Comments on: 7 Ways to Wreck a Powerful Intention

By: You Don’t Have to Know HOW | Christine Kane

You Don’t Have to Know HOW | Christine Kane — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:03:04 +0000

[...] If every single dream, goal and vision ever created by anyone began with INTENTION… [...]

By: Christine Kane

Christine Kane — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:21:07 +0000

thanks leslie! I think it’ll be starting September 1st. (email me for more info – christine@christinekane.com)

what you wrote is a big thing. I, too, walk that line. The way I deal with it is to remain in a state of allowing/acceptance – while holding intention as well. For instance, someone in the e-Seminar just wrote me and said that she’s having a terrible day and that she’s sad and unwilling to feel good (she’s going through grief over a loss) — and I said that when this happens to me, I give myself full permission to jump into the sad stuff – all the while “holding” that intent for myself – KNOWING that it’s out there – but not with pressure or anything. The key thing you wrote is “gripping it too tightly.” (and using it as a weapon against ourselves on bad days.) Knowing the power of intention means you do neither of those things.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:47:18 +0000

This post makes me wish I’d signed up for your e-seminar… When’s the next?

Here’s what I’m struggling with now: the relationship between intent and acceptance. As I open to my current experience rather than struggling against it, my desperate need for change lessens. But I know from experience (or at least I think I do) that if I give up on some important intentions for change, I will end up feeling oppressed and unbalanced again down the line. How do we accept our present experience moment to moment and hold onto an intent too, without gripping it too tightly?

By: Elaine

Elaine — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:16:55 +0000

Re: Attention Splatter. I picked this quote up yesterday I think on Oprah’s website, about multi-tasking so thought I’d share it:

“And please, forget multitasking. It doesn’t increase efficiency at all, and it taxes brain cells in the frontal cortex, which has a terrible impact on performance”.

— Julie Morgenstern

I think there is a myth that multi-tasking is great…It has certainly screwed me up in the past and caused a great deal of attention splatter in my life! Here’s to clarity and focus!

By: Christine Kane

Christine Kane — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:55:15 +0000

Darla – an intention, in my experience, is bigger and more encompassing. it’s a “place you want to get to.” somewhat like a goal. for instance, you can intend wealth – and then, within that intention, you can affirm things that come up AS YOU GO. so, let’s say you intend wealth, and then you uncover some old debt, and it freaks you out — you then use affirmations and work with them to clear that particular issue along the way. (at least, that’s how I do it!)

By: Darla

Darla — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:23:50 +0000

Christine-

Great post! However, I am a little confused about writing intentions or affirmations… I read that it was good to write as if you already have what it is you want to manifest. For example, “I have a healthy, loving marriage.” instead of “I intend to work on having a healthy, loving marriage.” Can you help me out on this? By the way, I appreciate all of the great posts. I look forward to checking your blog every day to see what is there to help me on my spiritual journey. I am grateful for you!

By: Marcy

Marcy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:10:07 +0000

Thanks for providing practical, clearly written tips on a somewhat esoteric topic!

By: Christine Kane

Christine Kane — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:46:12 +0000

irene and emily – attention splatter seems to be one of the biggies when it comes to intention. it can be hard to focus on one thing. but it’s so worth it – you learn so much more. and the experience is so rich. emily – if “heal and get healthy” feels right, then that’s great. i don’t think you need to pay me royalties or anything!

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:25:45 +0000

Christine,
I love this post. I believe very much in consciousness and energy have been incorporating more and more of that into my life. I’ve been trying to set an intent for a while now but have had a tendency to get caught up in the “attention splatter” as well as trouble discovering what exactly it is I want. I read this post yesterday and the intent you had “to heal and get healthy” really hit home for me. I felt rather like I was “stealing” for a while but after having sat with it and doing some Focusing, it simply fits for me at this time in my life. So…Thank you!!

By: Irene

Irene — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:03:12 +0000

Hello Christine,
Thank you for the great post.
Well #4 is quite the knocker. “Attention splatter” truly define my full impact action. I was on a mission for a while to make my intentions happen all at once. I figure it was a good way to clear a space for other things. Well, it did not work very well. It sure send a lot of confusion and there is not much of energy trickle. I have change my tactic and the universe is responding quite nicely these days. Lessons to be learned at each moment.