Seed & Flourish
We all want to make our dreams come true, to realize our potential here and now. Wanting is the fuel of desire and a necessary step in the process of intention setting. The Buddhists propose that pain is caused by personal attachment to desire. Accordingly, I vigilantly police my own burning desires in order to live closer to and in harmony with the realities of the unfolding present moment. I try to stay free from what I perceive as a prison of “wanting.” But recently I have also come to realize that the most compelling and satisfying life achievements, experiences and relationships that I have enjoyed are directly related to deep-seated desires. Indeed my career in the theater owes a great deal to an intense longing for what always felt to be just beyond my reach. As a girl, I craved being on stage, I wanted to bathe in the mystique of performance, but the rarified atmosphere that I wanted to breathe regularly, felt tantalizingly close and yet distant, possible and yet impossible to locate.
We want something. We desire something. We are frustrated by the lack of “it.” We marinate in our frustration. The frustration drives us towards of vision of what it is that we desire or long for. The more frustrated we are, the more motivated we are to achieve what is lacking. Frustration is a necessary ingredient to the achievement of a vision. We cook it and it cooks us. Frustration linked to desire furnishes the fuel, the energy to proceed. If we do not undergo enough frustration perhaps we will not cultivate the determination and endurance that gives our action-in-the-world hands and feet. Perhaps frustration, longing and desire were also part of the recipe that helped me as an artist to transform the quotidian into the sublime. We necessarily encounter daily frustrations, irritations and obstacles. Perhaps we feel hampered and limited by our hit-and-miss upbringing, our apparent limitations and our imperfect ongoing circumstances. But if we flip the coin and detach ourselves from the tantrums of life drama we see that there are no imperfect circumstances. We recognize that everything stumbling block is in fact a stepping stone towards realizing our heart-felt desires, our true calling.
Throughout the years of spiritual practice I have felt the law of attraction fueling my intentions and unleashing the flow. I have mapped out a simple, yet effective process of intention planting that you can adapt to your needs. I usually start to locate the desire arising from my heart, not from external sources. I zoom in on what I really want, not the opposite. Sometimes hoping for the best we expect the worst. This sends out a false signal to the Universe and we suddenly seed our fears, instead of our intentions. Next, I create a vibrational target in space and I shoot my intention into the center. I abandon the intention to cook in the cosmic flow and honor the many gifts and blessings that I have been bestowed with. Taking the time to feel grateful for what I already have frees my intention from the bondage of craving. Gratitude is perhaps the most potent tool in taping our resources and attracting abundance in our life. I then sink into the present moment without trying to fix the timing or way in which the desire will manifest. As I fully let go of the attachment of the desired outcome, I move on with my life and simply wait, detaching myself from the hopes or expectations and savoring the flavorful immediacy of every moment.
Today, immediate gratification is the tantalizing prize of living in our current on/off/ping/ring-tone culture. The distance between what we desire and the fulfillment of that desire is rapidly shrinking. Increasingly we acquire objects, information, music, books and clothes, whatever sparks a whiff of desire, with a single click. Our digital technologies empower us to make so many choices about so many things and so quickly. But the staccato nature of digital choice also thwarts our efforts to stay fully connected to our deeply seated intentions and to one another. Stay true to your heart-felt desires and know that everything you project in space will bounce back when the time is ripe and the right opportunity arises.
Yogea Intention Planting Meditation: Seed & Flourish
This brief intention planting Yogea meditation charts the journey into fulfilling your intentions while sifting away the external debris that clouds your mind and victimizes your soul purpose. As you move through the four simple steps of intention seeding you will notice a relief from the burden of not getting what you want and attract a positive flow in your life. This meditation is best suited for a New Moon practice, when the Earth is ready to receive your call.
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