The intention is the direction the soul is looking in and the will is the power that drives it there. So pay attention to your intention.
Michael Singer
We all have intentions...everything we do is "intended" to some degree or another. And we all have will, what Michael Singer refers to as the greatest power we have within us. Will is the power behind everything that has to do with "us", as these "individual" beings . We have power over our thoughts, feelings and even our bodies. We may not exercise that power but it is there. The question is : what is your intention?
What is Your Intention?
Is your intention to smoke or not smoke? Drink or not drink? Work or not work? Eat or not eat? Breathe or not breathe?
Even breath is an intention. Yep! If you intended not to breathe...I mean really intended not to breathe, you wouldn't. Let's just hope that is never, ever your intention.
So we intend something...say to stop drinking, when we recognize we have a problem. We then have the intention not to drink. What keeps us from drinking in that 24 hour period is purely will. That is when we activate our will power. Will is the engine of the car that takes us in the direction the steering wheel (intention) is pointing. And we have to be the drivers, right? We are the ones that determine the direction...determine the intention. We cannot take our hands off the wheel not even even for a minute.
Now, there are going to be times when mind steps in and says silly things to us to get us to steer the car in another direction. ...or in an example Michael Singer uses.."to get us to take our hands off the wheel and jump into the back seat". (Not recommended lol). We always have a choice...to stay steadfast in our intention, keeping our foot on the accelerator or to listen to mind. Mind (ego-mind) may tell us to jump in the back seat; it may tell us to steer in the other direction that is familiar which might mean for that person trying to stop drinking...to take just one drink. It might tell us to stop and go nowhere. It can be very, very convincing but we do not have to listen! We can keep reminding ourselves of our intention. We are the ones that drive the car. It is our intention and our will that determines whether or not we get to the point intention is steering us. It doesn't matter if there are obstacles on the road or not; doesn't matter what shape our vehicle is in. If we intend not to drink in this 24 hour period...we need to pay attention to what our hands on the wheel are doing and we need to recognize just how powerful this engine of will is.
The Highest Intention
The intention that we truly want, whether we know it or not, is the intention to be Self -realized, to be free of all the junk inside us so we can be just that. Right now my intention on this journey is peace of mind...no matter what is going on around me ( and there are so many challenging things going on) I want to remain centered and peaceful. I call on Will by turning on the ignition and away we go ...down a highway I truly want to be on. Mind is definitely around saying things like "Steer here! Steer there! Turn around! And sometimes even "Jump in the back seat...this is all too crazy!" but I keep my grip on the wheel, feel the power of will beneath me and I keep going. You can too.
Why? Why do we keep allowing this Higher Intention to steer us? Because we know where it is taking us. The more I go inward, the more I listen to these wise individuals that have been where I am now and who have freed themselves, the more I want what they have. I want peace, a free, clear mind and the liberation that comes with that :
If the ego self is dead, you will not limit your consciousness. If in you the very notion of calamity , poverty, elation, pride, dullness and agitation do not arise, your ego self is dead, then you will be liberated while living. Utter purity will prevail in you because you will be a liberated sage when ego mind is dead.
The Vasisthas as recited by Deepak Chopra
I don't need to be a sage but I do want to be free of all this clutter in my mind. Though I am not a drinker I can understand why people drink. I imagine, though, if they too could clear away the stored stuff within them that keeps getting triggered; if they could stop listening to ego mind and stay steadfast in their intention igniting their will power again and again , (maybe even going so far as to push ego mind out the door of the moving vehicle)...they might realize as I hope to, that without ego chittering and chattering, there is no calamity...no reason to stuff back down what comes up with another drink. Then they may get the freedom sobriety offers. We all want the freedom of sobriety whether we drink or not. We all want liberation from our much too busy minds.
All is well in my world
Michael Singer Podcast/ sounds True (July, 2022) S1 E5 Your Highest Intention: Self Realization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXJo-vw6EEo
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