1. Intention

“The value of deciding in advance what you want to happen is simply that you will perceive the situation as a means to make it happen.

You will therefore make every effort to overlook what interferes with the accomplishment of your objective, and concentrate on everything that helps you meet it.”
— ACIM Chapter 17 VI.4

Set an Intention

 

Setting an intention for this next learning phase of our lives gives us a framework around which all the “events” in our life can evolve. It gives us a choice to see the World, and the “Things That Happen” as “for our Intention” instead of being just random chaos or worse, things and events happening to “prove that we’re shit”.

Seriously, a lot of us are running this intention unconsciously - “I’m a piece of shit and deserve to suffer” is pretty common. AND a terrible way to frame events in our lives because it always ends up proving to us the worst possible version of ourselves and the world.

It’s not what is true, so let’s not do that.

 
 

What do you really want?

You wanna rock. That’s fine.

A lot of people say they don’t know. Maybe they don’t - but everybody has wants. Not knowing what you want doesn’t mean the wants aren’t still there, working on us every day.

Maybe you haven’t spent any time thinking about what you want, maybe growing up you weren’t allowed to want, maybe your wants were dismissed or ignored. Maybe you’ve disconnected from your own wants and needs to the point that you can’t identify what you want anymore. Or maybe you know what you want but you’re too scared to admit your wants to yourself, or you think you aren’t allowed or supposed to want what you want.

You want what you want. It’s okay.

 

This setting of intention is about experience.

  • What do you want to experience during this course?

  • What do you want to feel?

  • What do you want to believe?

  • What characteristic of being alive do you want to emphasize and dig into during this course?

 

Whatever you choose becomes the framework for how everything will be perceived.

If you’re interested, this is my intention from my Level II course at ICU. It’s a big intention, but for me - is the only intention that matters right now.

 

The Practice

 

The Dopamine Checklist

Seriously - our brain releases dopamine when we complete tasks. Check them off and let the good brain feel flow.

 








Alright - you did it! You finished your first day of The Holy Sh!t Handbook - congratulations!!

Until next time. 💜

    • In a quiet room with no distractions… phone on silent… sit comfortably and close your eyes.

    • Get into a calm, peaceful deep breathe in - deep breathe out kind of state. (I will also refer to this as the Mothaitheacht State - it’s Irish for the deep resonance in ourselves with the hum of existence.)

    • Inside your mind or out loud, ask for your intention for this class.

    • Be silent and aware of your body and wait for the response. There will be one.

      • You may get judgey and impatient and second-guess yourself or think you’re making it up.

        • Put all that aside and assume that the answer you receive is the answer. Especially if there is an emotional charge/reaction/response in your body - that is an indication that you are resonating with the true and the real.

    • Distill your intention into one sentence.

      “This year I choose to experience….” fill in the intention you were given.

    • Record it in your journal.

      • Seriously - your divided mind will make that sh!t disappear as quick as possible.

    • Divided mind has zero tolerance for unity or awareness or intentions to connect to the universe. Divided mind is the KING BABY and cannot tolerate wholeness.

    • So write down the whole experience.

    • For the rest of the year when things go sideways or “some thing happens” - remember your intention. Ask “what is this for” and remember your intention for this class. That will be WHY the thing is happening - because that is the experience you wanted to have.

    • A couple years ago, Jane wanted to have the experience of the Universe having her back - being supportive and solid and nurturing. That year she experienced many situations where things went sideways and then events would come together to support her. Again and again chaos ensued and then synchronicity occurred to give her the experience of the Universe having her back.

      • When things get weird this year, remind yourself - “What was my intention to experience?” You’ll have the framework for what this is for.

 
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