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INTENTION CEREMONY
If you want to achieve a goal you’ve set, the most critical part of bringing it into being is to DECIDE to manifest it. It doesn’t matter if you feel it is outside of your control to do so. It doesn’t matter if you can’t yet see how it will even be possible. Most of those resources will come online AFTER you’ve made the decision, not before. If you don’t understand this simple step, then you may find yourself meeting some roadblocks.

Step one is to decide. Not to mull it over, ponder or ask around and see whether or not you can do it. If you want to start your own business, then decide to make it so. If you want to be healthy and free of addictions, then make the decision to become clean. If you want to be married and have a family, then decide to attract a mate. If you want to change careers, then make the decision to find your calling. Don't worry about how it will happen. First decide. The mental act of deciding creates the shift in you that will put your desire into the field of all possibilities.

The second step of creating an intention is perhaps the most difficult to grasp. After you decide you must surrender it. Your first thoughts might be of how in the world it will happen if you don't make it happen. This is not an entirely incorrect thought process. However, it is incomplete. When we stay very busy making things happen, it can be difficult to remain open and aware of our own inner guidance and things that the universe seems to be putting in front of us. It is important to surrender the how and when, so that we can fine tune the art of doing without doing and understand when to act and when to be still. It is then that you can understand the process of "funding" your will.

A good analogy to the process of intention is the act of fishing. First you decide to go fishing. You then assemble all the equipment you will need in preparation. Then you go to your favorite fishing spot, bait your hook, drop your line and wait. You are not the one that dives down into the water and places the mouth of that fish on your hook. Your job as a fisherman is to attract that fish. If you have made good preparations, used wisdom and insight and remained open to learning about the art of fishing, then the chances of the fish biting are much higher for you. Yet, if you had never decided to fish that day, there is zero chance that you would be catching a fish. Baking cookies is another good anology. You do not sit inside the oven as the cookies are baking. You trust that the oven will provide the proper amount of heat to turn those cookies golden brown (and hopefully a little gooey inside!). This all began with your decision.

A key factor in being able to manifest our desires is to make sure they are in alignment with our highest and finest good. That does not mean that they have to be completely altruistic or "unselfish". It means that the more we are in tune with our own unique purpose, the more we can manifest and be in alignment with what we need in order to accomplish our purpose. The clearer we are on this, the wiser we will be with what we intend and the happier we will be with what we manifest.

Use the form below to state your Intention and send it out into the universe. You might want to take some time to reflect on this. Actually typing it here and sending it out into cyberspace is a very powerful ceremony. The act of writing something further solidifies it and signifies the DECISION. The act of "sending" it releases it into the unknown and signifies the SURRENDER. Give it a try. You will soon be amazed how your heart's desires will begin to find their way into your life once you set your intention. Don't miss the signs. You will see that your desires and dreams can come true!

INTENTION CEREMONY