, the sun, water, and lastly our breath. We have to be grateful and in return extend this gratefulness to others.
Life itself is a gift.
We have to understand that we have to fight for our peace everyday. Peace within yourself. More Importantly with our routine lives, work, commute, family, friends, TV, and now increasingly more than ever; technology. It takes up our time, doesn’t it?? It is not tomorrow or next week or next month-I will be grateful. This is an everyday intention that we harness the feelings, the thoughts, and the love. I say Breathe in love in every moment of everyday no matter how stressed you are. Don’t forget to give thanks.
You attract into your life what you feel most inside.
Every moment that you INTEND with creativity, kindness, love, and beauty YOU’RE SHOWING UP to the HIGHEST BEING, that YOU ARE! Every moment is a TRUE EXPRESSION of your authentic self.
Intention is not something you do rather its something you connect to.
Be ready at any moment to be receptive.
Carlos Castenada says, “in the universe there is an unmeasurable and indescribable force, which those who live of the source call Intention-and that absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link.”
A Goddess in my life name Erlina Sinaga shared her thoughts about Intention:, “When you intent something, you know it in your guts in you heart and in your mind that nothing is going to get in the way, and you will not allow anything other than the manifestation of your intention. It’s like this burning fire in you ready to illuminate the entire cosmos. That burning fire in you is your source energy, your heart’s desire, your strength and will, your focused mind, your higher self, your being, your inspiration, and everything that’s in you that really wants to express itself and manifest something, will come forward through the power of intention and make things happen. Intention is a tool for you to co-create your life and channel the source. It’s not a question if I ever use the power of intention, but it’s more of a practice to life mastery by mastering the art of intention. And the more I practice, the more things or people show up in my life faster and faster, sometimes at lightning speed. The key is be honest and be absolutely present when you set your intention, and the rest is magical. It’s like having this magic wand, and you can go around and give life to your heart desires and your dreams.”
“Activate your attention and intention to get retention of your dreams”
Just as an Olympian would show up to his practice each and everyday, so must we as individual beings should show up everyday with the seven faces of Intention. Furthermore, Wayne Dyer says, “The more you are in harmony with the field of Intention the more you are able to create miracles, you are able to heal yourself, you are able to attract into your life the abundance that has been missing, you are able to find the right people and have them show up exactly on time.”
“Every Intention sets energy into motion whether you are conscious of it or not. Each word that you speak carries consciousness, more than that, carries inteligence and therefore, is an Intention that shapes light.”
So I ask you, have you used the Power of Intention in your life? And how often?
How do you harness the power of Intention in your daily life?
What’s your Daily Intention everyday?
Does it work for you?
I’d really love to start a discussion about this, and your feedback is very important to me! Leave a comment down below with your thoughts on Intentions and don’t forget to tweet it if you like it & Share it to your friends & family on Facebook.
Love Light & Blessings,
Therese Miu
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