#114 Solo episode: the power of intention.

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Welcome to personal development mastery podcast, Episode 114. Today, I wanted to do a different kind of an episode and we'll discuss briefly a book which is one of the handful of books that have made the biggest impact in my life after reading them and this book is the power of intention by Dr. Wayne Dyer. The first thing that is worthwhile to mention is the word intention itself. Usually when we talk about intention, the most common definition that we think about is that of a strong purpose or aim. And usually intention is accompanied by determination, the will to provide an outcome. And this book the power of intention, gives a very different perspective about what intention is. And if you haven't, read the book, or if you are unfamiliar with it, I will invite you to view intention from another perspective. So far in the book, he considers the ancient spiritual teachings, like the shamans, and he says that intention is a force, an immeasurable force that exists in the universe, and absolutely everything that exists, it's attached and connected to intent. So it is like a field, an energy field that permeates everything in the universe. And if I were to put it in a different way, I would say that intention is the energy behind the action that we take. And intention is not something that is just the privilege of human beings. It's everywhere, in nature, every with everything in universe really has intention built into it. And he brings up the example of the small acorn. And if you look at a small acorn, inside that there is the intention building to manifest into a giant oak tree. So think about intention as this power of transformation that exists in the universe to change something into something else to grow and evolve. And one of the things that Wayne Dyer discusses in this book is the three levels of living in terms of the power of intention. So he classifies people into three levels of living and most people unfortunately live their lives at the lowest level, which is with no intention or no real intention. So they just live life by by chance, saying that life happens to me I have no control, they live life by by default. And they are very much influenced by the education people around them the media, it's it's what we call the masses many times. There is a second level though of living in regards to the intention and and that is people that do have a goal a direction and intention emission, which is certainly much more empowering and by living at this level, you can actually begin to utilise this tremendous power of intention. However, in the spiritual traditions, there is a third level

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which is the people that are constantly connected with this field of intention. And even though there are very few people that live in that highest level in regards to the intention, however, all of us go there in and out from time to time and we have failed it in the bias when, when we flee more awakened when there is we connect to the higher self, our higher intention. And and that phrase higher self, for me is when when I'm connected to my highest self, it's not just a bunch of goals that I'm pursuing, it is fulfilling actually my own purpose. And the power of intention is the force that will manifest something from the conception of it in our in the mind to them manifestation. And it's an interesting thought to think about that everything, look around you, everything around you has been created twice, because the first time it gets created inside someone's mind as an idea. And then of that, through the power of intention, transforms into action, which then transform say to the result. And the book also describes many practical ways that we can connect with this power of intention and utilise it. And I will mention a couple here that really have caught my attention. And the first one is, and it's extremely important is to know, our why to understand the reason why we have a specific intention. And sometimes our mind or our ego gets involved into a fantasy of what we would like to be or do in our life. But that's not necessarily in level with our higher self. So by knowing our why our true resumes, we can filter out some of the thoughts that are irrelevant and really connect with the power of intention that will take us towards what really is in line with our purpose. And one other way that is described in the book about connecting to the power of intention, and I find it very important is how our inner talk must maths, our intention. So that phrase, as a man thinketh show is he we have to maths, our inner dialogue, the way that we think the words we say to ourselves with what it is that we want to materialise what it is that we intend in our life. And to become a bit more specific in that. Let's start thinking, rather than thinking about what's missing in our life, to shift that from thinking about what we intend to manifest. And that changes the Vayner Doc, the internal dialogue, another thing we can do is change from thinking about what are the circumstances of my life right now towards what I want them to be.

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And two things that we must eliminate out of this inner talk before one two months, our intention is thinking of what has always been thinking of the past, that limits our ability to do things in the future. And also thinking about what others expect of you, because that is irrelevant. And at the end of the day, it is not our responsibility of what others opinions about us are. And these are just some ideas, some things that I've picked from the book that had made a big impression on me, I first read that book. Not so long ago, it was two years ago, but I have read it three times since and every time it's one of those books that you get into a deeper layer of understanding and you pick up things that you hadn't necessarily understood in your previous time. So it is certainly one of the books that I would recommend if you haven't read it. It will give you some amazing understandings about life. And I will just conclude my my thoughts on the subject and I might be I might come back in the future with some more episodes like this which, in which I'm going to be discussing The books the 10 or so books that had made the biggest impact in my life so far anyway. And I will just conclude my thoughts by saying, Let's all try and be more intentional with our lives because it is a precious gift that we have on this planet live in our lives and it's unwise to spend it all the time being unconscious and doing automatic things every day that we don't really paid too much attention to. So let's become more conscious, more intentional and have goals and direction. And let's connect more and more with that field of intention with our higher self with what it is that we want to be doing. And during this process, let's have faith that it's going to materialise. Thank you very much for listening to this short episode about Dr. Wayne Dyer his book, The power of intention, and I hope you have found it useful. If you have, go to Apple podcasts and leave a review I would very much appreciate it. And until next time, stand out don't fit in. Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe and rate it on Apple podcasts. And also share this episode with someone who you think will benefit from it. If you want to find out more about what I do and gain access to exclusive content, join my facebook group but for development mastery. The link is in the show notes or you can simply type beats dot L y sluss PDM group and until next time, stand out don't fit in

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