Keys to Successful Intentions

If your stating your intentions, but not seeing the results you'd like, it may be time to review the key points that make the difference between success and failure in personal creation.

The first point is focusing on the emotional experiences of gratitude and joy that come with fulfillment of our intentions, not the objects of them. See and feel yourself AFTER your desires have manifest, focusing on the emotional quality of the experience. Spirit may have a way of fulfilling our desires that is different, and greater, than what we have visualized. There is also the crucial point of letting go and not being attached to the outcome. As long as we hold onto our vision with vise grip-like attention, we haven't given it over to the Source of creation. We are not sole creators; we are co-creators with that which is the source of all that is. Getting clear on what we choose to experience is important, but then we need to let it go to the creative source of life.

One of the most important keys to successful manifestation is the desire that all of our intentions serve the highest good for all. Everything we create affects everything in creation. Our limited human vision may lead us to want for a particular thing, but that thing in the way we have imagined it may not be a blessing to us or to others. We have greater success in manifesting if it is clear in our intentions, and in our heart, that what we choose must be a blessing not only to ourselves, but also to others.

In any discussion of manifesting, we must include the issue of receiving. Probably the largest majority of human beings don't believe they deserve what they desire. You can affirm, intend, and visualize all day long, but if you have a belief, conscious or unconscious, that you don't deserve it, you won't receive it. Beliefs of unworthiness need to be healed and transformed before receiving is possible. Do you feel uncomfortable when someone pays you a compliment or gives you a gift? If so, you would be wise to address your feelings of worthiness. Learning to love and value yourself is important not only for manifesting your desires, but also for general happiness, good health, and success.

Now let's talk about vibrational frequency. Abraham talks a lot about being in vibrational harmony with our desires, and they're not the only ones who stress this point. We can't manifest abundance while in the vibrational frequency of lack, or fear. The most important thing we can focus our attention on when we want to make changes in our lives is how we feel. How we feel is an indication of the frequency of our vibration. “Negative” feelings equal a low vibration. “Positive” feelings equal a higher vibration. Hate is the lowest frequency and love is the highest. Genuine heart-felt gratitude is very close to the frequency of love. Every teacher of the Law of Attraction stresses the importance of gratitude because it raises our frequency to allow us to attract more of what blesses us.

People have been meditating for thousands of years, and there's a good reason for that. Meditation and breathing exercises bring our attention to the present moment, and allow us to become aware of the essential life energy that animates our bodies, inspires our minds, and brings worlds into existence. Meditation also makes us feel good. It releases serotonin in the brain. That raises our vibrational frequency. Affirmations and intentions may be more effective after a good meditation because we are already in a higher vibration. When we focus our attention on gratitude and are able to get into the feeling of joy, we open ourselves up to attract to us that which is in harmony with gratitude and joy.

I can't stress enough the importance of being conscious of our word choices. Words carry a vibration. What we speak and what we write affects what we are creating in our experience. Everything we think, say, and do is making a statement about who we think we are. From that statement, our reality is created. Look at your thoughts and communication, especially those that are automatic. Is there any language there that might be limiting you? How many times a day do you say, “Not, no, don’t, can’t, hate, fear, afraid” or any other negative word or phrase? These words effect our vibrational frequency, and lower it. Becoming conscious of our language can open the way for greater success in manifestation.

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