Intent
Intent is the conscious, mindful desire to achieve some creative end, to act, to do something, to accomplish some task in the world. Intent to Connect is the application of intent to the accomplishment of Connection.
Syncretic Terms
Related Terms
Intent > Affirmation, Focus, Visualization
Notes
Intent is the application of Desire and Will to creation.
Intent is an important component of the psychological/spiritual process.
Intent, variously understood, is a common precursor to healing and connection. Thus Bill Smith, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, was cured when he finally hit rock bottom and intended a connection to God.
Intent (framed as "suggestion" by Akhilananda and other vedic practitioners[1]) is a critical tool that can help in the healing and connection process.
- "The beginning of spiritual life is conversion, an attitude of the will turning towards God and renouncing the world."[2]
- Zoroaster's mystical experiences were precedent by intent, an "ardent desire" to meet Vohu Manah. [3]
For more examples, see Intent to Connect
Intent is an important component of the creative process.
When a potter sits down at a wheel to spin a vase, his desire to spin a vase, coupled with the will to get it done, is instrumental in the force used to form the new creation.
When we intend something we take a desired creative outcome and direct it (i.e. will it) to happen with the force of Consciousness.
How long it takes to translate intent into creation depends entirely on the persistence and strength of will (i.e. the harder you will it, the faster it will happen), the nature and complexity of our creative intent, our general creative expertise, and the energetic level at which you are creating at. At lower (i.e. denser) levels of physical Creation where Creation vibrates slower, intent requires additional time and effort. Obviously, more complex creative outcomes require longer periods of intense creative intent and more time (and perhaps assistance) to properly unfold.
Intent is an Aspect of Consciousness and part of Creation's Equation.
Intent may be contrasted with Expectation.
Footnotes
- ↑ Akhilananda, Swami. Hindu Psychology: Its Meaning in the West. Routledge, 1948.
- ↑ Lossky, Vladimir. The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church. New York: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2002. p. 199.
- ↑ Dhalla, Maneckji Nusservanji. History of Zoroastrianism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1938. p. 33.
