The Law of Intention and Desire
The Law of Intention and Desire
The fifth spiritual law of success is the Law of Intention and Desire, which is based upon the recognition that at the level of the quantum field there is nothing other than energy and information. This quantum field, which is really just another name for the field of pure potentiality, is influenced by intention and desire.
As a human being, you experience the quantum field subjectively as your own thoughts, feelings, memories,desires, needs, expectations, fantasies, and beliefs. You experience the same field objectively as your physical body and the physical world. At the level of the field, the collection of thoughts called your mind and the collection of molecules called your body are different disguises of the same underlying reality. The ancient yogic sages had an expression for this realization, тАЬTat Tvam Asi,тАЭ which translates as, тАЬI am that, you are that, all this is that, and thatтАЩs all there is.тАЭ
If you accept that your personal body is not separate from the body of the universe, then by consciously changing the energy and informational content of your own body, you can influence the energy and information of your extended bodyтАФyour environment, your world.This influence is activated by two qualities inherent in consciousness: attention and intention. Attention enlivens while intention transforms.
If you want something to grow stronger in your life,direct more of your attention to it. If you want something to diminish in your life, withdraw your attention from it. Intention, on the other hand, catalyzes the transformation of energy and information into new forms and expressions. According to ancient yogic principles, your intention has organizing power.
Accomplished yogis are masters of attention and intention. They can influence components of their physiology in ways that modern science used to think were impossible. Yogis can raise and lower their blood pressure,speed up or slow down their heart rates, increase or decrease their body temperature, and bring their respira- tory system and metabolic activity to almost imperceptible levels. In chapter 5, we will show you how to use your attention and intention for healing and transformation.
As you become increasingly adept at governing your own body through the Law of Intention and Desire, you will also experience your intentions being increasingly supported by nature. You can learn to harness the power of the Law of Intention and Desire in your yoga practice and in your life by following these three steps:
1. Be clear about your intentions and desires. On a regular basis, take the time to write down a list of those things you would like to see manifest in your life.Review your intentions and desires prior to beginning your yoga practice and prior to your time of silent meditation. Modify your list as your desires are fulfilled or transformed and observe how your intentions and desires evolve. When you take the time to document what you desire in your heart and mind, you accelerate the process of manifesting your desires in the world.
2. Even as you bring your intentions and desires into conscious awareness, surrender the outcome to nature. Cultivate an attitude of trusting that when things are not going exactly the way you intend themto, there is a grander design at work. You can probably identify times in your life when things were not going according to your plan, only to realize later that something better was waiting for you around the corner.When performing your yoga poses, maintain this inner attitude of surrender. Attend to and release your intentions as you move through your postures and watch the result in your yoga practice and in your life
.3. Remind yourself to practice present moment awareness in all your actions. Do not allow any obstacles to consume or dissipate the quality of your attention in the present moment. As you engage in a pose,be fully in the present, remembering that being in the moment empowers your most cherished intentions and desires. As you energize your intentions and desires with your attention, introduce the mantra that resonates with the Law of Intention and Desire.