barriers to manifesting intention

7/29/2019 Barriers to Manifesting Intention

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Barriers to Manifesting Intention - Part 2(This article is the third part in a series on mastering thePower of Intention in your life that began in Core Wisdom

On-Line, Issue Number 61. Intention is the creative forcethat focuses the infinite life energy of creation and manifestsit as physical reality. Each of us not only possesses thisnatural ability to intend and manifest, but we intend andmanifest our reality all the time ---first as images andthoughts, then as feelings, actions, 'coincidences', and

physical expressions. CWOL Issue Number 63, began toaddress the barriers to our manifesting our Intention. All

perceived barriers to our conscious intentions consist ofeither (1) misunderstanding the dynamics of Intention so thatwe unconsciously create continued lack rather thanfulfillment of what we desire, or (2) an unconsciousidentification with conflicting beliefs, inherited societalconditioning, and stress generated survival programmingthat acts counter to our expressed intentions, neutralizing orsabotaging what we consciously intend.)Indicators of Counter-Intentions

Some indicators that unconscious counter-intentions are atwork to thwart or sabotage what you say you want:

1. Feelings of physical constriction, fear of failure (orsuccess), fear of disapproval, anxiety, or the experience ofnegative self-talk. Any or all of these may occur when youthink about acting on your intention, or while you are in the

process of acting on it. Rather than being focused on theflow of creative thought and action arising from yourintention, these indicators of counter-intentions act like staticon a radio broadcast or like a virus in a computer program,shutting down or disrupting the flow.


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2. Feelings of procrastination, avoidance, or suddentiredness. Do you find yourself wanting to put off acting onyour intention, getting sidetracked by some non-threateningtime consuming distraction such as watching TV, surfing the

internet, doing a crossword puzzle, reading a magazine ornewspaper, calling a friend, having a drink, having sex,smoking a joint (add any other addiction here), browsing therefrigerator to eat when you are not even hungry, orexperiencing a sudden overwhelming wave of tiredness thattells you that you must take a nap and go unconscious? Andthen, all of a sudden, you say to yourself, "Where did the daygo?"

Anything that distracts you from what you said you intend tocreate is a probable candidate for being a counter-intention,guaranteed to neutralize or sabotage your stated intention.

While these various avoidance behaviors can be readilyidentified, the counter-intentions that are generating themusually remain hidden from our conscious mind. Unlessthese counter-intentions are illuminated by the light of

awareness, they cannot be examined and dissolved, andcontinue to control and thwart all of "our best laid plans".

Hidden Counter-Intentions

These hidden counter-intentions are made up of inheritedand reactive decisions, beliefs, and ideals about our self andthe world that have never been examined, are assumed to

be true, and then are buried away in the subconscious,safely out of the light of rigorous inquiry.

As mentioned in Part 1 of this article, many of theseunexamined beliefs are in conflict with each other as well aswith one's consciously expressed intentions. Conflicting


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parental advice such as "Be spontaneous" and "it's importantto believe and do what you are told by authority"is anexample. Beginning at birth, we are given conflictingsuggestions by our parents, our schools, our culture, our

religion, politicians, big business, and the media, allmasquerading as "the truth." Depending on our culture andour upbringing, we are given different "truths" about what is"good" and "bad" and what is "right" and "wrong." Forinstance, depending on the religion you were raised in,coffee, wine and certain foods may be "good" or "bad" or"neutral." In some cases, they are merely drinks or food, inother cases they are blocks to getting into heaven.

Growing up, we are asked to take on these beliefs andideals without questioning it, asked to believe what "theauthorities" tell us. We may be told in one instance that"lying is bad," and "you should always tell the truth." In thenext situation we are being given the advice that "it's alrightto tell a 'white' lie," or "don't hurt people's feelings," or "If youcan't say something nice, don't say anything at all." Weattempt to reconcile "love your neighbor," with "life is asurvival game, get them before they get you." Even ouryouthful resistance to what we are asked to believe becomesa trap, getting us stuck in NOT believing what is suggestedas a stimulus-response reaction, rather than being able toinquire deeply into the truth of the matter with no pre-

judgments.

As we take on more and more of these conflicting

suggestions, they become part of our unexaminedprogramming, and we become more and more fragmented,following one set of internal instructions one moment, andthe opposite set in the next, justifying all of it with perfectequanimity, oblivious to the inner conflict ruling our life. Withour true Beingness asleep to itself, this guarantees the


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destruction of what is natural to us all --- a life of integration,wholeness, alignment and flow. In its place, the unconsciousconditioning and programming gives us a life offragmentation, continual inner conflict, constant striving, and

stress.

Levels of Counter-Intention

Some of these unconscious beliefs and ideals are generatedat the individual level (the particular history or persona thatwe call "me"), some we inherit from our families, and somewe are indoctrinated in by our culture, religion, schools,

organizations, and society. All of these levels are limitationson our true nature as an unlimited creative Being. To theextent that we hold these unexamined beliefs or ideals asthe "truth" rather than as "a created view of the world," tothat extent they unconsciously determine the limits of whoand what we can be, do, and have.

Each of these levels has its own unique vibration or energyfrequency. Those frequencies that we consider ourselves to

be attract other beings and circumstances in the universethat vibrate to and reinforce those frequencies. Thus, moreand more, we see and experience what we already believeto be so. A victim, for instance, is seldom disappointed intheir belief that "it is never going to turn out." When weidentify with the frequency of a particular level, that levelbecomes the ceiling beyond which we can never evolve orexpand to our true unlimited Being. We literally can't think

thoughts or feel feelings or perceive reality that is notconsistent with what we consciously or unconsciouslyconsider ourselves to be.

If you begin to observe the thoughts, emotions, and beliefscausing you stress and derailing your intention, you will


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realize very quickly that you are present to a cacophony ofdissonant opinions, judgments, and inherited and survival-based intentions at war with one another. When we areidentified or attached to various conflicting intentions that

make up our past conditioning and programming, we findourselves with an unruly mob of inner voices telling us in onemoment to "stick up for our rights," and in the next moment,urging us to be a "pleaser" and do whatever it takes to getapproval and attention.

Experiencing the plethora of conflicting counter-intentionsbattling it out for supremacy within the conditioned human

being, it becomes clear that the power to create andmanifest an aligned intention in the world is very rare. Incontrast to the ongoing effort and struggle given by afragmented inner world, when we are aligned with our truecreative nature, our emotions, thoughts, behaviors,imagination, and physical actions are in harmony andbalance, and we function like a clear laser beam that can cutthrough steel as if through butter.

The Seduction of a Fear Driven Life

What makes these conflicting suggestions so seductive?How come we don't even notice their inconsistency andconflict?

Asleep to our infinite I AM nature, we lose our awareness asthe creator of our lives. We see ourselves not as the author

of the world we inhabit, but as merely a small character in alarger, more powerful world. We become fearful, desperatefor any savior outside ourselves, anyone or anything that willpromise us that we will be safe and non-disturbed, notrealizing that the I AM within us, that we already always are,is the savior we are looking for. We begin to relate to life not


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as a creative expression of Being, but as a never-endingquest for CERTAINTY and CONTROL. In this condition ofwalking sleep, people look for the illusion of a safe harborthat will protect them in this world (or at least guarantee

safety in the next one). They stop inquiring. They stopnoticing inconsistencies and conflicts in what they are toldabout reality and how to function in it. They stop questioning.They stop Being.

It is not an accident that the history of artistic, scientific, andspiritual breakthroughs ---in fact, creative breakthroughs ofall kinds--- have almost always been accomplished by those

who were at first denounced and attacked by the status quoas radicals, quacks, insane, fools or heretics. The status quois the accepted reality of "the way it is"and reacts violentlywhen the "truth" of its cherished beliefs and assumptions areperceived to be threatened.

Every human being who created a new possibility forhumanity had to question the energy frequency --the reality--- in which they were embedded, and then dis-identify from

that perceived reality. Even for those who have created anew possibility, there is a subtle and insidious trap. If, aftercreating a new possibility, one identifies oneself with thecreation rather than with one's true unlimited nature, theneventually, no matter how "radical" it seemed at first, thenew creation will soon operate from the same "this is thetruth" illusion as the old reality, and will become --- with all ofits accompanying beliefs, judgments, and conclusions --- a

new status quo concerned with its own survival as "thetruth". Over and over again, throughout history, the formervictim of oppression becomes the new inquisitor. When weidentify ourselves as any particular frequency, we havecreated a limit on the unlimited Being that we are.


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The Illusion of Identity Versus Creating a Role as aVehicle of Being

In our present day tsunami of "Identity Politics" this trap of

identifying with one's creation is particularly easy to observe.The more agreement or disagreement a particular identityhas in the world, the more it becomes a part of the culture,and the more "real" it seems to be. The world is filled withthose who can't wait to identify themselves and others in aparticular and limiting way. "I am ....white, black, brown, red,yellow, Afro-American, Native American, Latino, Catholic,Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Shinto, Jain, orthodox,

conservative, reform, young, old, straight, gay, bisexual,transgender, Republican, Democrat, Independent, neo-conservative, libertarian, single, married, widowed, rich,poor, American, European, Middle Eastern, African, Asian,an alcoholic, a drug addict, an incest survivor, a holocaustsurvivor, a victim of child abuse, a child of divorced parents,etc.

However, when we identify with the energy frequencies of

each of these classifications as who we are, then thatfrequency must be continuously validated in order to survive.This limits our future expression in the world, reinforcing ourillusion of separateness from all those who do not meetthose "qualifications," and blinding us to our always presentOneness with all Beings. Identities become the boundariesbeyond which we have no permission to express. Theybecome invisible walls that we use to explain our life, justify

our victimhood, and destroy our ability to live from our truecreative nature beyond all limitations. Whatever frequencieswe identify ourselves to be are the limits of our expression inthe world.

When we hold these classifications as Roles rather than


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Identities ---a myriad of ways of expressing the history of ourBeing in the world --- they can be useful points of reference,vehicles for expressing our infinite Being in the world, and aninspiration to others on our life journey. Some roles we took

on consciously, and some we inherited. Some roles areauthentic expressions of ourselves, while some roles arelimitations that others attempt to assign to us. Some rolesmay be a perfect fit for now, while others need to bediscarded. We can examine all the roles, and see whatbeliefs, assumptions, and limitations we may have taken on.Which roles are consistent with our created intention? Howwe relate to these roles is up to us.

Shift from identifying with the role to having it, and youregain your authorship over your expressions in life. No rolecan ever determine who you are or your inner state of BeingNOW or in the next moment.

In the Core Wisdom 3-Day Course, your direct experience ofyour true unlimited nature is a critical factor in generating theburning desire to dissolve the unexamined beliefs, ideals

and assumptions that have taken over the controls of yourlife while you were imprisoned in a dream of identity. Toawaken to the knowledge that you can dis-identify fromthose limitations, and be free to BE and create from yourtrue nature is a gift of Spirit's Grace.

At a certain moment, outside of time and space, you realizethat ALL the roles we play are expressions of Being. And in

that instant the illusion of separateness falls away, and youexperience directly that what you have called "we" and "you"and "me" are expressions of the ONE BEING THAT IS THE

ALL....and you see the truth of Shakespeare's view of theworld as a stage upon which Being plays its manyparts...awe and wonder wash over you as you experience


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that reality is what the Mystics have said it is....I AM engagedin a Play of Consciousness...a celebration of Creation...aDance of Shiva. With joy, understanding, and compassionbeyond all words, you know I AM the Oneness of ALL THAT

IS is Unconditional Love expressing itself, creatingitself....and nothing is missing....it is all perfect, whole andcomplete...from formless to form and back toformlessness...Light manifesting as Form...Form dissolvingback into the Light...and you are finally where you alwayshave been ---at home---and now you know it...

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