The Direction of Intention

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Today I have been thinking about the word Separation – it was a thread of the conversation that wound its way through both coaching classes. Alan pointed out to the group that somewhere in the 18th century we western thinkers separated thought from impact on reality; in other words we stopped believing that our individual thoughts in the moment had any effect on the world outside of our noggins: thinking only has punch if the body is engaged. Essentially we found a way to cleave our Being from our Doing which is particularly absurd when you consider that most of what you do in a day is think thoughts, and the thoughts you think create the world you believe you inhabit. It is not a stretch to recognize that thinking IS creating. That we managed to embrace a philosophy of compartments (head is separate from heart) and reduction (what’s the bottom line?) leads me to believe that it is our just desserts that we wander the earth looking for meaning and wondering what is truly valuable.

Of course, the being/doing separation that intrigues me the most today is the separation of the present from health and/or fulfillment. Here’s how it works: convince yourself that if you just do x,y, or z someday you have health (or wealth or success or meaning,…fill in the blank). It is life lived as an outcome. Life lived someday, achieved out there in the future. If you just have more money, more time, more friends, more wine, more clothes, more technology, you will arrive and be complete (this is lack in disguise)

It is a miracle (I use that word consciously) what happens when you release the story of separation and, instead, tell a story of connectivity: health/wealth/happiness is something you create now; it is something you choose in this moment, and the next moment. It is your story. Your thoughts create your world. You are powerful. Your thinking is not neutral in impact nor is it passive. Separation is an illusion.

How would you live if you believed that your thoughts mattered? How would you live if you believed that your actions mattered and were an expression of your being (your doing reveals your being)?

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