“You are what your deepest desire is.
As your desire is, so is your intention.
As your intention is, so is your will.
As your will is, so is your deed.
As your deed is, so is your destiny.”
~ Upanishads
Over the last couple months I’ve learned a lot about intention and manifesting intentions. It’s never been completely clear to me until I read the Upanishads quote above. I always found myself wondering…’how do I form an intention’? Maybe it’s the ‘organized me’ that I couldn’t shake. The always plaguing need to ‘follow steps’. But I have finally realized that forming an intention is not hard. It’s not a secret and it’s something that everyone can do. Actually, it’s something everyone already does. I just think that most of us form a lot of bad intentions. Without actually intending too.
There is a way to form an intention. They should be formed in a positive, rather than negatively. In other words, intend for good. Whether it’s for your self or others. (You don’t want to intend for someone to fail…you intend for them to be a better person, to succeed, find happiness. You don’t want to intend for your own self to better than someone else…you intend to be the best you can possibly be)
Find quiet space. Meditate on your intention. Breathe it in. Release your breath. Focus on it. Imagine it as a light or a glow. Let it penetrate your heart and flow throughout your body. Focus on it. Your space must be quiet so that you really can focus.
Don’t worry about ‘how’ your intention is going to turn out…or even when. Just figure out ‘what’ your intention is and focus. For me it also helps to write down my intentions. That way I can turn to them during the course of the day and think about them. The hardest thing for me is to let go and let it happen in it’s own time and it’s own course. Like I said, the organized person in me wants to know the how and when so to overcome this obstacle is especially difficult. So the goal here is to detach from the intention after you feel it and speak it. Trust in God, the Universe to let that intention develop and find it’s way. Let it develop itself naturally and in it’s own time. And enjoy the ride.
And just like everything else that you plant…your intentions have to be cared for. Think of a garden. You wouldn’t plant a seed, and hope that it grows…you plant a seed and water it. 
You don’t cover it, you let the sun shine on it. The rain water it. You talk to it and hope for it. You nurture it! Eventually the seeds will sprout. Eventually a harvest will be ready. I guess it’s sort of like planting those seeds without reading the directions on the seed packet. Without knowing how long it will take to see the fruit…but knowing that if you take care of the seed…you will see fruit eventually.
And just like a garden…mistakes will be made. 
Tending will lapse and something will not grow as it should. This doesn’t mean you should scrap the whole idea. It simply means to start again. Or to continue where you left off. To get it back on the right track. Focus is key. Believing is key. Live the intention. Taste the intention. See it. Feel it. Smell it. Touch it. Say it. Hear it. Be it. Make it part of you.
