Letting Go of Intention

By on April 10, 2009 in Success

Question:

I have been trying to manifest my desires and getting nowhere.   I have always believed in positive thinking and last year read the law of attraction and thought that took positive thinking a step further.   I can’t get it to work for me.   I have tried to keep my thoughts on what I am trying to manifest and not be discouraged because it is not happening.   Then I discovered your web site and now one of your books “The Book of Secrets” and you believe in ‘letting go’.   I just don’t get this.  I am trying to manifest my desires by keeping my intention clear and foremost in my mind.   If I let it go and give it up to the Universe, have I not just given up on my desires?   I can’t connect this to concepts in my mind and I don’t know how to let go.   Can you clarify this for me?
 
Answer:
 
Letting go of your intention means that you are returning to the simple awareness of your  silent self. This experience is  cultured through meditation. So you may want to do your manifestation practice right after meditation.
 
The other thing to keep in mind about letting go, or detachment is far from giving up on your desires, it is really the only way for your intention to fully manifest. When we say we want to manifest through our intention, we are implying that we want the forces of the Nature to be attracted to our desire and support it into manifestation. If we hold on to our desire with our conditioned awareness, then we are preventing the universal powers to be attracted to our intention and bring it to fruition.
 
It’s like wanting to use the wind to fly your kite, but not letting go of it on the ground, or wanting the flow of the stream carry your boat downstream, but being unwilling to let go of it.
 
Love,
Deepak
 
 
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8 Responses to Letting Go of Intention

  1. Khamisa April 9, 2009 at 7:54 pm #

    It makes so much sense, when you explain it that way. Thank you, Deepak.

    Peace.

  2. mydomainpvt April 10, 2009 at 3:49 am #

    Beautiful explanation. thanks.

    Wish you love, peace and happiness.

    Trisha

  3. dazman April 10, 2009 at 7:54 am #

    we're a wilful bunch, us humans. let go and let God. it's all Go(o)d!

  4. Dominic April 10, 2009 at 8:00 am #

    Your arms will hurt if you don't let go. Our thoughts are like the wind. When we cling on to something the season of fall comes around to blow out what we hold on to. We must empty our vessels so we can always bring newer thoughts in. Write with a blank canvas everywhere you go and you will see a beautiful picture as always intended.

    Beautifully written Deepak

    Supported and God Bless You and Your Family

    Peace(+)

    Dom

  5. observer April 10, 2009 at 5:48 pm #

    Powerful advice Deepak, and practical as well. For if we release our desire in the expectation it will manifest in some way more perfectly than we could possibly arrange, we are free to move on to the next desire. To be stuck on the manifestation of any particular desire is likely to obstruct its manifestation. Release and move on. While we are on the subject of desire and intention, how many have taken your non violence pledge, to your knowledge and how long has this intention been public?

  6. tazman06 April 10, 2009 at 6:28 pm #

    Well put. Thanks for the insight

    Love and Peace

    Tom
    http://www.intent.com/blog/2009/04/04/compassion-…

  7. rajeshmsharma April 16, 2009 at 1:24 pm #

    Good!

    Love

    Rajesh
    http://rajeshmsharma.blogspot.com

  8. MandyCassandra September 15, 2010 at 10:45 am #

    Thank you so, so much for this…<3