The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-create Your World Your Way

by Wayne W. Dyer

“The spiritual journey does not consist in arriving at a new destination where a person gains what he did not have, or becomes what he is not. It consists in the dissipation of one’s own ignorance concerning one’s self and life, and the gradual growth of that understanding which begins the spiritual awakening. The finding of God is a coming to one’s self.”

Act as if anything you desire is already here.

treat yourself as if you already are what you’d like to become.

it’s the ability to see beauty in all of life’s circumstances that gives our lives meaning. In his book

The power of intention is the power to expand and increase all aspects of your life.

The problem is when you misidentify who you truly are by identifying yourself as your body, your achievements, and your possessions. Then you identify people who have accomplished less as inferior, and your self-important superiority causes you to be constantly offended in one way or another.

Ego is simply an idea of who you are that you carry around with you.

That which offends you only weakens you.

Constantly seeing others critically can be a way of compensating for something you fear.

Consider the importance of becoming aware of the impact you have on others, and remind yourself that by raising your own energy level to a place where you’re in harmony with intention, you become an instrument, or a channel, of peace.

The holy relationship isn’t based on any religion. The holy relationship emphasizes the unfolding of Spirit in everyone.

In this way, you’re honoring the Christ in you that is also in everyone else. Practice wanting for others what you want for yourself by being Christ-like rather than a Christian, Mohammed-like rather than a Muslim, and Buddha-like rather than a Buddhist.

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Your purpose will only be found in service to others, and in being connected to something far greater than your body/mind/ego.

Self-respect attracts the higher energy. Lack of self-respect attracts the lower. It knows no other way.

Transcend that ego mind and affirm your love for yourself and your connection to the Spirit of God.

Over and over, remind yourself: I’m not my body. I’m not my accumulations. I’m not my achievements. I’m not my reputation. I am whole and perfect as I was created!

Meditation is a way to ensure that you stay in a state of self-respect.

First, you’ll discover that your purpose is not as much about what you do as it is about how you feel.

The personal expressions of gratitude are what sustain me in knowing that I’m on purpose.

I call it faith—not faith in an external god to provide you with a purpose, but faith in the call you’re hearing from the center of your being. You are a divine, infinite creation