Effort versus Intention

I've been studying and practicing spiritual principles for over 20 years. I've read every book and article I could get my hands on. I've attended workshops, channeling sessions, and received healing therapy that ranged from accupunture to energy clearings and everything in between. I've done yoga, affirmations and journaling.
 
The more I've learned and experienced, the more questions I have. And I know, since I'm committed to continuous learning, there will be more questions to come. It's part of my evolutionary journey and leads me to more joy, prosperity and success.

Currently I'm pondering "effort versus intention" in regards to a variety of areas of my life. I just got my answer in an article written by Jennifer Hoffman.
 
In case you've been asking yourself the same question, here's the article.
 
Effort versus Intention

 
From the questions I have been receiving from many of you, I realize that there is some confusion about how to create that next step. Once you have learned your lessons and have their understanding, what do you do next? You do not want to create more lessons so you are careful about what you are manifesting. You have learned about effortlessness and sometimes wait for guidance and direction, which does not always come to you. This is frustrating because you are ready to more forward but that direction is not very clear. If you are at the point of effortless manifestation, do you have to do anything at all?

Is "no effort" the opposite of effort? If we can manifest effortlessly, does this mean we can just sit around doing nothing, waiting for the next thing to manifest? Not exactly. The opposite of creating through effort, where we work hard to make things happen, is not 'no effort', it is intention. Instead of working hard and pushing ourselves to create, we use our intention to manifest what we want. That sounds easy, we can sit around and think about what we want and it happens. Not exactly.

Intention is more than just thinking about having something and it appears. Intention requires faith and trust, our beliefs have to be aligned with our intention, we must be free of fear and detached from what we want to create, which leaves us open to the highest possible outcomes, miracles and blessings that are beyond our imagining. Intention requires patience because we are working at the level of all of humanity, the entire Universe and beyond. Manifesting through intention is working at the level of pure energy and creation at a quantum level, uniting our desires and the flow of the Universal energy to create in an effortless stream.

Using effort and hard work gives us the satisfaction that we are doing something. Intention requires some physical effort but beyond that, we have to trust that everything is moving forward even if we do not have immediate proof. And we must be willing to go through any doors that open, look at every opportunity that presents itself and decide whether it is aligned with what we want. With intention we create effortlessly because we are working at our highest level, being powerful, with faith and patience, aligned with our purpose and believing that miracles do happen, and they can happen for us.  
 
 

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Posted by Joanne P. Stein at 10/20/2009 10:11 AM
Categories: Personal Growth,LAW OF ATTRACTION,prosperity,Spirituality
Tags: empowerment benefits of change Law of Attraction affirmations choices success intentions spiritual growth joy belief happiness
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