Intentions And Effects
Have you ever wondered why things happen the way they do in your life? Have you ever considered that the creation of your experiences, like the creation of everything else, is governed by the law of cause and effect? In this case, the nonphysical law of cause and effect. The physical law of cause and effect governs physical causes and physical effects, such as launching a rocket and landing it on the moon. The physical law of cause and effect is a limited version of the nonphysical law of cause and effect. The nonphysical law allows you to use nonphysical causes to create nonphysical effects and also physical effects. This does not mean that you are not in control of what you create. On the contrary! It means that you are entirely free to create what you want, provided you are aware of how the nonphysical law of cause and effect works. If you are not aware of this law and how it works, you will create, as you continually do, but you will not want what you create.
The nonphysical causes that you use continually to create effects in your life are your intentions! This is (literally) nonsense to five-sensory (empirical) science, because your five senses cannot detect intentions, but intentions are as real as any physical cause and the effects that it creates are as real.
Your intentions are your nonphysical causes that set energy into motion. They create a multitude of effects and, therefore, determine the experiences of your life. This is one of the most important things that you can know. It is also something that you can see for yourself is true. Experimenting with your life frees you to create differently, but you need to choose new causes (intentions) consciously. If you don’t choose different intentions consciously, unconscious parts of your personality (the frightened parts) will choose them for you, along with the consequences they will create for you.
To change the experiences of your life (for example, from angry to appreciative, or from fearful to joyful) requires becoming aware of the intentions you are choosing moment to moment, and the experiences you encounter, and then making the connections between your intentions and your experiences. The more aware of your intentions and your experiences you become, the more you will be able to connect the two, and the more you will be able to create the experiences of your life consciously. This is the development of mastery. It is the creation of authentic power.
From a Huffington Post article by Gary Zukav.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What does choosing new causes consciously mean to you? Can you share a personal story of a time you became aware of the connection between your intentions and your experiences? What helps you become aware of the intentions you are choosing moment-to-moment?
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On Sep 27, 2021 Sheri wrote :
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On Nov 28, 2018 John Eric wrote :
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On Oct 22, 2018 M V Aruna wrote :
Intention is the preliminary portal to journey through till it reaches the action point.Just as good seeds tossed in fertile soil yield good produce, so too good intentions strewn over all conscious self over a period of time yield the fruit of good actions.
No wonder, our elders keep saying that the thoughts need to be pure in order to give birth to good deeds. Just as a seed holds the potential of growing into a huge forest, so also a thought packs in itself a capsule of powerful energy waiting to burst forth into action.
There is a saying in sanskrit, yad bhaavam, tat bhavathi, which means as you feel , so it happens. If a t a thought level a negative feeling is nipped, it does not dare to see the light of action.
As the body is what it is fed, so is the mind. You are as healthy as the diet you feed to yourself, both body and soul..
The writer is bang on the basics of life.
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On Oct 18, 2018 Jodyne wrote :
When I see the words 'intentions and effects' I remember that humans have a powerful source of power called 'the will'. When we are aware and apply the will we gain volition and can proceed from a beginning towards a goal. Every day, even several times a day we can meditate (at least remember) our goal and apply the will again. In time we see the results of our persistence.
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On Oct 18, 2018 Mariarosaria Ciavolino wrote :
I listened to this a few times..So on point
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On Oct 15, 2018 david doane wrote :
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On Oct 15, 2018 Abhishek wrote :
Reminds me of what Jayeshbhai often keeps telling us....to purify our intentions! I've found that the journey between thought and intention is that of gross to subtle....intention to me is almost at a level of instinct, it is without words, almost like a sense of energy.....to reach there though isn't an easy journey for me because it is often mixed up with so many primal desires, conditioning and "mixed signals"
Thats probably what purifying intentions mean - to connect more and more to the essence of that intention...
Equally at Blue Ribbon we're experimenting with what does shared intention look like - the one that is arrived at through non-violent consensus....seems that the journey itself has its own gifts
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On Oct 13, 2018 xiaoshan wrote :
Life is an airplane, you either drive it or it is on autopilot. If you have not been driving, do not complain it did not take you to where you want to be. Also, when you drive, you live it; when you do not, you do not.
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