Intention and Attention

Choice is the act of deciding upon or picking between two or more possibilities.

I remember, as a child, choosing between 31 flavors of ice cream and it was tough. My child’s pallet however, gave me only three choices: vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. The point is a long time ago, 31 flavors represented an obscene condition for choice.

Times have changed. Now, the list of options is almost infinite in cars, houses, clothes, phones, food, the list of choices for everything in life is dizzying. Of course, stuff…

material things, are different from the vast array of decisions required for career, relationship, location to live, as well as all the possibilities for physical and mental health and well-being.

So, how do you do it, i.e., “…make the choice”?

I create for a living. Looking back, it doesn’t feel like much of a choice. I remember my earliest memories centered around visualization, you know, make believe. I was never short of any tool necessary to empower the thought. A stick became a gun, my bed became a car I would slide under to work on, the tree felt just like the power pole I saw the phone guy climb. It was from this practice of pretending that I discovered principles which served me in my adult life as a creator.

Yes, “fine”, you say, “what’s this got to do with choice?” Everything.

The ability to see what you want or need, even if you do not “believe” you can get it is the first step of creation. It is out of this act that you “Intend”. Intention is, “…conceptions formed by directing the mind towards an object”. This is the point at which choice enters the picture, for now you will be faced with a direct confrontation with your belief system and out of it you will choose your course of action, to either proceed on the path toward your vision, or to chuck over your shoulder as a mere pipe dream.

Belief is huge, but the choice you make out of it is final and that is sobering. What if your belief is inaccurate? What if your belief is based upon what you had for breakfast and you are experiencing heartburn and are not in the clearest frame of mind.

The “choice” you make is probabilistically final. Why?

“Out of sight, out of mind”, remember that one?

If you are not thinking about it, not feeling it in your heart or gut, then it’s not happening.

Ok, you are zeroed in on your vision, now what? If desire is the birthplace of vision, and vision (seeing it or feeling it) is married to your belief system of possibility, the final action is “Attention”. Focus is the magnet which draws both you and your vision into your reality. It is very important to remember that this works for positive as well as negative thoughts. Neither is right or wrong, but if you are feeling like a victim and do not like being one, then poll your overall thought process.

Are you the “glass half full” or “glass half empty” soul. If you want or desire an object or experience or chance, but your first thought is “… I could never have it” you are absolutely right. The trick is to realize you are a victim of your mind, not your circumstance or environment. The sobering reality is your choices have got you to this moment.

There is a universal law which goes something like this:

“You are a living magnet, you invariably attract into your life the people, situations, and circumstances that are in harmony with your dominant thoughts. You can change your life because you can change your thoughts.” Brian Tracy “The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success”