The Law Of "Intention And Desire"
The Fifth Spiritual Law Of Success |
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from the program that Deepak Chopra presented on "The
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This chapter deals only with "The Law Of Intention And
Desire", the fifth of the seven spiritual laws of success.
The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success are:
1. The Law Of Pure Potentiality
2. The Law Of Giving
3. The Law Of Karma (Cause & Effect)
4. The Law Of Least Effort
5. The Law of Intention & Desire
6. The Law Of Detachment
7. The Law Of Dharma (Your Purpose In Life)
But before we start the discussion on the Law Of Pure Potentiality
let’s first discuss what success is.
What Is Success?
Before we discuss the seven spiritual laws of success let’s
first discuss what success is. Success in life could be defined
as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive
realization of worthy goals. Success is the ability to fulfill
your desires with effortless ease. And yet success, including
the creating of wealth, has always been considered to be a process
that requires hard work. And it is often considered to be at
the expense of others. If this is the case then you need a more
spiritual approach to success and to affluence. Affluence is
the abundant flow of all good things to you. There are many
parts to success. Material wealth is only one component.
"Success is a journey, not a destination."
Material abundance, in all of its expression, happens to be
one of those things that makes the journey more enjoyable. But
success includes
1. Good health
2. Energy & enthusiasm for life
3. Fulfilling relationships
4. Creative freedom
5. Emotional & psychological stability
6. A sense of well-being
7. And a peace of mind.
But even with the experience of all of these things we still
will remain unfulfilled unless we nurture the seeds of divinity
inside of us. In reality we are divinity in disguise. And the
Gods and Goddesses and embryos that are contained within us
seek to be fully materialized. Truth itself is therefore to
the experience miraculous. It is the unfolding of the divinity
within us. And when we begin to "Experience our life as
a miracle", not occasionally, but all the time we will
then know the true meaning of success.
Before we define the seven laws we have to understand the concept
of what law is. Law is the process by which the unmanifested
becomes the manifested. It is the process by which the observer
becomes the observed. It is the process by which the seer becomes
the scenery. It is the process to which the dreamer manifest
the dream. All of creation, everything that exist in the physical
world is the result of unmanifested transforming itself into
the manifest. Everything that we behold comes from the unknown.
Our physical body, the physical universe, anything and everything
that we can perceive through our senses is the expression of
the unmanifested becoming manifested. The physical universe
is nothing other than the self curving back within its self
to experience the self as spirit, mind, and physical matter.
In other words, all processes of creation are processes to which
the self or divinity expresses itself. Consciousness in motion
expresses its self as the object of the universe in the eternal
balance of life. The source of all creation is divinity of the
spirit. The process of creation is divinity in motion of the
mind. And the objective of creation is the physical universe,
which includes the physical body.
And these three components of reality; spirit, mind, and body
or observer (the process of observing and the observed) are
essentially the same thing. They all come from the same place.
They come from the field of pure potentiality, which is the
energy that brings into manifestation in its initial state before
something is manifested. It is the pure energy that the spirit
uses to manifest its desires.
The physical laws of the universe are accentually the whole
process of divinity in motion or consciousness in motion. When
we understand these laws and apply them in our life anything
we want can be created. Because the same laws that natures uses
to create a forest or a galaxy or a human body can also bring
about the fulfillment of all of our other desires.
Now, let’s go over the fifth of the seven spiritual laws
of success and see how we can apply it into your life.
The Law Of Intention & Desire
The fifth spiritual law of success is the law of Intention And
Desire. It is based on the fact that energy and information
exist everywhere in nature. In fact, there is nothing other
than energy and information at the level of the quantum field.
And the quantum field is just another label for the field of
pure consciousness or pure potentially. And this quantum field
is influenced by the your intention and desire. Let’s
examine this process in detail.
A flower, a rainbow, a tree, a blade of grass, a human body,
when broken down to their essential components, are energy and
information. The whole universe, in its essential nature, is
the movement of energy and information. The only difference
between you and a tree is the informational and energy content
of your respective bodies.
On the material level, both you and the tree are made up of
the same recycled elements: mostly carbon, hydrogen, oxygen,
nitrogen, and other elements in minute amounts. You could buy
these elements in a hardware store for a couple of dollars.
The difference, therefore, between you and the tree is not the
carbon, or the hydrogen, or the oxygen. In fact, you and the
tree are constantly exchanging your carbon and oxygen with each
other. The real difference between the two of you is in the
energy and in the information.
In the scheme of nature, you and I are a privileged species.
We have a nervous system that is capable of becoming aware of
the energy and informational content of that localized field
that gives rise to our physical body. We experience this field
subjectively as our own thoughts, feelings, emotions, desires,
memories, instincts, drives, and beliefs. This same field is
experienced objectively as the physical body and through the
physical body, we experience this field as the world. But it’s
all the same stuff. That is why the ancient seers exclaimed,
"I am that, you are that, all this is that, and that’s
all there is."
Your body is not separate from the body of the universe, because
at quantum mechanical levels there are no well-defined edges.
You are like a wiggle, a wave, a fluctuation, a convolution,
a whirlpool, a localized disturbance in the larger quantum field.
The larger quantum field the universe is your extended body.
Not only is the human nervous system capable of becoming aware
of the information and energy of its own quantum field but,
because human consciousness is infinitely flexible through this
wonderful nervous system, you are able to consciously change
the informational content that gives rise to your physical body.
You can consciously change the energy and informational content
of your own quantum mechanical body, and therefore influence
the energy and informational content of your extended body,
your environment, your world, and cause things to manifest in
it.
This conscious change is brought about by the two qualities
inherent in consciousness: attention and intention. Attention
energizes, and intention transforms. Whatever you put your attention
on will grow stronger in your life. Whatever you take your attention
away from will wither, disintegrate, and disappear. Intention,
on the other hand, triggers transformation of energy and information.
Intention organizes its own fulfillment.
The quality of intention on the object of attention will orchestrate
an infinity of space-time events to bring about the outcome
intended, provided one follows the other spiritual laws of success.
This is because intention in the fertile ground of attention
has infinite organizing power. Infinite organizing power means
the power to organize an infinity of space-time events, all
at the same time. We see the expression of this infinite organizing
power in every blade of grass, in every apple blossom, in every
cell of our body. We see it in everything that is alive.
In the scheme of nature, everything correlates and connects
with everything else. The groundhog comes out of the earth and
you know it is going to be spring. Birds begin to migrate in
a certain direction at a certain time of the year. Nature is
a symphony. And that symphony is being silently orchestrated
at the ultimate ground of creation.
The human body is another good example of this symphony. A single
cell in the human body is doing about six trillion things per
second, and it has to know what every other cell is doing at
the same time. The human body can play music, kill germs, make
a baby, recite poetry, and monitor the movement of stars all
at the same time, because the field of infinite correlation
is part of its information field.
What is remarkable about the nervous system of the human species
is that it can command this infinite organizing power through
conscious intent. Intent in the human species is not fixed or
locked into a rigid network of energy and information. It has
infinite flexibility. In other words, as long as you do not
violate the other laws of nature, through your intent you can
literally command the laws of nature to fulfill your dreams
and desires.
You can put the cosmic computer with its infinite organizing
power to work for you. You can go to that ultimate ground of
creation and introduce an intention, and just by introducing
the intention, you activate the field of infinite correlation.
Intention lays the groundwork for the effortless, spontaneous,
frictionless flow of pure potentiality seeking expression from
the unmanifest to the manifest. The only caution is that you
use your intent for the benefit of mankind. This happens spontaneously
when you are in alignment with The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success.
Intention is the real power behind desire. Intent alone is very
powerful, because intent is desire without attachment to the
outcome. Desire alone is weak, because desire in most people
is attention with attachment. Intent is desire with strict adherence
to all the other laws, but particularly the Law of Detachment,
which is the Sixth Spiritual Law of Success.
Intention combined with detachment leads to life-centered, present-moment
awareness. And when action is performed in present-moment awareness,
it is most effective. Your intent is for the future, but your
attention is in the present. As long as your attention is in
the present, then your intent for the future will manifest,
because the future is created in the present. You must accept
the present as is. Accept the present and intend the future.
The future is something you can always create through detached
intention, but you should never struggle against the present.
The past, present, and future are all properties of consciousness.
The past is recollection, memory; the future is anticipation;
the present is awareness. Therefore time is the movement of
thought. Both past and future are born in the imagination; only
the present, which is awareness, is real and eternal. It is.
It is the potentiality for space-time, matter, and energy. It
is an eternal field of possibilities experiencing itself as
abstract forces, whether they be light, heat, electricity, magnetism,
or gravity. These forces are neither in the past nor in the
future. They just are.
Our interpretation of these abstract forces gives us the experience
of concrete phenomena and form. Remembered interpretations of
abstract forces create the experience of the past, anticipatory
interpretations of the same abstract forces create the future.
They are the qualities of attention in consciousness. When these
qualities are freed from the burden of the past, then action
in the present becomes the fertile ground for the creation of
the future.
Intention, grounded in this detached freedom of the present,
serves as the catalyst for the right mix of matter, energy,
and space-time events to create whatever it is that you desire.
If you have life-centered, present-moment awareness, then the
imaginary obstacles, which are more than ninety percent of perceived
obstacles disintegrate and disappear. The remaining five to
ten percent of perceived obstacles can be transmuted into opportunities
through one-pointed intention.
One-pointed intention is that quality of attention that is unbending
in its fixity of purpose. One-pointed intention means holding
your attention to the intended outcome with such unbending purpose
that you absolutely refuse to allow obstacles to consume and
dissipate the focused quality of your attention. There is a
total and complete exclusion of all obstacles from your consciousness.
You are able to maintain an unshakable serenity while being
committed to your goal with intense passion. This is the power
of detached awareness and one-pointed, focused intention simultaneously.
Learn to harness the power of intention, and you can create
anything you desire. You can still get results through effort
and through trying, but at a cost. The cost is stress, heart
attacks, and the compromised function of your immune system.
It is much better to execute the following five steps in the
Law of Intention and Desire. When you follow these five steps
for fulfilling your desires, intention generates its own power:
1. Slip into the gap. This means to center yourself in that
silent space between thoughts, to go into the silence that level
of Being, which is your essential state.
2. Established in that state of Being, release your intentions
and desires. When you are actually in the gap, there’s
no thought, there’s no intention, but as you come Out
of the gap at that junction between the gap and a thought you
introduce the intention. If you have a series of goals, you
can write them down, and have your intention focused on them
before you go into the gap. If you want a successful career,
for example, you go into the gap with that intention, and the
intention will already be there as a faint flicker in your awareness.
Releasing your intentions and desires in the gap means planting
them in the fertile ground of pure potentiality, and expecting
them to bloom when the season is right. You do not want to dig
up the seeds of your desires to see if they are growing, or
get rigidly attached to the way in which they will unfold. You
simply want to release them.
3. Remain in the state of self-referral. This means remain established
in the awareness of your true Self your spirit, your connection
to the field of pure potentiality. It also means not to look
at yourself through the eyes of the world, or allow yourself
to be influenced by the opinions and criticisms of others. A
helpful way to maintain that state of self-referral is to keep
your desires to yourself; do not share them with anyone else
unless they share the exact same desires that you have and are
closely bonded with you.
4. Relinquish your attachment to the outcome. This means giving
up your rigid attachment to a specific result and living in
the wisdom of uncertainty. It means enjoying every moment in
the journey of your life, even if you don’t know the outcome.
5. Let the universe handle the details. Your intentions and
desires, when released in the gap, have infinite organizing
power. Trust that infinite organizing power of intention to
orchestrate all the details for you.
Remember that your true nature is one of pure spirit. Carry
the consciousness of your spirit wherever you go, gently release
your desires, and the universe will handle the details for you.
Applying The Law Of Intention And Desire
I will put the Law of Intention and Desire into effect by making
a commitment to take the following
Steps:
1. I will make a list of all my desires. I will carry this list
with me wherever I go. I will look at this list before I go
into my silence and meditation. I will look at it before I go
to sleep at night. I will look at it when I wake up in the morning.
2. I will release this list of my desires and surrender it to
the womb of creation, trusting that when things don’t
seem to go my way, there is a reason, and that the cosmic plan
has designs for me much grander than even those that I have
conceived.
3. I will remind myself to practice present-moment awareness
in all my actions. I will refuse to allow obstacles to consume
and dissipate the quality of my attention in the present moment.
I will accept the present as it is, and manifest the future
through my deepest, most cherished intentions and desires.
Summary & Conclusion
The universal mind choreographs everything that is happening
in billions of galaxies with elegant precision and unfaltering
intelligence. Its intelligence is ultimate and supreme, and
it permeates every fiber of existence: from the smallest to
the largest, from the atom to the cosmos. Everything that is
alive is an expression of this intelligence. And this intelligence
operates through The Seven Spiritual Laws.
If you look at any cell in the human body, you will see through
its functioning the expression of these laws. Every cell, whether
it’s a stomach cell, or a heart cell, or a brain cell,
has its birth in the Law of Pure Potentiality. DNA is a perfect
example of pure potentiality; in fact, it is the material expression
of pure potentiality. The same DNA existing in every cell expresses
itself in different ways in order to fulúfill the unique
requirements of that particular cell.
Each cell also operates through the Law of Giving. A cell is
alive and healthy when it is in a state of balance and equilibrium.
This state of equilibrium is one of fulfillment and harmony,
but it is maintained by a constant give and take. Each cell
gives to and supports every other cell, and in turn is nourished
by every other cell. The cell is always in a state of dynamic
flow and the flow is never interrupted. In fact, the flow is
the very essence of the life of the cell. And only by maintaining
this flow of giving is the cell able to receive and thus continue
its vibrant existence.
The Law of Karma is exquisitely executed by every cell, because
built into its intelligence is the most appropriate and precisely
correct response to every situation as it occurs.
The Law of Least Effort is also exquisitely executed by every
cell in the body: it does its job with quiet efficiency in the
state of restful alertness.
Through the Law of Intention and Desire, every intention of
every cell harnesses the infinite organizing power of nature’s
intelligence. Even a simple intention such as metabolizing a
molecule of sugar immediately sets off a symphony of events
in the body where precise amounts of hormones have to be secreted
at precise moments to convert this molecule of sugar into pure
creative energy.
Of course, every cell expresses the Law of Detachment. It is
detached from the outcome of its intentions. It doesn’t
stumble or falter because its behavior is a function of life-centered,
present-moment awareness.
Each cell also expresses the Law of Dharma. Each cell must discover
its own source, the higher self; it must serve its fellow beings,
and express its unique talents. Heart cells, stomach cells,
and immune cells all have their source in the higher self, the
field of pure potentiality. And because they are directly linked
to this cosmic computer, they can express their unique talents
with effortless ease and timeless awareness. Only by expressing
their unique talents can they maintain both their own integrity
and the integrity of the whole body. The internal dialogue of
every cell in the human body is, "How can I help?”
The heart cells want to help the immune cells, the immune cells
want to help the stomach and lung cells, and the brain cells
are listening to and helping every other cell. Every cell in
the human body has only one function: to help every other cell.
By looking at the behavior of the cells of our own body, we
can observe the most extraordinary and efficient expression
of The Seven Spiritual Laws. This is the genius of nature’s
intelligence. These are the thoughts of God the rest are details.
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success are powerful principles
that will enable you to attain self-mastery. If you put your
attention on these laws and practice the steps outlined in this
book, you will see that you can manifest anything you want all
the affluence, money, and success that you desire. You will
also see that your life becomes more joyful and abundant in
every way, for these laws are also the spiritual laws of life
that make living worthwhile.
There is a natural sequence for the application of these laws
in your daily life that may help you to remember them. The Law
of Pure Potentiality is experienced through silence, through
meditation, through non-judgment, through communion with nature,
but it is activated by the Law of Giving. The principle here
is to learn to give that which you seek. That’s how you
activate the Law of Pure Potentiality. If you seek affluence,
give affluence; if you seek money, give money; if you seek love,
appreciation, and affection, then learn to give love, appreciation,
and affection.
Through your actions in the Law of Giving you activate the Law
of Karma. You create good karma, and good karma makes everything
in life easy. You notice that you don’t have to expend
a lot of effort to fulfill your desires, which automatically
leads to an understanding of the Law of Least Effort. When everything
is easy and effortless, and your desires keep getting fulfilled,
you spontaneously begin to understand the Law of Intention and
Desire. Fulfilling your desires with effortless ease makes it
easy for you to practice the Law of Detachment.
Finally, as you begin to understand a11 the above laws, you
begin to focus on your true purpose in life, which leads to
the Law of Dharma. Through the use of this law, by expressing
your unique talents and fulfilling the needs of your fellow
humans, you begin to create whatever you want, whenever you
want it. You become carefree and joyful, and your life becomes
an expression of unbounded love.
We are travelers on a cosmic journey stardust, swirling and
dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal.
But the expressions of life are ephemeral, momentary, transient.
Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, once said,
This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds.
To watch the birth and death of beings is like
looking at the movements of a dance.
A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky,
Rushing by like a torrent down a steep mountain.
We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet,
to love, to share. This is a precious moment, but it is transient.
It is a little parenthesis in eternity. If we share with caring,
lightheartedness, and love, we will create abundance and joy
for each other. And then this moment will have been worthwhile.
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