Intention/volition

[Satyam]

For years I have wondered why when the wizard/magician, whoever, says 'Open Says Me', the door opens.

This seems a great tool for Spiritual Growth, if used to remain in the NOW. No matter what you are doing at 'the moment', your intention does not change. Maybe 'agenda' is another word for this...Long term goal?

Probably 'agenda' & 'long term goal' are not enough to describe this powerful tool available to us.

Maybe intention is not the word. Volition must be the word for this?

I have much respect for the ancient ways, and 'religions'. Maybe some of the 'work' they do is in developing Volition?

Comments Appreciated!

PEACE

[SilverRose]

For years I have wondered why when the wizard/magician, whoever, says 'Open Says Me', the door opens.

This seems a great tool for Spiritual Growth, if used to remain in the NOW. No matter what you are doing at 'the moment', your intention does not change. Maybe 'agenda' is another word for this...Long term goal?

Probably 'agenda' & 'long term goal' are not enough to describe this powerful tool available to us.

Maybe intention is not the word. Volition must be the word for this?

I have much respect for the ancient ways, and 'religions'. Maybe some of the 'work' they do is in developing Volition?

Comments Appreciated!

PEACE

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/4...sages/1049.html

[mark 45]

not sure what your asking here.i get a little dense as i get older.

[Satyam]

not sure what your asking here.i get a little dense as i get older.

'Open Sesame' may not open the door for you...?

Asking for comments on the use of the tool...'Volition'

Doesn't it take Volition to do nothing?

Maybe Volition is like the engine/catalyst that pushs you from the shore, on your journey?

[Rev. Magus Adam]

For years I have wondered why when the wizard/magician, whoever, says 'Open Says Me', the door opens.

This seems a great tool for Spiritual Growth, if used to remain in the NOW. No matter what you are doing at 'the moment', your intention does not change. Maybe 'agenda' is another word for this...Long term goal?

Probably 'agenda' & 'long term goal' are not enough to describe this powerful tool available to us.

Maybe intention is not the word. Volition must be the word for this?

I have much respect for the ancient ways, and 'religions'. Maybe some of the 'work' they do is in developing Volition?

Comments Appreciated!

PEACE

Anton Lavey pointed this out in his writings. He understood the nature of humans is to be self serving. Even an act of charity is self serving, it's going to make you feel good. There's nothing wrong with that.

Another example comes from Joseph Campbell, "Follow your bliss."

I say, your joy is the root of creating the life you want to live.

[Rachara El]

actually, there's nothing special or magical about asking for something. It's been done for years - "Ask and ye shall receive"

Now it's true, what is the intent behind the request - now here's the real catch: be careful what you ask for - you just might get it.

[kokigami]

For years I have wondered why when the wizard/magician, whoever, says 'Open Says Me', the door opens.

This seems a great tool for Spiritual Growth, if used to remain in the NOW. No matter what you are doing at 'the moment', your intention does not change. Maybe 'agenda' is another word for this...Long term goal?

Probably 'agenda' & 'long term goal' are not enough to describe this powerful tool available to us.

Maybe intention is not the word. Volition must be the word for this?

I have much respect for the ancient ways, and 'religions'. Maybe some of the 'work' they do is in developing Volition?

Comments Appreciated!

PEACE

not sure I believe in volition. Can you make a case for its existence?

[Fawzo]

not sure I believe in volition. Can you make a case for its existence?

Aren't you exercising volition in whether you choose to believe in it's existence?

[Qryos]

~ Y'know, sometimes it seems easier to make it complicated... Don't know why. A human thing perhaps?

An allowing can be very hard thing to do... A demand of Self could probably be the most difficult thing ever... Opening oneself to Truth...

Yep. I'm babbling once again

[Rev. Adam Hansen]

According to Blacks Law Dictionary volition means...

The act of making a choice or determining something.

So if you determine that "Open says a me" will open the door, and choose to try it, in my perspective that would constitute volition. Whether the door actually opens seems to irrelevant. Edited December 23, 2008 by Rev. Adam Hansen

[kokigami]

Aren't you exercising volition in whether you choose to believe in it's existence?

yes, if, in fact you are choosing. But, that is questionable. Could those who choose to believe in volition choose not to believe? I see no evidence to support that idea.

[Satyam]

I appreciate the replys!

It seems these 'powers', (going beyond where we are now, the door actually opening on 'command',) will come later, "When order has been established".

At our present 'maturity', could you imagine the destruction if these 'abilities' were available to the 'average person'.

Namaste

[Fawzo]

I appreciate the replys!

It seems these 'powers', (going beyond where we are now, the door actually opening on 'command',) will come later, "When order has been established".

At our present 'maturity', could you imagine the destruction if these 'abilities' were available to the 'average person'.

Namaste

Amen to that!

[Satyam]

http://www.lyricus.org/

Discourse #4 seems to be speaking to me on this subject.

It tells me that it's not quantity of Intention , but Quality of Intention, that opens the door!

[Satyam]

http://www.wingmakers.com/downloads/energe...eart(print).pdf

[Satyam]

"Wizards are clear on their intention. They know what it is they really need; what underlies all their many wants and desires. Wizards hold this intention in their mind. And then let go. No attachment to how or when; just a simple openness to whatever may be -- and a silent delight in the synchronicities that come to be."

- "How To Be A Wizard" by Peter Russell

http://fusionanomaly.net/silentcommunication.html

[Bro. Hex]

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Can you tell me how to get...

... how to get to "Says-A-Me" Street?

Please Big Bird....Say it isn't so!

Edited January 26, 2009 by Hexalpa

[Satyam]

Infinite Possibilities

by Owen Waters

Quantum physics is more than a century old; yet, people's eyes

still glaze over when they first hear of its strange ways. In

the sub-microscopic world of elementary energy particles, the

universe acts very differently from the one we know in our

physical world.

As it turns out, the quantum world actually reveals the true

nature of the universe, while what we see on the physical level

is a carefully-created illusion. For example, at any point in

time, life presents an array of infinite possibilities. When

you make a decision as to what to do next, then - only then -

does your immediate future become a reality instead of just

another possibility. Then, and only then, does the next step in

your history get written.

In quantum physics, energetic particles, such as photons of

light, only become particles of energy when you focus your

attention upon them. Until then, they remain as fields of

influence which radiate waves of energy, not particles. These

waves of energy, rather than traveling as particles directly

from A to B, spread out as waves that explore all possible

paths before them.

Energy particles live in a world of possibilities, waiting to

be made manifest by a conscious decision from someone,

somewhere. In a conscious universe, any form of attention, even

that of a passive observer, manifests actual particles from the

waves of potential.

As a human, you were born to manifest a life from infinite

possibilities. At each step along the way, you create history

by deciding which possibility to explore and working your way

through that action. You choose and create the experience from

the potential and make it manifest.

The quantum world gets even stranger when you find that, in

its natural, unmanifested state, it is free from the

constraints of time and space. Electrons routinely affect their

own future, and even their own past. Quantum physicists even

had to include "negative time" (traveling into the past) in

their equations in order to include the time travel which is

exhibited at the quantum level.

Now, if the quantum world is the real world, the one from

which our stable reality is constructed, then what does this

mean for our possibilities? It certainly means that we have

infinite choices for the future. The burning question is, how

will the different choices turn out?

People in research projects have used hypnosis to access

deeper states of consciousness. In these deeper states of

awareness, they have examined their own future possibilities

based on their present-day options. The amazing thing is that

these future paths are just as real to the exploring

consciousness as the person's daily reality. It's as though all

paths already exist, quantum physics-style, as an array of

possibilities that are very real, just not yet manifested.

For example, in hypnotherapist Brian Weiss's book, "Same Soul,

Many Bodies," a patient who was convinced that suicide was his

only real option was progressed - moved forward in time - to

see how his suicide would turn out. He expected to find that

the suicide would provide the desired relief from his crushing

business problems. Instead, he saw how much grief he would have

caused his wife and children. Worse still, he saw that his

family members would take the blame for his death upon

themselves, feeling that they should have somehow helped him

and prevented such a tragedy.

Then, he was progressed into a future where he had decided

against suicide and, instead, faced up to his crisis of

personal failure. Instead of being shunned by his family and

friends, as he had expected, he saw them helping him to work

through the crisis and recover his standing in the business

world. As his consciousness moved through this alternative

life, he saw the effects of following the sense of newfound joy

that he had allowed into his life. In the light of such

possibilities, his intended suicide was no longer a viable

option and he chose the path towards joy.

I find it fascinating that alternate futures exist in such

detail, in such vivid reality, for each person. Not only do

they exist as possibilities, they seem as real as if the person

had already lived them. Those who view these alternate futures

are not making them up. In the above example, the person

considering suicide was so depressed about himself that he

thought his family would say "Good riddance" when he was gone;

he could not have made up the scenes of the alternative futures

that he saw under hypnosis. Instead, people who see these

future alternatives often learn from situations that they never

could have imagined.

In a universe created by Infinite Being, each one of us has,

by design, infinite possibilities. The question is, what could

you do today that will make your tomorrow even better than it

would have been? Following your innermost joy means that you

are using this inbuilt compass that points unfailingly towards

greater fulfillment in life.

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They will appreciate your thoughtfulness.

This article was written by Owen Waters, author of

"The Shift: The Revolution in Human Consciousness"

Available in hardcover or via immediate download at:

http://www.infinitebeing.com/theshift

[Atwater Vitki]

So I guess we end up back at the beginning of the end, so in essence, in front of where we were left behind. Volition is an endless cycle as even choosing not to choose is a choice. I agree with other's posts that intent is the activation of volition, thus opening the door...or perhaps yet another possiblity exists that we do not in fact open a new door, we merely close an old one. If we have closed one door behind us we have effectively and with great intention, by default, entered into a new or different realm.

May your thoughts on this be Blessed with clarification and understanding.

Blessings of Peace, Light and Intention,

"RevAl"