A New Years Intention vs. A Resolution

This post originally seen on Business Zen 2.0, December 24, 2006

Hi Friends,The New Year is a big thing to many cultures across the globe, each with different meanings; in China it’s a wish for greater prosperity and success, in the US it’s a time to hit the reset and resolve. I don’t think I need to state that it’s been a crazy year for everyone, but when is it not a crazy year? Over a cup of coffee this morning I was thinking about what I may resolve for 2007 when I decided that using intention as opposed to resolution might just be the key. How many of us resolved for a greater body or to do volunteer work, all with good intentions, but failed to follow through? Maybe we were thinking about it the wrong way and focusing on how powerful intention is might just get us there.A resolution is a valiant effort, a thought that we want to be different; like spending more time with family, going to the gym and quiting smoking for example. What we miss is that our consciousness, for real and not being a wing nut on this, did not have the same idea planted in it. Resolutions are what our ego mind says it wants to do but to have intentions we are touching then our soul.

No matter your belief system, the power of intention is just that, powerful. Listen to what caused inspiration in the last year, focus on that and listen to yourself.

1. Make a small list of what you intend to do in 2007, not focusing on the outcome (hot body, more books read, etc), a list of what you want to capitalize on in 2007 because in 2006 it gave you inspiration and made you think “Hey, I want to feel more of this”.

2. Look at the list and see that you already have desire and it’s this desire that hooked you into motivation.

3. Think about each item on the list and again, think about it. You know you hit the right level when your monkey brain or ego steps in and says “You can’t do that, you didn’t do it last time you thought of it”. Let this ego go, it will go away as you focus and think on your intention.

4. When the ego steps in anxiety usually follows as the ego wants to take center stage and it hates when we fail in it’s eyes, it will try to keep us from doing what we feel is right, it will try to change our reality or circumstance to make things “right” in it’s eyes. Just let that go and keep the intentions in mind.

5. Keep your list and look at it during the year, just think of how you intended things to be not how you wanted them to be.

Hopefully this makes sense to everyone, it has a touch of Buddhism with a belief that will work in all spiritual centers you may be in. Even if Atheist you can’t escape the power of intention or attraction. It’s what we think that matters most, to just say I want to quit smoking isn’t enough, one must intend to ________ (fill in the blank because intending to be healthy may be it or intending to keep your family healthy may actually be it, it’s up to you) and then you know you have hit the intention.

For the rest of the year, keep your list and reflect on it; if you meditate, meditate on it, if you pray, pray about it.

Never forget, the ego will try to keep the playing field in it’s favor by changing reality or circumstances so that you will not fail or make it so that you think circumstances were that it wasn’t possible. Just know that there are many levels to our consciousness and to focus one level deeper, I know that each of you will have all that you intend this year.

Remember to think positive, you will attract positive things.

Namaste to each of you.

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