Each intention—anger, greed, compassion, understanding—sets energy into motion…What you intend is what you become…Power is energy that is formed by the intentions of the soul. It is Light shaped by the intentions of love and compassion guided by wisdom. It is energy that is focused and directed toward the fulfillment of the tasks of the soul upon the Earth.
~Gary Zukav, The Seat of the Soul
If you were to think of your life as a journey, how happy, how fulfilled, how peaceful would you be at this point in your life? Is it possible that, as my friend Gary Zukav infers, our intentions shape our experiences, which, at the end of the day, comprise the sum of our time spent on the planet? Is it really plausible that what we intend we become? Opening our minds to this question has profound implications because it beckons us to consider how conscious (or not) our intentions for the life we are living have been. Courageously exploring this question enables us to see that we play a crucial part in determining where the journey of our life will take us in the future. Irrespective of the current state of our life, we can meet the new day with immense optimism by embracing the fact that our future is shaped by our deepest, consciously made intentions.
Too often, in the busyness of our lives, our intentions are semi-unconscious, meaning they slip unnoticed directly through to the reactive habit-mind, circumventing the deeper contemplative self. As a result, we may make choices that spawn consequences we may not expect. There is a direct correlation between the choices we make and our intentions. Every choice we make announces our intention to the Universe about what we desire and puts energy in motion to make it so. The root word for intention is intent, which means, “An aspiration to do something on purpose with an objective goal or target in mind; by design.” Whether we are aware of it, we each live by intention. While many of us believe otherwise, our intentions, whether our highest or our basest, conscious or unconscious, are always being served. If we find our lives to be “off course” it is only through becoming consciously “Self-aware” that we can challenge and change the compass coordinates set for our journey.
How conscious are the choices you have been making? Are they propelled by the light, wisdom, and energy of love and compassion, or something of a lower, more base vibration where the ego quietly lingers in the shadows—such as fear and doubt? Are your intentions arising from the infinite depths of your soul, or the shallows of a reactive mind operating just under the radar of the fully aware self? It’s easy to discern. Just witness your feeling nature as you ask yourself these questions and you’ll know from where your intentions arise:
- Are my daily choices driven by unconscious habits, fears, doubts, and insecurities, or love and trust?
- Do my choices incorporate harmony, sharing, cooperation, and reverence for life?
- Do my choices create authentic power within, or do they cause me to look to other people and external things for my power, purpose, and direction?
- Do my choices include intentions that honor my body, my relationships, my world, and my soul?
THE TAKE AWAY: You really are on a journey of a lifetime. Mindfully paying attention to your intentions is the rule of the road. Know that where your life heads now is not predestined by where it has been. You are a choice. Take time to plumb the depths of your innermost being and listen carefully to the wisdom and guidance, for what you intend today is what you shall become tomorrow. May your journey be a sacred one, where the intentions of your deepest Self rise and commingle with your daily doing, serving as the compass that points the way to the life you truly deserve.
Peace, Dennis
