Beyond the Wish: Awakening the Power of Intention

Hey Mystic Souls, 

What is Intention?

I want to dive into a concept that’s absolutely foundational to energy work and spiritual healing: Intention. You might hear this term a lot, but what does it truly mean for the energy journey? It's far more powerful than just making a wish or hoping for the best.

At its core, Intention is the conscious, focused, and deliberate act of directing energy toward a specific outcome or purpose. Think of it as an active, energetic command – the very blueprint for whatever you're seeking.  I think of Intention as the instructions for your energy to flow.  Hoping and wishing are very passive acts and you do not own as an outcome.  

Intention is the deliberate and focused act of directing your energy toward a specific outcome. It's an active command, serving as the blueprint for what you want to achieve, and the instructions for your energy to flow.

Unlike passive acts like hoping or wishing, intention emphasizes ownership of the outcome. The common saying, "A dream is a wish your heart makes," is misleading. A more accurate phrasing would be, "A dream is the intention you set for your heart." This subtle shift fundamentally changes your approach, breaking cycles of failure and guiding you toward success.

Let's break down what that really means for us:

1. Your Energetic GPS: Guiding the Flow

When we talk about intention, we're essentially talking about giving precise instructions to the subtle energy we work with – whether you call it life force energy, Ki, Prana, or Chi.

• Direction is Key: When you set an intention, you’re telling this energy exactly where to go and what to do. Do you need pain relief in a specific area? Emotional clarity around a certain issue? Or perhaps you're looking to release an old, limiting pattern? Your intention provides the address and the action plan.
• Laser Focus: Our universal energy field is vast, but intention narrows that focus. Without a clear intention, energy can be diffuse, like a wide beam of light. With intention, it becomes a precise, purposeful beam, aimed exactly where it's needed.
• Creating Oneness: A clear intention also organizes the energetic field of everyone involved – you are the practitioner and the recipient. It brings all that combined focus and energy into a state of oneness that is absolutely perfect for healing and transformation.

2. A Commitment, Not Just a Wish

This is a crucial distinction. Intention isn't just a fleeting thought; it's a deep state of being that declares your desired outcome as a present or unfolding reality.

• Positive and Present: To be truly effective, intentions are always framed in the positive and in the present tense. Example:

• • SAY: "I am receiving profound peace and clarity."
  • NOT: "I want to stop feeling stressed." 

This directs energy towards what you want to create, rather than what you want to avoid. Basically, intentional energy flows through the nouns not the verbs.  If you instead say, “I am not stressed,” your intention is still Stress.

• Active Participation: For us as healers, intention is a commitment to be a pure channel for the highest good of the recipient. For those receiving, it's an act of willingness and surrender – a conscious decision to be open to receiving that shift. It's an active partnership with the Universe!

3. Bridging Mind and Matter

From a spiritual perspective, intention is the beautiful mechanism through which our consciousness directly influences our physical and energetic world.

• Mind-Body Connection: In this practice, the mind isn't separate from the body or the energy around us. A highly focused thought – a clear intention – is a form of energy that can initiate real, measurable changes, whether at a cellular level or a vibrational one.
• The Power of Clarity and Emotion: The clearer your intention, and the more emotionally charged it is, the more powerful its effect on your energy field will be. It's like tapping directly into the innate, self-healing wisdom of the soul that resides within your body's system.

Intention in energy work is the deliberate use of focused thought and feeling to organize, direct, and program the subtle energy flow. It's the fundamental force that initiates and guides your journey toward healing, wholeness, and manifesting the life you truly desire. 

At Mystic Parcel, we offer Mystery Boxes that are prepared to support your intention.  Crystals and other meditation tools are used to affirm, amplify and guide your intention.  The shift to intentional energy work does take effort but you do not have to work alone.  The Universe wants your dreams to come true and so do I.  

Start practicing your intentions today, and watch the magic unfold!

With light and love,

Mary Ann