Pay attention to how you feel.

We have all, or most of us, heard an awful lot about the power of intention over recent years. We have heard that all of us have the ability to manifest our dreams and wishes. We have also heard about how many of the great minds and inventors in our history knew how to use the power of intention to create the world that they wanted. There seems to be a never ending plethora of information available on the subject. There doesn't, however, seem to be a lot of information out there on how to actually implement this into our daily lives. For me, I can see the validity of the information. I can feel it resonate within me. I have spent many years studying everything from the Bible, Tao Te Ching, Henry David Thorea, Albert Einstein, Neville up to and including Dr. Wayne Dyer to name but a few. The following represents a small part of what I have learned.

Generally speaking it goes like this, we identify what we think would make us happy. Be that, winning the lottery, finding Mr. or Mrs. Right, or simply losing that ten pounds. What ever it is. We ask the universe for it and then promptly sit back and wait for its arrival. After a period of time we get a little discourage because these things are not showing up. We sit there saying, but I followed all of the steps. I asked for what I wanted, I expected it but then nothing happened. There is a little more to it than that. Firstly you have to pay attention to how you feel when you think about what it is that you want. If there is very little feeling going on when you think about your wish then it is not a very strong wish yet. Increasing the feeling increases the strength or the alignment. I used to get very frustrated with that term. I would hear, you have to be in alignment with what ever it is that you want to manifest, over and over again. I would think but how, how do I do that. I think positive thoughts all the time about my wish and still nothing. I knew that there was something I didn't understand. A piece missing from the equation. Actually there was more than one piece missing from the equation.

The first thing we have to do, as I was saying, is increase the feeling part. Ok, you say, I heard you the first time. How. Your imagination is how. You imagine how it feels to actually experience having or being or doing what ever your wish was. And be specific. Detailed. So if it is winning the lottery, imagine driving to the store, buying the ticket. Putting it in your pocket or your purse. Then imagine how it feels when you realize you have the winning numbers. Figure out your game plan about how you are going to deal with the reality. Are you going to take the lump sum or do you want to take it in cash? Are you going to get some legal advice prior to picking up the winnings? How is that part going to play out?

Once you have all the details worked out, it is time to move it into action. You will actually have to go and do what you imagined you would do. Here's the next catch. When you go and buy that lottery ticket, in reality, you probably walk into the store with the attitude of someone who is not going to win. Your thoughts are probably rather defeatist at this point. You are talking yourself down. The thoughts and feelings you experience at the time of the action you are taking are incredibly important. This sets the intention stronger than the initial imagining. The universe will read everything as you go along and adjust accordingly. Buy the ticket feeling like you are actually buying the winning ticket. How do you think you would feel if you new you were, in reality, buying the winning ticket. Then don't let anything come between you and that feeling.

I used a pretty general example here. I hope it conveyed the basic steps involved in turning anything you want into your reality. Pay attention to how you feel in every moment. It is much more important than you realize. Action is equally important. Inspired, determined action. I'll continue with the other two examples in a later post. I really want to give them a greater focus. There is so much information to share, I thought it would be best to do it in bites rather than overwhelm people.

I will leave you with a quote from Henry David Thoreau, "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."