While there is the old adage “The road to hell was paved with good intentions,” I for one, am a big fan of intent.
It is true, sometimes we miss the mark or we just don’t land where we would have liked to. Still, the energy of honest, good intent never goes completely astray. A “good faith” heart-driven action trumps an ego-driven motivation, for me at least, any day!
In her book, Toltec Wisdom, Sheri A. Rosenthal describes intent as “the force that life uses to move and propel everything forward in the manifest reality and to change or reorder it.... By expressing an exceptionally well-defined desire from the heart-with total confidence and without any conflicting thoughts from the rational mind-unbending intent can make anything happen ... channeling intent is not about thinking or wishing; it is a feeling that comes from deep inside us and is so overwhelming with purpose and focus that we know there is no other possibility that could conceivably manifest in reality.”
If we desire to manifest Divine intent in our lives, we may tap into the heart’s wisdom by praying a prayer from A Course in Miracles:
- “Where would you have me go?
- What would you have me do?
- What would you have me say, and to whom?”
My best friend Lauren Brownell’s direct ancestor, suffragette Susan B. (Brownell) Anthony, intended to liberate women from an oppressive male-driven government by advocating that women should have the right to vote. She never saw the passage of the 19th amendment, but we all enjoy the fruits of her intent. We might never see our intent come into physical manifestation. Still, we should know that we are always “moving molecules” (I hear my coaching clients laughing as I always press them to move those molecules/energy!). As citizens of the planet, we must pave the way for the highest good. This is a call we can’t afford not to answer.
To heart driven intent!
