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Trying something new

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A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am
                              by a loud pounding on the door.
                            The man gets up and goes to the door
                          where a drunken stranger,
                                                   standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.

"Not a chance," says the husband,
                                            "it is 3:00 in the morning!"

He slams the door and returns to bed.

"Who was that?" asked his wife.

"Just some drunk guy asking for a push," he answers.

"Did you help him?" she asks.
                                          "No, I did not, it is 3:00 in the morning
                                         and it is pouring rain out there!"
                                                    Well, you have a short memory," says his wife.
                                                  "Can't you remember about three months ago
                                                             when we broke down, and those two guys helped us? 
                                     I think you should help him,
                                            and you should be ashamed of yourself!
                                    God loves drunk people too.

The man does as he is told, gets dressed,
                                            and goes out into the pounding rain.

He calls out into the dark,
                                   "Hello, are you still there?"

"Yes," comes back the answer.
                                   "Do you still need a push?" 
                                  calls out the husband.
                                "Yes, please!"
                                       comes the reply from the dark.
                                "Where are you?" asks the husband.

"Over here on the swing set,"
                               replied the drunk.

The light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.

The tailgating woman was furious and honked her horn, screaming in frustration, as she missed her chance to get through the intersection, dropping her cell phone and makeup.

As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up.

He took her to the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and placed in a holding cell.

After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects.

He said, "I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front of you and cussing a blue streak at him. I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Choose Life' license plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk, so naturally.. I assumed you had stolen the car."

Priceless

WHY ATHLETES AND Coaches CAN'T HAVE REGULAR JOBS:

1.  Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model:
"I wan' all dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan' all
the kids to copulate me."

2. New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season:
"I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.."

3. And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi of the 'Skin's say:
"I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl,"
  Matt Millen of the Raiders said: "To win, I'd run over Joe's Mom, too."

4. Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins:
"He treat us like mens. He let us wear earrings.."

5. Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann:
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like
Norman Einstein."

6. Senior basketball player at the  University of Pittsburgh :
"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.."
(Now that is beautiful)

7. Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach:
"You guys line up alphabetically by height.."
  And, "You guys pair up in groups of three, and then line up in a circle."

8. Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson going to prison:
"Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison
for three years, not Princeton .."

9. Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps
a color photo of himself above his locker:
"That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my clothes."

10. Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regimen
of heavyweight Andrew Golota:
   "He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning, regardless
of what time it is."

11.  Chuck Nevitt , North Carolina State basketball player, explaining
to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice:
   "My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be
an uncle or an aunt.   (I wonder if his IQ ever hit room temperature
in January)

12. Frank Layden , Utah Jazz president, on a former player:
   "I asked him, 'Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?'
      He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.'"

13. Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he
told a player who received four F's and one D:
   "Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject."

14. In the words of NC State great Charles Shackelford:
   "I can go to my left or right, I am amphibious."

Window Shopping

When we realize that we are becoming exactly like those we oppose, shouldn't that be reason enough for us to stop opposing them?   

As we have walked across The Bridge together, we've talked a lot about the old ways and the new ways of doing things. The current world acceleration requires us to adapt to challenges and situations which may be uncomfortable at first, but, with a shift in our perspective, all things come into focus. We see that the new ways are actually beneficial for us; that they offer the promise of something far grander than the current mainstream matrix. In order to slip gracefully into the new paradigm we only need to let go . . .

I've always enjoyed window shopping. You know what window shopping is: it's going out to the stores with no intention of buying anything. When I window shop, I tell myself that, today, I'm leaving my wallet in my pocket. I'm just going to look in the windows, no matter how tempting the shop owners present their wares.

I treat our current way of life the same way. I'm only window shoppping it. I'm not buying anything anymore. When the media, for instance, tells me that there is some new problem out there, and the solution is now being made available to everyone, I simple observe it. My experience has taught me, time and time again, that the media is self serving, and they have no interest whatsoever in my well being. In fact, it's just the opposite - the media creates problems for us in order to get us to buy ideas and consumer goods.

In the old days, I would have gotten angry and begun to oppose their media gyrations, thus dissipating my precious energy. But now that I've started to integrate The Code into my life, I've come to understand that I am becoming just like whoever or whatever I am opposing.

So now I window shop. I observe only, with no emotional attachment to the ideas they're selling on TV and in the newspapers. I'm not buying any of it; so I'm no longer feeding it, and I'm no longer becoming like those I used to oppose. This is one of the keys to our ultimate happiness. We let go by becoming observers.

Those who are living in their highest light know that it is good to share your life and your love, for we have, indeed, come together for a reason. Feel free to fill your days and nights with love for your partner, your family, your friends, your pets, your possessions and everything, for these are all gifts unto you. Just remember that it is unwise to let your attachment to anyone or anything take one minute away from your joy.

From The Highest Light Teachings

My intention for today is:
I intend that I am observing the world around me and, in this way, I am doing my part to usher in a golden age of manifestation.

Freedom

Start with yourself and then move out into the world
- and the world will welcome you with open arms   

Each of us is like a cell in a immense entity called Humanity. When we all work together synergistically, then all is well and we are capable of great things. When we work separately or against each other, Humanity as a whole and each one of us suffers. Isn't it time, now, for us to do what we came here to do in earnest? Let us realize, as The Code says, that miracles are bestowed as we hold our attention on that which connects us and discard that which separates us.

The world nowadays needs more warriors for peace; people who realize that solutions sought on the battlefield will not provide results that work on our behalf. The true battlefield, as we said earlier, does not stretch out across blood-drenched soils or campus lawns, but is in our own hearts and minds. When enough people begin to put away all patriotic thoughts and envision our world in its highest light, then we will, at long last, be at peace.

It starts out with a few courageous souls who declare themselves free, and who are willing to live that ideal for all the world to see. Then a few more will glean the wisdom of being their own sovereign authority. Not long after that, a larger mass will find their inner balance and reclaim that which belongs to them. And finally, our entire worldview shifts as all human beings who walk this Earth stand united as One, dedicated to allowing people everywhere to live their lives in absolute freedom. That is the key to realizing our highest potential - and we must hold onto it and pamper it as if it is the greatest gift in our possession.

We are blossoming in all our glory. Peace, freedom, creativity, abundance, and joy for all are ours for the intending. Worlds within worlds reveal themselves as atom and galaxy alike welcome us and bid us to explore to our heart's content. All that and more await, but first we must do one more thing before we set out for new horizons.

We must begin to join together in small groups, and then use our collective imagination to connect these groups to one another. When enough of us are embracing the vision of all groups everywhere, merging our lights and coming together as One, we will reawaken to that which we have already known - that this feeling of Oneness is our home, our place of comfort where we find our true selves and take a breather before embarking upon other exciting adventures out there in the endless, eternal Universe.

From The Code ~ Intentions in Action

My intention for today is:
I intend that I am clearly shown my next step in life.

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Synergize

I see Humanity as One. I enjoy gathering with light-hearted people regularly. When we come together, we set the stage for Great Oneness to reveal Itself.  We synergize.

Now that we've formulated our vision of a better world and expanded it by sharing it with others, it's time to bring it into physical manifestation. To do this, we must come together. We must begin to make good use of the gifts that community has to offer.

In the dozen years that I've been taking part in Intenders Circles across the country I've seen a lot of amazing things happen within the dynamics of a group. I've seen people who were introverted and frightened open up; I've seen my friends totally and utterly fulfilled; I've seen strangers recognize each other as long-lost soul family; I've seen tears of joy flow and laughter abound. But there is one thing that happens in our Intenders Circles that, to me, is better than all the rest. It's what I call Synergy and, if we do things right, and set the stage properly, a very special feeling - a feeling of Oneness - will engulf the room and everyone in it. When this happens, it's as if we've completely let go of our connection to the cares and worries of the day and melted into something larger than ourselves. That's what Synergy is - it's what occurs when the whole becomes something greater than the sum of its individual parts. Put another way, it's when you put things together and "something extra" that you may not have expected takes place.

I have memories of a time, tens of thousands of years ago, when we were much more powerful than we are now. Groups of eight of us (or sometimes sixteen) would go into caves especially designed for their symmetry and we would sit in a perfect circle with giant crystals behind us which were connected to the crystalline benches we sat on. We agreed beforehand on a few specific objects that we intended to manifest, and then we would meditate and concentrate our imagination on those objects - and soon, sometimes instantaneously, they would materialize at a point in the exact center of the circle, floating in mid-air, right in front of us.

What we found in our Intenders Circles is that we can set the stage for an experience of Synergy to occur by following The Oneness Formula. The Oneness Formula consists of six steps we go through after everyone has finished stating their gratitudes and intentions. They are: 1) Sitting or standing together in a circle; 2) Touching; 3) Inviting; 4) Turning; 5) Toning; and 6) Holding the Silence. We've discovered that when we follow these steps, the electricity, the magic, the Oneness, the special feeling which brings us closer to God usually happens. We have taken the adage: "Anywhere two or more are gathered in My Name (or for the Highest Good)," and put it to it's best use. After all, isn't that what people are supposed to do when they gather together for spiritual purposes? Wouldn't it be wise for us to explore the highest of experiences available to us whenever we come together? These are some of the questions we sought to answer as we began to tap into the power of the Intenders Circle .

My intention for today is:
I intend that I remember that in order to have peace, people must work together.

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Subject: Southerners

Southern FOLKS know their summer weather report:
Humidity
Humidity
Humidity
Southern FOLKS know their vacation spots:
The beach
The rivuh
The crick
Southern WOMEN know everybody's first name:
Honey
Darlin'
Shugah
Southern WOMEN know the movies that speak to their hearts:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Driving Miss Daisy
Steel Magnolias
Gone With The Wind
Southern FOLKS know their religions:
Baptist
Methodist
Football

Southern FOLKS know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
Chawl'stn
S'vanah
Foat Wuth
N'awlins
Addlanna

Southern WOMEN know their elegant gentlemen:
Men in uniform
Men in tuxedos
Rhett Butler

Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon
Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food

Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them,
you "PITCH" them.
Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."

Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."

Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in:
"Going to town, be back directly."
("Dreckly" in my family)

Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular, sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.

All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.

Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad.
If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin'!

Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and
"a right fer piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.

Only a Southerner both knows and understands the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.

No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.

A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.

Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and when we're "in line", we talk to everybody!

Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.

In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural.

Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.

Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, biscuits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.

When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine
Southerner!

Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.

And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway.
You just say,"Bless her heart"... and go your own way.

To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning, bless your heart!

And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff....bless your hearts, I hear they're fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!

Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah !

Now Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South or wish they had been! If you're a Northern transplant, bless your little heart, fake it. We know you got here as fast as you could.

Share Your Vision

I create my ideal world by envisioning it and telling others about it. I share my vision.

If we truly desire to create a better world for ourselves, we would need to do something different than what we've been doing. We'd need to think different thoughts and talk about different things. At present, our thoughts and words are dominated by ideas that keep us separated from one another, beliefs that we are limited, and outcomes which have little or no value to us personally, or to Humanity at large. It's as if we have all the tools we need to create a paradise on Earth, and yet, these tools sit idle while we remain confused about what we really came here to do.

Fortunately, as we've seen from the stories in this book, many of us are breaking free from our urge to conform to the old ways of doing things, and we are bringing others of like-mind along with us. Soon, enough of us will be thinking and talking about that which truly serves us - and we will create a better world.

The next time you find yourself grumbling about the way things are in the world, and you feel powerless to change any of it, take out a notebook and start writing about what your ideal world would look like to you. Describe, in detail, anything that comes to mind. You might choose to depict your ideal environment, the way you'd like people to act toward you, your perfect neighborhood, your ideal personal life, etc. Write down the final outcome, not the steps it takes to get there. Leave those up to God.

Write as much as you feel like writing and then, when you've finished, take a mental snapshot of the visions you've written about and imprint each one indelibly in your mind.

And . . .  the next time you're in the company of friends who are expressing their concern for the way things are going lately, instead of commiserating and feeling disempowered, share your mental snapshots with them. Do just as you'd do if you'd brought along your picture album from last summer's vacation. Point out all the little things they might miss, and, above all, tell them that their thoughts have the power to create a better world, and let them know that when they're envisioning their ideal world and sharing it with others, they are bringing it to life.

From The Code ~ Intentions in Action

My intention for todays is:
  I intend that I am sharing my visions of my ideal world and knowing that, in the sharing, I am consciously contributing to the creation of them.

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Happy V day to all

Shine Your Light

I am a magnificent being, awakening to my highest potential. I express myself with joy, smiling easily and laughing often. I shine my light.

Working directly with the light is our next step. It doesn't cost us anything to see ourselves happier, more abundant, or full of joy. No one sends us a bill when we see our body in its ideal state of health. We don't need anyone's permission, and we don't have to be in a special place. Nor do we require the use of any fancy devices or tools. In fact, we don't need anything other than our imagination and the light itself, and  it's always there, just waiting for us to do with as we please. It doesn't take long working with the light until we begin to shine brighter than ever.

I don't know how long I slept, but when I awoke, a radiantly beautiful woman stood before me. She was dressed in a white-fringed, buckskin dress, intricately beaded with ancient Native American symbols. An eagle feather was tied to her single black braid, and beside her stood a young, pure white buffalo, grazing quietly. I knew from the stories I'd read years ago that she was White Buffalo Calf Woman.

"You're real!" I blurted out.

"I'm as real as you are," she answered, smiling at me.

"But I thought you were a myth or a fairy tale...."

She laughed outloud. "Much is not as it appears to be."

I thought about that and nodded.

She looked at me thoughtfully, her eyes showing a genuine compassion. "You are very close to stepping further into the world of Spirit," she said. "In the world of Spirit, all is known. No secrets exist, and no one can hide. Those who live in Spirit see all that goes on in the world of Matter. But those in the world of Matter do not see into the world of Spirit, unless they learn to shine their light."

"And how do I learn to shine my light?" I asked.

"By doing just what you are doing, Robert. By overcoming your fears. By taking responsibility for your own actions and stepping bravely into the unknown. By asking for guidance, like you did in your intentions this morning."

I didn't say anything. As far as I was concerned, there were still a lot of things that I was afraid of.

"I will give you an example," she said. "When you came upon this magical living stream, you didn't hesitate to drink all you wanted. You trusted in your intuition that the water was good for you, and you weren't frightened to touch it."

"That's true."

"Many people in your world would not have done what you did. They would think the water was poisonous, and they would shy away from it. Their beliefs would have kept them from experiencing the special revitalizing qualities that this water passes on to those who drink of it." She reached down and ran her hand, ever-so-slowly, through the water. From where I sat, it looked like a thousand diamonds glistening as the water trickled through her fingers.

"It is the same with many things in your world. Your people are frightened of things that, in reality, are very beneficial for them."

"What things?" I asked.

"You labor under two great limitations, Robert. These limitations pervade your world and keep you from experiencing your birthright. The first limitation is that there are no worlds other than the one in which you are living. It amazes those in my world how this idea can continue to exist, especially in light of all of the new information which is being made available to you. Where do you think your dreams are coming from? Where do your thoughts, your feelings, or your creative inspirations come from? There is so much more that awaits your people, and yet they cannot access it as long as they believe it doesn't exist."

"Our limiting beliefs create our limited reality?" I stated, rhetorically.

"That's the way it works, Robert. If, on the other hand, your people would seek, in earnest, to step into the world of Spirit, then ancient doors would open, and old friends would bid them to enter."

From The Code ~ The Reunion : A Parable for Peace

My intention for today is:
I intend that I take some time everyday
to see myself in my highest light.

Serve Others

I practice love in action. I always have enough to spare and enough to share. I am available to help those who need it.  I serve others.

As we shift into the new paradigm and move away from an attitude of service-to-self to one of service-to-others, we'll each, in our own way, come to a point when we realize that service to others is service to oneself. This usually happens when we get a glimpse of what our world would be like if everyone was serving everyone else. It's easy to see that we would all be much happier, more abundant, and less fearful if we were all serving each other. War, poverty, unrest, starvation, and the like wouldn't exist because we wouldn't allow our brothers and sisters to suffer like we do nowadays. We'd be helping them instead.

An Intenders Story

When I first decided to serve others, I didn't realize that it also included forgiving them. I thought I would help them out by cleaning or running errands or doing whatever they wanted, but what I came to understand was that I could help them in other ways as well.

The instance that brought all of this home to me was when I made an intention to help my aging mother. In 1998, I gave up my own apartment, moved in with my mom, and began to prepare her food, bathe her, and do all of the things necessary to make her last days as comfortable as possible. Up until then, I really hadn't made much of an effort to get close to her. She lived 3 states away, and we really didn't get along all that well anyway. In truth, there were long periods of time when we never spoke at all because I was still carrying a lot of anger toward her for things she'd done to me as a child. Mainly, I never understood how she could just stand by and let my father abuse me like he did.

But in the last few weeks of her life, as she lay in her deathbed with me sitting in the chair beside her, we began to talk about some of the things that we might not have otherwise spoken about. One particular evening after we finished eating and our barriers were lower than usual, I asked her why she let my dad beat me without ever coming to my rescue. Her answer showed me a side of her I never knew existed.

She explained that she was just as afraid of him as I was, that he beat her and threatened her too, and that he was always very careful not to let anyone else know about it. She was so sorry, she said, but at the time she was totally incapable of giving me the love I needed because she was in fear for her own safety.

She started to cry when she told me the details. I felt such compassion for her, laying there in her bed like that, waiting to die any day. But, most of all, I felt sorry because we'd never talked like this before. When her tears stopped, and as I was wiping them from her cheeks, she touched my arm with her frail hand and asked me to forgive her for not being a good mother. She said she really loved me, both then and now, and that it would mean a lot to her if I could find forgiveness in my heart for her.

I didn't move except to brush away the tears from my own eyes. Suddenly, a very emotional experience when I was a teenager came to mind. My mother was in a bad mood and had punished me for something I was innocent of. It was in that moment that I had decided, resolutely, to put her out of my life. Now, however, as I recalled that highly-charged event, I was able to see the unhappiness in her face that I didn't see before. I never knew she was that unhappy.     

As my vision of the past receded, she looked up at me from her bed, our eyes met, and I told her that I forgave her, not just for that instance, but for everything uncaring she'd ever done to me. Then I leaned down to hug her, and as I did, it felt like a great weight was lifted from my chest. We both wept some more that night, and, after that, something shifted in me . . . and in her. From then on, until the time she passed away, she was much calmer and at peace. The way I see it, our forgiveness healed us both.

Alan Matousek

Birmingham, AL

From The Code ~ Intentions in Action

My intention for today is:
I intend that I'm available to help others and that I always have enough to spare and enough to share.

Synchronize

After intending and surrendering, I take action by following the opportunities that are presented to me. I am in the flow where great mystery and miracles abide, fulfilling my desires, and doing what I came here to do. I synchronize.

We've found that the recipe for successful creativity calls upon us to make use of three ingredients: Intent, Feeling, and Action. The first ingredient, Intent, is applied to define a desired outcome or goal. Our experience has taught us that when we make an intention, it's wise to be exact about what we desire to manifest, but to leave the specifics undefined when it comes to how or when our intentions will come to us. By following this guideline and invoking the highest good, we allow the Universe to utilize any one of an infinite variety of ways to bring our intention into manifestation. Intenders who cling to a single or specific route in seeking to create their abundance limit the magical workings of the Universe considerably.

The second ingredient, Feeling, comes into the picture in order to provide the energy needed to make our intention develop from a thought into an etheric reality that is poised and ready to blossom into the world around us. In observing many of our mighty manifesters over the years, we've come to understand that those who are able to conjure up the feeling they'll be experiencing after their goal has been reached (even though it may not have actually manifested in physical reality yet), achieve vastly better results than those who are not in touch with the power of their feelings. Said another way, if a person can maintain the feeling of gratitude in advance of the actual manifestation of their intentions, they will increase their rate of success immensely.

As our intentions begin to precipitate down from the invisible into physical manifestation, we need to be ready to apply the third ingredient: Action. Before taking action, however, there has to be a waiting period or pause which typically lasts a few days (although the amount of time may vary depending upon the proficiency of the manifester and whether the highest good is being served or not). This is when we let go of all attachments and concerns about our creative endeavors and retreat into a state of divine nonchalance. Taking this conscious pause allows the Universe to work at its own pace in arranging things. Then, after the waiting period is over and our intention is ready to come forth, we'll notice that a series of synchronistic "coincidences" begins to appear in our life. We will have stepped into a magical flow that is characterized by a sequence of events occuring around us that is moving us toward our desired outcome.  When this flow of seemingly magical "coincidences" reveals itself, it's up to us to take the appropriate action which each synchronistic event calls for until our final goal is  reached.

If, for instance, we've intended to meet our soulmate, and an attractive new person enters our life, then we would pursue that opportunity to find out if this is the love of our life, or if it is simply a contact with someone who has something else to offer us as we continue moving toward our desired relationship.

If we think we've met a potential soulmate, then we would take action to get to know this person better so we can see where the relationship leads. They may be the one who we've been longing for, or perhaps they may be someone who will introduce us to our soulmate. In either case, as opportunities like this present themselves, it's up to us to provide the appropriate action until our intention is materialized. The idea is to keep moving forward. Sometimes all we'll have to do is hold out our hand or answer the phone, but, most often, our goals are realized by following a synchronistic chain of events and opportunities, each of which leads us ever closer to "the grand finale" which is the manifestation of our original intention.

From The Intenders Handbook

If you're choosing to walk the path of empowerment, you'll need to get good at making your intentions, letting them go, and then taking action when opportunities present themselves.  Taking action is where synchronicity comes in. If it's for your highest good, usually within a few days after you've surrendered your intentions up to the Universe, a series of almost surprising events will reveal themselves to you, and it is for you to move forward from one to the next until you reach your final goal. Suddenly, you'll notice that you're in a serendipitous flow where all good things are coming to you and that everything you need is magically there for you when you need it. From then on, all you have to do is stay alert to that which is in front of you until, one day, when Great Mystery opens her arms wide in the form of a feeling you've rarely experienced and probably forgotten about. Your innocence will return, and life - the life you were truly meant to live - becomes an adventure once again.

From The Code ~ Intentions in Action

My intention for today is:
I intend that whatever needs to be known is revealed to me in the moment I need to know it, or sooner.

Stay Positive

I see good, say good, and do good. I accept the gifts from all of my experiences. I am living in grace and gratitude. I stay positive.

It is within each of us to create our ideal by starting from where we are in this moment and expressing our gratitude for all things. We can change our thoughts, and change our lives, and change our world by becoming a perpetual optimist and lifting our Spirits to the heights.

"What agreements have you and I made?" I asked, after awhile. "I really don't remember them."

When he turned to face me, I felt like he was looking right through me. "Long ago, we made a pact, you and I, to come together so that I could assist you in your time of reawakening. Your path led you to Earth at this place and time where you fell asleep to the true knowledge of who you are and what you came here to do. Once, we walked by the northern seashore as brothers, and it was there you asked me to meet you here on this mountain to deliver you a message - a particular Intent of The Code."

"And what is the message, Chief Seattle?"

"I am to remind you to Stay Positive, my brother."

"Stay Positive?" I repeated.

"Yes, Robert, just as you did when you faced into that rogue storm moments ago. You stayed positive when you could have just as easily cursed Great Oneness, given up, and lain your body down to die. Instead, something deep within you allowed you to handle the crisis without complaint or reverting back to your old negative ways of thinking. You stayed positive and laughed, and in doing so, you created a way out for yourself."

"Wait a minute," I said. "Are you telling me that I had something to do with making it out of that storm alive? That doesn't make any sense. I was totally at the mercy of it all!"

"But here you are now. Alive and well. How do you explain that?"

"I don't know. Luck, I guess."

He laughed so loud it echoed throughout the entire g<snip>. It sounded like we were surrounded by a hundred Indians. I couldn't help but laugh some more myself.

"You did it, Robert," he said, after we quieted down. "This much I know. It wasn't luck that saved you, it was the Fifth Intent."

"The Fifth Intent?"

"Yes, my brother. Even if you don't know it, you tapped into the Fifth Intent. You chose to Stay Positive while everything around you was falling apart."

"I did?"

"Yes," he answered. "Unlike many who would have allowed their doubts and negative thoughts to take over and ruin their lives, you held steadfast to a positive outcome and trusted that you would be okay."

Chief Seattle was reinforcing what Grandmother had told me. It occurred to me that they were talking about the same thing, but coming at it from different angles so I would be sure to get the point.

"You see, Robert," he continued, "everything in your world exists because someone thought of it first. Your thoughts are immeasurably more powerful than you give them credit for. The Fifth Intent has been hidden from you so that others could keep you under their thumbs. But now, it is time for your people to fly free like the eagles, and it is for you to play a part in this by teaching them how to Stay Positive."

"And just how do I do that?" As with the other Intents, I was confused at first.

"By telling them what happened to you out there in the storm. You see, my brother, as they begin to view their challenges as gifts instead, they will eventually come to realize that it's wise for them to remain positive, even when they're in the middle of a crisis."

"I don't think most people are ready to hear that yet, Chief... I said.

"The biggest barrier you'll run into, Robert, is that many of your people have gotten into the habit of negative thinking. They have yet to realize that when they think negative, unserving, or harmful thoughts, that those thoughts create negative or harmful events. On the other hand, if they'd begin to put more of their attention on positive thoughts, thoughts of goodness and gratitude, then their lives - and their world - will change for the better.

From The Code ~ The Reunion : A Parable for Peace

My intention for today is:
I intend that I am seeing myself, my friends, and my world in the highest light imaginable.

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