In fact, the higher your energy field
resonates, the more you’re able to impact others with your own healing
energy. (See Chapter 13 for a more thorough treatment of healing and
intention.) Become aware of your own amazing capacity to affect the
healing and health of those around you simply by the silent presence of
your high-energy connection to intention. This is a literal energy that
emanates from you. In the hopes that you will recognize the importance of raising your
energy level, I’m going to conclude this chapter with a look at how our
entire civilization is impacted when energy levels are synchronized with the
Source of our Creation. This will require an open mind and a bit of
stretching on your part; however, it’s something that I know is true, and I’d
be remiss if I left it out. It may appear peculiar or even outlandish to some
who fail to see the ways in which all of us on this planet are connected and
therefore impact each other from distances not discernible by our senses. Your Impact on the Consciousness 
of All of Humanity
Many years ago I was with one of my daughters as she completed a
lengthy program in the wilderness to help her deal more effectively with
some of her teenage dilemmas. The last thing the counselor at the
wilderness camp said to her was, “Remember at all times that what you
think and what you do affects other people.” This is true even beyond the
impact we have on our friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers. I believe
that we impact all of humanity. Thus, as you read this section, keep in mind
that what you think and do affects all other people.In Power vs. Force, Dr. David Hawkins writes: “In this interconnected
universe, every improvement we make in our private world improves the
world at large for everyone. We all float on the collective level of
consciousness of mankind, so that any increment we add comes back to us. We all add to our common buoyancy by our efforts to benefit life. It is a
scientific fact that what is good for you is good for me.” Dr. Hawkins has
backed up his remarks and conclusions with 29 years of hard research,
which I invite you to examine if you’re so inclined. I’ll briefly summarize
some of these conclusions and how they relate to the impact you have on
others when you’re connected to intention. In essence, every single person as well as large groups of people can be
calibrated for their energy levels. Generally speaking, low-energy people
cannot distinguish truth from falsehood. They can be told how to think,
whom to hate, whom to kill; and they can be herded into a group-think
mentality based on such trivial details as what side of the river they were
born on, what their parents and their grandparents believed, the shape of
their eyes, and hundreds of other factors having to do with appearance and
total identification with their material world. Hawkins tells us that
approximately 87 percent of humanity calibrates at a collective energy level
that weakens them. The higher up the ladder of frequency vibration, the
fewer people there are in those high levels. The highest levels are
represented by the truly great persons who originated spiritual patterns that
multitudes have followed throughout the ages. They’re associated with
divinity, and they set in motion attractor energy fields that influence all of
humankind. Just below the energy level of pure enlightenment are the energy levels
associated with the experience designated as transcendence, self-realization,
or God consciousness. Here’s where those who are called saintly reside. Just below this level is the place of pure joy, and the hallmark of this state is
compassion. Those who attain this level have more of a desire to use their
consciousness for the benefit of life itself rather than for particular
individuals. Below these supremely high levels, which few ever attain in a permanent
way, are the levels of unconditional love, kindness, acceptance of everyone,beauty appreciation, and on a more limited but nonetheless profound level,
all of the seven faces of intention described in the opening chapters of this
book. Below the levels of energy that strengthen us are the low energy
levels of anger, fear, grief, apathy, guilt, hatred, judgment, and shame—all
of which weaken and impact us in such a way as to inhibit our connection
to the universal energy level of intention. What I’d like you to do here is take a leap of faith with me, while I
present a few of the conclusions that Dr. Hawkins came to in his second
book, called The Eye of the I. Through his precise kinesiological testing for
truth versus falsehood, he’s calibrated the approximate number of people
whose energy is at or below the level that weakens. I’d like you to consider
his findings and conclusions relative to your impact on civilization. Dr.
Hawkins suggests that it’s crucial for each of us to be aware of the
significance of raising our frequency of vibration to the level where we
begin to match up with the energy of the universal Source, or in other
words, make our connection to the power of intention. One of the most fascinating aspects of this line of research is the idea of
counterbalancing. High-energy people counterbalance the negative effect of
low-energy people. But it doesn’t happen on a one-to-one basis because of
that 87 percent of humanity that’s in the lower weakening frequencies. One
person connected to intention, as I’ve described it here in this book, can
have an enormous impact on many people in the lower energy patterns. The
higher up the scale you move toward actually being the light of
enlightenment and knowing God consciousness, the more negatively
vibrating energies you can counterbalance. Here are some fascinating
figures from Dr. Hawkins’s research for you to contemplate as you review
the impact you can have on humanity simply by being on the higher rungs
of the ladder to intention:
• One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy
of optimism and a willingness to be nonjudgmental of others
will counterbalance the negativity of 90,000 individuals who
calibrate at the lower weakening levels. • One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy
of pure love and reverence for all of life will counterbalancethe negativity of 750,000 individuals who calibrate at the lower
weakening levels. • One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy
of illumination, bliss, and infinite peace will counterbalance
the negativity of 10 million people who calibrate at the lower
weakening levels (approximately 22 such sages are alive
today). • One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy
of grace, pure spirit beyond the body, in a world of nonduality
or complete oneness, will counterbalance the negativity of 70
million people who calibrate at the lower weakening levels
(approximately 10 such sages are alive today). Here are two compelling statistics offered by Dr. Hawkins in his 29-year
study on the hidden determinants of human behavior:
1. One single avatar living at the highest level of
consciousness in this period of history to whom the title Lord
is appropriate, such as Lord Krishna, Lord Buddha, and Lord
Jesus Christ, would counterbalance the collective negativity of
all of mankind in today’s world. 2. The negativity of the entire human population
would self-destruct were it not for the counteracting effects of
these higher energy fields. The implications of these figures are immense for discovering ways of
improving human consciousness and raising ourselves to the place where
we match up with the same energy of intention from which we were
intended. By raising your own frequency of vibration only slightly to a
place where you regularly practice kindness, love, and receptivity, and
where you see beauty and the endless potential of good in others as well as
yourself, you counterbalance 90,000 people somewhere on this planet who
are living in the low-energy levels of shame, anger, hatred, guilt, despair,
depression, and so on. I can’t help thinking of John F. Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban missile
crisis in the 1960s. He was surrounded by advisors urging the use of nuclearbombs if necessary. Yet his own energy and that of a few trusted colleagues
who were steeped in the potential for a peaceful resolution served to
counterbalance the vast majority of those who pushed for attack and
bellicosity. One person with very high spiritual energy can put the
possibility of war into a last-resort category. This is true in your own life. Bring the energy of intention to the presence of conflict even in family
matters, and you can nullify and convert the lower antagonistic energy with
your presence. I’ve done this in a hostile setting where young people influenced by
alcohol and drugs were squaring off to fight while a crowd urged them on. On one occasion, I simply walked between two potential combatants
humming the song, “Surely the Presence of God Is in This Place,” and that
energy alone softened the atmosphere, raising the level of energy to peace. In another instance, I approached a woman who was immersed in having
an angry fit with her toddler in a grocery store and screaming hateful
epithets at the two-year-old. I quietly moved into the energy field, said
nothing, but radiated my desire for a higher energy of love, and it nullified
the low energy of hatred. 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. This works everywhere, so be a part
of the counterbalance to the human negativity you encounter in your life. Five Suggestions for Implementing the Ideas 
in This Chapter
1. Become aware of the importance of making all of
your relationships divine. The holy relationship isn’t based on
any religion. The holy relationship emphasizes the unfolding of
Spirit in everyone. Your children are spiritual beings who come
through you, not for you. Your love relationship can focus on
wanting for your partner what you want for yourself. If you
want freedom, want it for everyone you love. If you want
abundance, want it first for others. If you want happiness, want
it more for others, and let them know it. The more you haveholiness as the centerpiece of your relationships, the more
you’ll merge with intention. 2. When a question of morality arises concerning
how you should act toward others, simply ask yourself, What
would the Messiah do? This inner inquiry returns you to the
tranquility of intention. The Messiah represents the seven faces
of intention all manifested in a spiritual being having a human
experience. 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. 3. Keep track of the judgments you direct toward
yourself and others. Make a conscious effort to shift to
compassionate thoughts and feelings. Offer a silent blessing to
beggars rather than judging them as lazy or a drain on the
economy. Your thoughts of compassion raise your level of
energy and facilitate your staying connected to intention. Be
compassionate toward everyone you meet, all of humanity, the
entire kingdom of animal life, and our planet and cosmos as
well. In return, the universal Source of all life will bestow
compassion upon you, helping you manifest your own
individual intention. It’s the law of attraction. Send out
compassion, attract it back, send out hostility and judgment,
attract it back. Watch your thoughts, and when they’re anything
other than compassionate, change them! 4. Whatever others want, want it for them so strongly
that you disperse this energy outward and act from this level of
spiritual consciousness. Attempt to feel what would make
others most happy and fulfilled. Then send the high energy of
intention to that feeling and concentrate on beaming this
energy outward, particularly while in their presence. This will
help to create a doubly high field for such intentions to
manifest.5. Be continually alert to the fact that simply by
thinking and feeling in harmony with the seven faces of
intention, you’ll be counterbalancing the collective negativity
of a minimum of 90,000 people, and perhaps millions. Nothing
to do. No one to convert. No goals to accomplish. Nothing
more than raising your own energy level to the creative, kind,
loving, beautiful, ever-expanding, endlessly abundant, and
receptive-to-all-without-judgment frequencies. These inner
attitudes will raise you to the level where your presence will
impact humanity in a positive way. In Autobiography of a Yogi,
Swami Sri Yukteswar tells Paramahansa Yogananda: “The
deeper the self-realization of a man, the more he influences the
whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less
he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux.”
You have a responsibility to the entire human family to stay
connected to intention. Otherwise you could be depressing
someone in Bulgaria right at this moment! With these words, Mahatma Gandhi sums up this chapter on how we can
impact the world by staying connected to that which intended us here in the
first place: “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.” By being
it, we connect to the eternal part of us that originates in infinity. This whole
idea of infinity and coming to grips with how it affects our ability to know
and employ the power of intention is vastly mysterious. It’s the subject
matter for the final chapter in Part I of this book. We’ll explore infinity from
a body and a mind that begins and ends in time, yet somehow knows that
the I that is in here has always been and always will be. OceanofPDF.comINTENTION 
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INFINITY
“Eternity is not the hereafter . . . this is it. If you don’t get it here, you won’t get it anywhere.”
 
— Joseph Campbell
Please indulge me in a little exercise right here, right now. Put this book
down, and say out loud: I’m not from here. Let the meaning of the words be
clear to you. The meaning is that you are in this world, but not of this world. You’ve been taught that who you are is a body with your name, made up of
molecules, bones, tissue, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen. You know
yourself as the person with your particular name, and you identify yourself
as the person with the possessions and achievements that you’ve
accumulated. This self also possesses some terrifying information. It knows
that if it’s lucky, it’s destined to grow old, get sick, and lose everything that
it’s grown to love. Then it will die. This is a shortened version of what the
world has offered you, which probably leaves you mystified and
flabbergasted at the absurdity of this thing we call life. Into this bleak
picture, which inspires fear and even terror, I’d like to introduce a concept
that will eliminate the terror. I want you to know that you needn’t subscribeto the idea that you are only this collection of bones and tissues, destined to
be annihilated in an aging process. You’ve emerged from a universal field of Creation that I’ve been calling
intention. In a sense, this universal mind is totally impersonal. It is pure
love, fondness, beauty, and creativity, always expanding and endlessly
abundant. You emanated from this universal mind. And as I keep telling
you, universal means everywhere and at all times. In other words, infinite. As long as your wishes are aligned with the forward movement of this
everlasting principle, there’s nothing in nature to restrict you from attaining
the fulfillment of those wishes. It’s only when you choose to allow ego to
oppose the expanding, receptive forward movement of the infinite mind of
intention that the realization of your wishes doesn’t feel fulfilling. Life itself
is eternal, and you spring from this infinite no thing called life. Your ability
to connect to the eternal and live in the here-and-now will determine your
staying connected to intention. Life Is Eternal
We all live on a stage where many infinities gather. Just take a look
outside tonight and contemplate the infinity of space. There are stars so
distant from you that they’re measured in the distance that light travels in an
Earthly year. Beyond those stars that you can see are endless galaxies that
stretch out into something we call eternity. Indeed, the space that you
occupy is infinite. Its vastness is too huge for us to see. We’re in an infinite,
never-ending, never-beginning universe. Now pay close attention to this next sentence. If life is infinite, then this is
not life. Read that again and consider that life truly is infinite. We can see
this in everything that we scrupulously observe. Therefore, we must
conclude that life, in terms of our body and all of its achievements and
possessions, which without exception begins and ends in dust, isn’t life
itself. Grasping life’s true essence could radically change your life for the
better. This is an enormous inner shift that eliminates fear of death (how can
you fear something that can’t exist?) and connects you permanently to the
infinite Source of Creation that intends everything from the world of
infinite Spirit, into a finite world. Learn to be comfortable with the concept
of infinity, and see yourself as an infinite being.While we’re in this finite world of beginnings and endings, the power of
intention maintains its infinite nature because it’s eternal. Anything you
experience as other than eternal is simply not life. It’s an illusion created by
your ego, which strives to maintain a separate address and identity from its
infinite Source. This shift toward seeing yourself as an infinite spiritual
being having a human experience, rather than the reverse—that is, a human
being having an occasional spiritual experience, is loaded with fear for most
people. I urge you to look at those fears and face them directly right now;
the result will be a permanent connection to the abundance and receptivity
of the universal Source that intends all of Creation into temporary form. Your Fear of the Infinite
We are all in bodies that are going to die, and we know this, yet we can’t
imagine it for ourselves, so we behave as if it weren’t so. It’s almost as if
we’re saying to ourselves, Everybody dies but me. This is attributable to
what Freud observed. Our death is unimaginable, so we simply deny it and
live our lives as if we weren’t going to die . . . because of the terror that our
own death instills. As I sat down to write this chapter, I said to a friend that
my goal was to leave the reader with a complete absence of the fear of
death. Let me know if it touches you in that way, even on a minor scale. When I was a seven-year-old, I lived with my older brother, David, in a
foster home at 231 Townhall Road, in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. The people
who took us in while my mother worked to reunite her family were named
Mr. and Mrs. Scarf. I remember this as if it occurred yesterday. David and I
were sitting on the back porch of our home, and Mrs. Scarf came outside
with two bananas in her hand and tears flowing down her face. She gave us
each a banana, saying, “Mr. Scarf died this morning.” It was the first time
I’d experienced the concept of death connected to a human being. In my
seven-year-old naïveté, I asked her, attempting to soothe her obvious pain,
“When will he be back?” Mrs. Scarf responded with one word that I’ve
never forgotten. She simply said, “Never.”
I went upstairs to my bunk, peeled my banana, and lay there attempting
to comprehend the concept of never. What did being dead forever really
mean? I could have handled a thousand years, or even a billion light years,
but the idea of never was so overwhelming, with its no ending, and more noending, that I was almost sick to my stomach. What did I do to handle this
incomprehensible idea of never? Simple, I forgot about it and went on about
the business of being seven years old in a foster home. This is what
Castaneda meant when he said that we’re all in bodies on their way to
dying, but we behave as if they’re not, and this is our greatest downfall. Your own death. Essentially, there are two points of view regarding this
dilemma of your own death. The first says that we’re physical bodies that
are born and we go on to live for a while; and then ultimately we
deteriorate, our flesh wears out, and then we die and are dead forever. This
first perspective, if you embrace it either consciously or otherwise, is
terrifying from our alive viewpoint. Unless you embrace the second point of
view, it’s completely understandable that you fear death. Or you may
welcome it if you hate or fear life. The second point of view says very
simply that you’re eternal, an infinite soul in a temporary expression of
flesh. This second point of view says that only your physical body dies, that
you were whole and perfect as you were created, and that your physicalness
emanated from the universal mind of intention. That universal mind was
and is formless—it’s the pure energy of love, beauty, kindness, and
creativity, and it can’t die, since there’s no form involved—no form, no
death, no boundaries, no deterioration, no flesh, no possibility of it wasting
away. Now which of these two points of view gives you the most comfort? Which is associated with peace and love? Which invokes fear and anxiety? Obviously the idea of your infinite self keeps you on friendly terms with
infinity. Knowing you’re first and foremost an infinite being consciously
connecting with your Source, which is eternal and omnipresent, is surely
the more comforting prospect. Because of its infinite nature, it’s
everywhere, and it then follows that the whole of Spirit must be present at
every point in space at the same moment. Thus, Spirit is present in its entirety everywhere, which includes you. You
can never, ever be separate from it. You’ll learn to laugh at the absurd idea
that you could ever be separate from the universal mind. It’s your Source.You are it. God is the mind through which you think and exist. It’s always
connected to you, even if you don’t believe in it. Even an atheist doesn’t
have to believe in God to experience God. The question then becomes, not
whether your body is going to die, but rather, on what side of infinity you
wish to live. You have two choices, either you live on the inactive or the
active side of infinity. In either case, you have an appointment with infinity,
and there’s no way to avoid it. Your appointment with infinity. Reread the Joseph Campbell quote at
the beginning of this chapter. Eternity is now! Right now, right here, you’re
an infinite being. Once you get past the fear of death as an end, you merge
with the infinite and feel the comfort and relief that this realization brings. We identify everything in this material world through a space-time
continuum. Yet infinity has no preference for time and space. You aren’t the
elements that make up your body; you merely make use of the elements. You go beyond space and time and are merged with the infinite universal
mind. If you haven’t recognized it, it’s because of your fear. You can keep
your appointment with infinity while you’re in your temporary body, with
its slavish adherence to time and space. My objective in this chapter is to
help you realize and do this. If you make this merger, I assure you of a life
without fear of death. Let’s take a look at both of the elements in the space/time prison in which
we find our material bodies and all of its treasures. The factor of space
means that we’re experiencing separation from everyone and everything. This is my space as defined by my boundaries; those are your spaces. Even
your most cherished soul mate lives in a world apart from yours. No matter
how close in space you get, the boundaries are separate. In space, we’re
always separate. Trying to imagine an infinite world without space and
separation is extremely difficult, until we make our appointment with
infinity. Time is also a factor of separation. We’re separated from all of the events
and memories of our past. Everything that has happened is separate from
what’s happening right now. The future is also separate from the here-and-now where we’re living. We can’t know the future, and the past is lost to us. Therefore, we’re separated from everything that ever was or ever will be by
this mysterious illusion we call time. When your infinite soul leaves the body, it’s no longer subject to the
constraints of time and space. Separation can no longer interfere with you. So my question to you isn’t about whether you believe you have an
appointment with infinity. It’s about when you’re going to keep that
inevitable appointment. You can either do it now while you’re still alive in
your body in the illusion of time and space, or you can do it at death. If you
decide to make your appointment with infinity while you still live and
breathe, it’s like learning to die while you’re alive. Once you make this
transition to the active side of infinity, your fear of death dissolves and you
laugh at the folly of death. Understand your true essence, look death squarely in the face, and break
the shackles of slavery to that fear. You do not die. Announce it. Meditate on
it. Look at it from this angle: If you’re not an infinite being, what would be
the purpose of your life? Surely not going through the motions of being
born, working, accumulating, losing it all, getting sick, and dying. By
waking up to your infinite essence and staying connected to the seven faces
of intention, you begin to free yourself of the limitations your ego has
placed on you. You set in motion the guidance and assistance of the infinite
universal mind to work with you. And most of all, you feel the peace that
overtakes you when you expel your fear of death and mortality. I’m touched
by the stories of great spiritual teachers leaving this Earthly plane feeling
blissful and fearless. They banished all doubt, extricated all fear, and met
infinity head-on with grace. Here are the final words of a few of the people
I’ve long admired:
The hour I have long wished for is now come. — Teresa of Avila
 
Let us be kinder to one another. — Aldous Huxley 
If this is death, it is easier than life. — Robert Louis Stevenson
 
This is the last of earth! I am content. — John Quincy Adams
 
I shall hear in heaven. — Ludwig van Beethoven
 
Light, light, the world needs more light. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to
see. — William Blake
 
It is very beautiful over there. — Thomas Edison
 
Ram, Ram, Ram [God, God, God]. — Mahatma Gandhi
Why not write your own final words now and make your transition to
being an infinite being while you still occupy your body? As you consideryour appointment with infinity, look at how most of us live our lives. We
know we’re in a body that’s going to die, but we behave as if it’s not going
to happen to us. This viewpoint is from the inactive side of infinity where
we don’t see our connection to intention and our ability to stay in harmony
with our creative Spirit. Let’s examine the essential difference between
keeping your appointment with infinity now, or at your death. In one case,
you’ll be on the active side of infinity, and in the other, you’ll avoid it by
being on the inactive side. The Active vs. the Inactive Sides of Infinity
On the active side of infinity, you’re fully cognizant that you’re in a body
that’s going to die. Furthermore, your inner knowing is that you aren’t that
body, its mind, or any of its achievements and possessions. On this active
side of infinity, you have a good grip on that trolley strap I described earlier,
which is connected to intent, and you’re an observer of all your sensory
experiences. This may not sound like a big deal to you; however, I assure
you that once you move your inner awareness to the active side of infinity,
you’ll begin to notice miraculous happenings in your daily life. On this
active side of infinity, you are first and foremost an infinite spiritual being
having a temporary human experience, and you do all of your living in all
of your relationships from this perspective. On the inactive side of infinity,
your experience of life is quite the opposite. Here, you’re first and foremost
a human being having an occasional spiritual experience. Your life is guided
by a fear of death, a separation from others, a competitive style, and a need
to dominate and be a winner. The inactive side of infinity separates you
from the power of intention. Here are some of the distinctions that I see between those who live in the
active side of infinity and those who deny their eternal nature and opt for
the inactive side of infinity:
 
A sense of destiny. In the active side of infinity, your connection to
intention will no longer be thought of as an option, but as a calling that you
must heed. The inactive side of infinity leads you to see life as chaotic,purposeless, and meaningless, while your position on the active side of
infinity leads you to fulfill a destiny that you feel deep within you. When I look back at my life, I realize that my sense of destiny was
directing me at an early age. I’ve known since I was a child that I could
manifest abundance into my life. While sitting in high school and college
classrooms where I was bored to death by teachers who conveyed their lack
of passion in their dreary presentations, I dreamed of talking to large
audiences. I vowed in those youthful days that I’d live my passion, and
somehow knew that I was here for a reason. I couldn’t allow anyone or
anything to deter me from my path. I’ve always sensed that I’m really an
infinite soul, disguised at various times as a husband, father, author,
lecturer, and balding six-foot-plus American male. Because I live on the
active side of infinity, I have a sense of destiny that won’t allow me to die
with my music still in me. You can make the same kinds of choices. Just let go of the idea that
you’re a body that’s destined to die, and instead seek an awareness of your
immortal self. On the active side of infinity, you’ll find your greater self, of
which a small part has materialized as your body. I guarantee you that
simply recognizing yourself as an infinite and therefore indestructible
being, your connection to intention and the ability to manifest all that you
desire within the confines of your universal Source will become your
reality. There’s no other way. Your sense of destiny lets you know that you’re playing this game of life
on the active side of infinity. Prior to accessing your sense of destiny, your
motivation was what you wanted out of life and what you’d like to do. On
the active side of infinity, you realize that it’s time to do what your destiny
intended you to do. Wallowing around hoping things will work out, waiting
for your luck to change, and hoping others will come through for you no
longer feels right. Your sense of destiny allows you to realize, I am eternal,
andthat means that I showed up here from the infinitude of spiritual
intention to fulfill a destiny that I must act on. You begin stating your
objectives in the language of intention, knowing they’ll materialize. You
enlist the power of intention to keep you on track. It can’t fail because
there’s no failure in the infinite.This 13th-century poem may inspire you to know you have your destiny:
You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly. — Rumi
If Rumi composed his poem from the inactive side of infinity, his words
might be more like the following. You are an accident of nature. You are subject to the laws of luck and chance. You can be pushed around easily. Your dreams are meaningless. You were meant to live an ordinary life. You have no wings. So forget about flying and stay grounded. A sense of the possible. Creation acts upon the everlasting possibility
that anything that is thought of, can be. Consider some of the numerous
great inventions, which we take for granted today: airplanes, electric lights,
telephones, television, fax machines, computers. They’re all the result of
creative ideas by individuals who ignored the ridicule they encountered
while they stayed focused on possible rather than impossible. In other
words, a sense of the possible grows in the fertile terrain of the active side
of infinity.I have here in my writing space a wonderful account of four children who
refused to allow the word impossible into their hearts:
Eddie was born without hands or feet. At age five, he went to South
Africa and saw a mountain he wanted to climb; he climbed it in three hours. And at age 13, he decided to play a trombone. He sees no reason why he
shouldn’t achieve whatever he sets out to do. He lives on the active side of
infinity, consulting that world of infinite possibilities. Abby was desperately ill and needed a heart transplant. When she saw her
mother crying, she told her, “Mommy don’t cry, I’m going to get better.” At
the 11th hour, a heart miraculously became available, and Abby is better. Abby’s intention came from that world of infinite possibilities. It’s the
active side of infinity where intentions manifest. Stephanie was five years old when she came down with meningitis and
had to have both of her legs amputated. Today at age 12, she rides her own
bicycle and has dreams that go way beyond those of most teenagers who
possess all of their limbs. Her personal slogan is: Push to the limit. After two major heart operations while just a toddler, the doctors told
little Frankie’s parents that they could do no more. Frankie lived only
because she was on a life-support machine. When her parents were advised
to have the machine turned off because Frankie couldn’t survive and would
only suffer, they finally agreed. But Frankie survived. She was somehow on
the active side of the world of infinite possibilities. The caption beneath her
photo says it all: You didn’t think you could get rid of me that easily, did
you? The power of intention involves staying on the active side of infinite
possibilities. George Bernard Shaw, who was still creating into his 90s, has
been quoted as saying, “You see things as they are and you say, ‘Why?’ But
I dream things that never were, and I say ‘Why not?’” Think of Shaw’s
words as you practice staying on the active side of infinity and seeing the
infinite possibilities that are available to all of us. A sense of awe. You have to admit that just the concept of infinity is
awesome. No beginning. No ending. Everywhere at once. No time. And all
of it here and now. The fact that you’re a part of this infinite universe and
that you emerged into the finite is mind-boggling. It defies description. The
active side of infinity inspires a sense of awe. When you’re in a state of
awe, you’re in a persistent state of gratitude. Perhaps the surest way to
happiness and fulfillment in life is to thank and praise your Source for
everything that happens to you. Then, even when a calamity arises, you can
be assured that you’ll turn it into a blessing. In the inactive side of infinity, you assume that you’re only here
temporarily, and therefore you have no obligation to the universe, the
planet, or its inhabitants. By denying your infinite nature, you move through
life taking everyday miracles for granted. As you become acquainted with
your eternal nature, you have a very different point of view. You’re in a
persistent state of gratitude for all that shows up. This state is the secret to
fulfilling your own individual human intentions, and without it, all of your
most sincere efforts will amount to naught. Being in a state of gratitude actually creates magnetism, and of course, a
magnet draws things to itself. By giving authentic thanks for all the good
you now have, as well as the challenges, through this magnetism you’ll start
the flow of more good into your life. Every successful person I know is
grateful for everything they have. This process of giving thanks opens the
door for more to come. It’s how being in active infinity works. Your sense
of awe at all of the miracles you see around you allows you to think, see,
and live more of these miraculous occurrences. In contrast, a state of
ingratitude stops the infinite flow of abundance and health. It’s a door
closer. A sense of humility. The active side of infinity fosters a sense of
humility. When humility enters your soul, you know that you’re not alone in
this world, because you sense the heart of the power of intention, which is
in each and everyone of us. To quote the Talmud, “Even if you be otherwise
perfect, you fail without humility.” When you embrace the active side ofinfinity, you’re looking at something so enormous that your little ego is
dwarfed in the process. You’re looking out at forever, and your little life is
but a tiny parenthesis in eternity. One of the reasons for so much contemporary depression and ennui is the
inability to see ourselves connected to something greater and more
important than our own puny egos. Young people whose primary focus is
on their possessions, their appearance, their reputations with their peers—in
short, their own egos—have very little sense of humility. When the only
thing you have to think about is yourself and how you appear to others,
you’ve distanced yourself from the power of intention. If you want to feel
connected to your own purpose, know this for certain: Your purpose will
only be found in service to others, and in being connected to something far
greater than your body/mind/ego. I always told my young clients in counseling who were desperate for
approval from their peers that the more they chase after approval, the more
they’ll be disapproved of because no one wants to be around those who beg
for approval. People who receive the most approval are unconcerned about
it. So, if you really want approval, stop thinking about yourself, and focus
on reaching out and helping others. The active side of infinity keeps you
humble. The inactive side of infinity keeps you focused on me, me, me, and
ultimately is a roadblock to your connection to intention. Wilhelm Stekel made a remarkable comment on the importance of
humility (which was quoted by J. D. Salinger in Catcher in the Rye). Stekel
wrote: “The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a
cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for
one.”
 
A sense of generosity. If asked, Why do you give us light and warmth? I
believe that the sun would answer, It’s my nature to do so. We must be like
the sun, and locate and dispense our giving nature. When you’re on the
active side of infinity, giving is your nature. The more you give of yourself, no matter how little, the more you open
the door for life to pour in. This not only compensates you for your gift, italso increases the desire to give, and consequently the ability to receive as
well. When you’re on the inactive side of infinity, you view life in terms of
shortages, and hoarding becomes a way of living. Generosity, as well as the
inclination to reach your intentions, is lost when you think in these terms. If
you can’t see an infinite universe, with infinite supply, and infinite time and
an infinite Source, you’ll be inclined to hoard and be stingy. The power of
intention is paradoxically experienced through what you’re willing to give
to others. Intention is a field of energy, which is emanating in infinite
supply. What can you give if you don’t have money to give? I love Swami
Sivananda’s advice, and I encourage you to consider it here. Everything that
he suggests, you own in infinite amounts. The best thing to give
your enemy is forgiveness;
to an opponent, tolerance;
to a friend, your heart;
to your child, a good example;
to your father, deference;
to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you;
to your self, respect;
to all men, charity. Make giving a way of life. It is, after all, what Source and nature do
eternally. I’ve heard it said about nature that trees bend low with ripened
fruit; clouds hang down with gentle rain; noble men bow graciously. This is
the way of generous things. A sense of knowing. Your infinite Source of intention has no doubt. It
knows, and consequently it acts upon that knowing. This is what will
happen for you when you live on the active side of infinity. All doubt flies
out of your heart forever. As an infinite being in a temporary human form,
you’ll identify yourself primarily on the basis of your spiritual nature.This sense of knowing that comes from the active side of infinity means
that you no longer think in terms of limits. You are the Source. The Source
is unlimited. It knows no boundaries; it’s endlessly expansive, and endlessly
abundant. This is what you are, too. Discarding doubt is a decision to
reconnect to your original self. This is the mark of people who live self-
actualized lives. They think in no-limit, infinite ways. One of the no-limit
qualities is the ability to think and act as if what they’d like to have is
already present. This is another one of my ten secrets for success and inner
peace in the book of the same title. The power of intention is so doubt-
deficient that when you’re connected to it, your sense of knowing sees what
you’d like to have as already present. There are no contrary opinions
whatsoever. Here’s my advice for accessing the power of intention: Stay on the active
side of the infinite, where all of the energy for creation exists in everlasting
supply. Night and day, dream of what you intend to do and what you intend
to be, and those dreams will interpret your intentions. Let no doubt into
your dreams and intentions. The dreamers are the saviors of the world. Just
as the visible world is sustained by the invisible, so too do the
manifestations of man find nourishment in the visions of our solitary
dreamers. Be one of those dreamers. A sense of passion. The Greeks have given us one of the most beautiful
words of our language: enthusiasm. The word enthusiasm translates to “a
God within.” Within you is an infinite passionate soul that wishes to express
itself. It’s the God within you, urging you to fulfill a deep sense of what you
were meant to be. All of our acts are measured by the inspiration from
which they originate. When your acts display the faces of intention, they
spring from a God residing within you. This is enthusiasm. When you
emulate the power of intention, this is where you’ll feel the passion you
were intended to feel and live. The beauty of feeling passionate and enthusiastic is the glorious feeling
of joy and cheerfulness that comes along with it. Nothing provides me with
more joy than sitting here and writing to you from my heart. Ienthusiastically allow these teachings to come through me from the Source
of all intention, the universal mind of all creativity. Put quite simply, I feel
good, I’m in a cheerful mood, and my inspiration provides me with joy. If
you want to feel great, look into the mirror, say to your image, I am eternal;
this image will fade, but I am infinite. I am here temporarily for a reason. I
will be passionate about all that I do. Then just notice how you feel as you
stare at your reflection. Being cheerful is a wondrous side benefit of
enthusiasm. It comes from being in the active side of infinity where there’s
absolutely nothing to feel bad about. A sense of belonging. In a world that lasts forever, you certainly must
belong! The active side of infinity inspires not only a strong sense of
belonging, but a strong feeling of connectedness to everyone and everything
in the cosmos. It’s impossible for you not to belong, because your presence
here is evidence that a divine universal Source intended you here. Yet when
you live on the inactive side of infinity, you feel a sense of alienation from
others. Your idea that this is all temporary and that you aren’t a piece of
God’s infinite perfection leads you to self-doubt, anxiety, self-rejection,
depression, and so many more of the low energies I’ve written about
throughout this book. All it takes is a shift to infinite awareness to leave that
feeling of misery. As Sivananda taught his devotees:
All life is one. The world is one home. All are members of one human family. All creation is an organic whole. No
Man is independent of this whole. Man
Makes himself miserable by separating
Himself from others. Separation is death. Unity is eternal life. This concludes my ideas on the active and inactive side of infinity. I urge
you to remind yourself every day, as frequently as possible, of your infinite
nature. It may sound like merely an intellectual shift of minor consequence,but I assure you that staying on the active side of infinity and reminding
yourself of it regularly will put you in a position to manifest your desires. Of all the quotes on this subject I’ve read, this observation made by William
Blake stands out: “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything
would appear to man as it is: infinite.” Remember, we’re attempting to
clean up the connecting link between ourselves and the field of intention. Five Suggestions for Implementing the Ideas 
in This Chapter
1. Since you already know that you have an
appointment with infinity and that you’re ultimately required to
leave this corporeal world behind, make the decision to do so
sooner, rather than later. In fact today, right now, is a great
time to keep that appointment, and get it over with once and
for all. Simply announce to yourself: I’m no longer identified
by this body/mind, and I reject this label from this moment on. I’m infinite. I’m one with all of humanity. I’m one with my
Source, and this is how I choose to view myself from this day
forward. 2. Repeat this mantra to yourself each day as you
remind yourself that God wouldn’t and couldn’t create
something that doesn’t last: I will exist for all eternity. Just as
love is eternal, so is this my true nature. I’ll never be afraid
again, because I am forever. This kind of inner affirmation
aligns you on the active side of infinity and erases doubts about
your authentic higher identity. 3. In a meditative stance, consider the two choices of
belief on this concept of infinity. You are in the truest sense, as
I’ve said previously, either a human being having an occasional
spiritual experience, or an infinite spiritual being having a
temporary human experience. Which of those gives you a
feeling of love? And which inspires fear? Now, since love is
our true nature and the Source of all, anything that creates fear
can’t be real. As you see, the feeling of love is associated with
yourself as an infinite being. Then you must rely on this feelingto tell you the truth. Your place in the active side of infinity
assures you of a feeling of security, love, and permanent
connection to intention. 4. In any moment in which you find yourself thinking
low-energy thoughts of fear, despair, worry, sadness, anxiety,
guilt, and so on, just for a moment stop and consider whether
this makes any sense from the perspective of the active side of
infinity. Knowing that you’re here forever, and always
connected to your Source, will give you an entirely new
outlook. In the context of infinity, living any moment of your
life in anything other than appreciation and love is a waste of
your life energy. You can quickly dissipate those lower
energies and simultaneously connect to the power of intention
by cleansing those lenses of perception and seeing everything
as it is—infinite, as William Blake suggested. 5. Take a few moments to reflect on the people you
were close to and loved who have crossed over. Being aware of
your infinite nature, and staying in infinity’s active side, allows
you to feel the presence of these souls, who can’t die and did
not die. In John O’Donohue’s book of Celtic wisdom called
Anam Cara, he offers these words with which I not only
concur, but I know to be true from my own personal
experience:
I believe that our friends among the dead really mind us
and look out for us . . . we might be able to link up in a very
creative way with our friends in the invisible world. We do
not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for
them? They are now in a place where there is no more
shadow, darkness, loneliness, isolation or pain. They are
home. They are with God from whom they came. You can not only communicate with and feel the presence of those
who’ve crossed over, you yourself can die while you’re alive and rid
yourself now of these shadows and darkness, by living in the active side of
infinity. This concludes Part I of The Power of Intention. Part II will be a series of
chapters describing how to put this new connection to intention to work in a
variety of ways in your life. As with the first part, read on with a mind that
is not only open to the possibility of your achieving all that you can
imagine, but to knowing that on the active side of infinity all things are
possible. Now, you tell me what that leaves out! OceanofPDF.comPUTTING 
INTENTION 
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“We are already one and we imagine we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. Whatever we have to be is what we are.”
 
— Thomas Merton
OceanofPDF.comIT IS 
MY INTENTION TO: 
RESPECT MYSELF 
AT ALL TIMES
“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”
 
— Mark Twain
Here’s a simple truth to begin this chapter: You did not originate from a
material particle as you’ve been led to believe. Your conception at the
moment of your parents’ blissful commingling was not your beginning. You
had no beginning. That particle emanated from the universal energy field of
intention, as do all particles. You’re a piece of that universal mind of
Creation, and you must see God inside of you and view yourself as a divine
creation in order to access the power of intention in your life. Give this idea a healthy dose of your attention—right now in this moment
—as you read these words. Contemplate the enormity of what you’re
reading. You are a piece of God. You are a living, breathing creation that
emanated from the universal mind of the all-creating Source. You and God
are the same thing. Very simply put, when you love and trust yourself,
you’re loving and trusting the wisdom that created you; and when you fail
to love and trust yourself, you’re denying that infinite wisdom in favor ofyour own ego. It’s important here to remember that at every single moment
of your life, you have the choice to either be a host to God or a hostage to
your ego. Host or Hostage? Your ego is the set of beliefs that I’ve written about earlier in this book,
which define you as what you accomplish and accumulate in a material
sense. Your ego is solely responsible for the feelings of self-doubt and self-
repudiation that you may carry around. When you attempt to live by the
low-level standards of your ego, you’re a hostage to that very same ego. Your worth as a person is measured by your acquisitions and
accomplishments. If you have less stuff, you’re less valuable, and therefore
unworthy of respect from others. If others don’t respect you, and your value
depends on how others see you, then it’s unimaginable for you to have self-
respect. You become a hostage to this low-level ego energy, which has you
constantly striving for self-respect through others. Your ego’s belief that you’re separate from everyone, separate from
what’s missing in your life, and most egregiously, separate from God,
further hampers your ability to live up to the intention of respecting
yourself. Ego’s idea of separation fosters your feelings of being in
competition with everyone, and evaluating your worth based on how
frequently you emerge as a winner. As a hostage to your ego, self-respect is
unavailable because you feel judged for your failures. It’s out of this bleak
picture, produced by the negative ego, that self-rejection emerges. It
captures you and makes a hostage of you, never allowing you to play host
to that from which you originated. Being a host to God means always seeing your authentic connection to
your Source. It’s knowing that it’s impossible for you to ever be
disconnected from the Source from which you came. Personally, I
thoroughly enjoy being a host to God. As I write here each morning, I feel
that I’m receiving words and ideas from the power of intention, which
allows me to bring these words to this page. I trust in this Source to provide
me with the words; therefore, I’m trusting in the Source that brought me
into this physical world. I’m eternally connected to this Source.This awareness simply doesn’t include a lack of respect for intending this
book into form. The conclusion I’ve come to is that I’m worthy of my
intention to write this book and have it published and in your hands today. In other words, I respect the piece of God that I am. I tap in to the power of
intention, and my feeling of respect for it enhances my respect for myself. So, by loving and respecting yourself, you’re hosting God and inviting
the energy of Creation to your consciousness, to your daily life, as you
connect to the power of intention. The energy of intention and your self-respect. If you don’t believe that
you’re worthy of fulfilling your intentions for health, wealth, or loving
relationships, then you’re creating an obstacle that will inhibit the flow of
creative energy into your daily life. Recall that everything in the universe is
energy, which moves at various frequencies. The higher the frequency, the
closer you are to spiritual energy. In the lower frequencies, you find
shortages and problems. Intention itself is a unified energy field that intends
everything into existence. This field is home to the laws of nature, and is the
inner domain of every human being. This is the field of all possibilities, and
it’s yours by virtue of your existence. Having a belief system that denies your connection to intention is the
only way you’re unable to access the power of intention from the infinite
field. If you’re convinced that you’re unworthy of enjoying the field of all
possibilities, then you’ll radiate this kind of low energy. This will, in fact,
become your attracted energy pattern, and you’ll send messages to the
universe that you’re unworthy of receiving the unlimited abundance of the
originating Spirit. Soon you’ll act on this inner conviction of self-disrespect. You’ll regard yourself as separate from the possibility of receiving the
loving support of the originating field of intention, and you’ll stop the flow
of that energy into your life. Why? All because you see yourself as
unworthy. This disrespect alone is sufficient to impede the arrival of your
intentions into your life. The law of attraction attracts disrespect when you’re affirming that
you’re unworthy of being respected. Send out the message to the providerof all that you’re unworthy, and you literally say to the universal Source of
all, Stop the flow of anything I desire, which is coming in my direction,
because I don’t believe I’m worthy of receiving it. The universal Source will
respond by halting this flow, causing you to reaffirm your inner conviction
of unworthiness and attract even more disrespect in a multitude of ways. You’ll disrespect your body by overfeeding it and poisoning it with toxic
substances. You’ll display your lack of self-respect in how you carry
yourself, how you dress, how you fail to exercise, how you treat others . . . on and on goes the list. The antidote to this dreary picture is to make an internal commitment to
respect yourself and to feel worthy of all that the universe has to offer. If
anyone is entitled to success and happiness, everyone is, because everyone
is always connected to intention. Simply put, disrespecting yourself is not
only disrespecting one of God’s greatest creations, it’s disrespecting God. When you disrespect your Source, you say no to it, and you turn away from
the power of intention. This stops the flow of energy that allows you to put
your individual unbending intent into practice. All of the positive thinking
in the world will do you absolutely no good if those thoughts don’t emanate
from respect for your connection to intention. The source of your thoughts
must be celebrated and loved, and this means having the self-respect that’s
in harmony with the omniscient Source of intelligence. What’s the source of
your thoughts? Your beingness. Your beingness is the place from which
your thoughts and actions come. When you disrespect your being, you set
into motion a chain reaction culminating in unfulfilled intentions. Self-respect should be a natural state for you, just as it is for all of the
animal kingdom. There’s no raccoon out there who believes himself
unworthy of what he intends to have. Were that so, the raccoon would
simply die by acting on the basis of his inner conviction that he was
unworthy of food or shelter, and whatever else raccoons desire. He knows
he’s respectable, never finds any reason for self-repudiation, and lives out
his raccoon-ness in perfect order. The universe provides, and he attracts
those provisions into his world. What You Think of Yourself Is 
What You Think of the WorldHow do you see the world you live in? What do you think people in
general are really like? Do you believe that evil is triumphing over good? Is
the world filled with egocentric, selfish people? Can the little guy ever get
ahead? Are government entities and all their representatives corrupt and
untrustworthy? Is life unfair? Is it impossible to get ahead if you don’t have
connections? All of these attitudes emerge from your own assessment of your personal
interaction with life. If your thoughts reflect a pessimistic view of the
world, then that’s actually how you feel about yourself. If your thoughts
reflect an optimistic view of the world, then that’s how you feel about your
life. Whatever attitude you have about the world in general is a good
indicator of the respect you have for your abilities to intend into this world
what you desire. Pessimism strongly suggests that you don’t subscribe to
the idea that you can access the power of intention to help you create your
own blissful reality. I recall hearing the following conversation after the events of 9/11 in New
York City. A grandfather was talking to his grandson, telling him, “I have
two wolves barking inside of me. The first wolf is filled with anger, hatred,
bitterness, and mostly revenge. The second wolf inside of me is filled with
love, kindness, compassion, and mostly forgiveness.”
“Which wolf do you think will win?” the young boy inquired. The grandfather responded, “Whichever one I feed.”
There are always two ways to look at the conditions of our world. We can
see the hate, prejudice, mistreatment, starvation, poverty, and crime and
conclude that this is a horrible world. We can feed this barking wolf and see
more and more of what we despise. But this will only fill us with the same
things that we find so malignant. Or we can look at the world from a
position of self-love and self-respect, and see the improvements that have
been made in race relations in our lifetime; the fall of so many dictatorships,
lower crime rates, the dismantling of the atrocious apartheid systems, the
elevated consciousness of the environmental movement, and the desire on
the part of so many to rid our world of nuclear weapons and instruments of
mass destruction. We can remind ourselves that for every act of evil in theworld, there are a million acts of kindness, and we can then feed the second
wolf that barks from a position of hope for humanity. If you see yourself as
a divine creation, you’ll look for this in your worldview, and the gloom-
and-doom naysayers will have no impact on you and your self-respect. When you have a gloomy picture of what the world looks like, you’re
unreceptive to the potential assistance that’s there to help you with your
own individual intentions. Why would others want to come to your aid
when you view them as contemptible? Why would the universal force be
attracted to that which repels it? How could a world that’s so corrupt ever
be of assistance to someone who has noble intentions? The answers to these
questions are obvious. You attract into your life what you feel inside. If you
feel that you’re not worthy of being respected, you attract disrespect. This
weak self-respect is the result of an exceptionally rusty link to the field of
intention. This link must be cleansed and purified, and that takes place
within your own mind. I’ve specifically chosen self-respect as the first chapter in Part II on
applying intention, because without high esteem for yourself, you shut
down the entire process of intention. Without unflagging self-respect, the
process of intention is operating at the lowest levels. The universal field of
intention is love, kindness, and beauty, which it has for all that it brings into
the material world. Those who wish to replicate the works of the universal
all-creating mind must be in harmony with the attributes of love, kindness,
and beauty. If you disrespect anyone or anything that God creates, you
disrespect that creative force. You are one of those creations. If you view
yourself disrespectfully, you’ve forsaken, cast aside, or at the very least,
sullied your connection to the power of intention. It’s important that you recognize that your entire worldview is based on
how much respect you have for yourself. Believe in infinite possibilities and
you cast a vote for your own possibilities. Stand firm on the potential for
humans to live in peace and be receptive to all, and you’re someone who’s
at peace and receptive to life’s possibilities. Know that the universe is filled
with abundance and prosperity and is available to everyone, and you come
down on the side of having that abundance show up for you as well. Your
level of self-regard must come from your knowing within yourself that youhave a sacred connection. Let nothing shake that divine foundation. In this
way, your link to intention is cleansed, and you always know that self-
respect is your personal choice. It has nothing to do with what others may
think of you. Your self-respect comes from the self and the self alone. The self in self-respect. Perhaps the greatest mistake we make, which
causes a loss of self-respect, is making the opinions of others more
important than our own opinion of ourselves. Self-respect means just what
it says—it originates from the self. This self originated in a universal field
of intention that intended you here—from the infinite formless state to a
being of molecules and physical substance. If you fail to respect yourself,
you’re showing contempt for the process of Creation. You’ll find no shortage of opinions directed at you. If you allow them to
undermine your self-respect, you’re seeking the respect of others over your
own, and you’re abdicating yourself. Then you’re attempting to reconnect
to the field of intention with low-energy attitudes of judgment, hostility, and
anxiety. You’ll cycle into low-energy vibrations that will simply force you
to attract more and more of these lower energies into your life. Remember,
it’s high energy that nullifies and converts lower energy. Light eradicates
darkness; love dissolves hate. If you’ve allowed any of those lower negative
thoughts and opinions directed your way to become the basis of your self-
portrait, you’re asking the universal mind do the same. Why? Because at the
high frequencies, the universal Source of intention is pure creativeness,
love, kindness, beauty, and abundance. Self-respect attracts the higher
energy. Lack of self-respect attracts the lower. It knows no other way. The negative viewpoints of others represent their low-energy ego
working on you. Very simply, if you’re judging anyone, you aren’t loving
them at that moment. The judgments coming your way, likewise, are
unloving but have nothing to do with your self-respect. Their judgments
(and yours as well) distance you from your Source, and therefore away
from the power of intention. As my friend and colleague Gerald Jampolsky
observed, “When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can seethem as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only
have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.”
This is how you return to the self in self-respect. Rather than judging
those who judge you, thereby lowering your self-respect, you send them a
silent blessing of forgiveness and imagine them doing the same toward you. You’re connecting to intention and guaranteeing that you’ll always respect
the divinity that you are. You’ve cleared the path to be able to enjoy the
great power that is yours in the field of intention. Making Your Intention Your Reality
In this concluding section, you’ll find ten ways to practice nurturing your
intention to respect yourself at all times. Step 1: Look into a mirror, make eye connection with yourself, and
say “I love me” as many times as possible during your day. I love me:
These three magic words help you maintain your self-respect.
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        In fact, the higher your energy field
resonates, the more you’re able to impact others with your own healing
energy. (See Chapter 13 for a more thorough treatment of healing and
intention. ) Become aware of your own amazing capacity to affect the
healing and health of those around you simply by the silent presence of
your high-energy connection to intention. This is a literal energy that
emanates from you. In the hopes that you will recognize the importance of raising your
energy level, I’m going to conclude this chapter with a look at how our
entire civilization is impacted when energy levels are synchronized with the
Source of our Creation. This will require an open mind and a bit of
stretching on your part; however, it’s something that I know is true, and I’d
be remiss if I left it out. It may appear peculiar or even outlandish to some
who fail to see the ways in which all of us on this planet are connected and
therefore impact each other from distances not discernible by our senses. Your Impact on the Consciousness 
of All of Humanity
Many years ago I was with one of my daughters as she completed a
lengthy program in the wilderness to help her deal more effectively with
some of her teenage dilemmas. The last thing the counselor at the
wilderness camp said to her was, “Remember at all times that what you
think and what you do affects other people. ” This is true even beyond the
impact we have on our friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers. I believe
that we impact all of humanity. Thus, as you read this section, keep in mind
that what you think and do affects all other people. In Power vs. Force, Dr. David Hawkins writes: “In this interconnected
universe, every improvement we make in our private world improves the
world at large for everyone. We all float on the collective level of
consciousness of mankind, so that any increment we add comes back to us. We all add to our common buoyancy by our efforts to benefit life. It is a
scientific fact that what is good for you is good for me. ” Dr. Hawkins has
backed up his remarks and conclusions with 29 years of hard research,
which I invite you to examine if you’re so inclined. I’ll briefly summarize
some of these conclusions and how they relate to the impact you have on
others when you’re connected to intention. In essence, every single person as well as large groups of people can be
calibrated for their energy levels. Generally speaking, low-energy people
cannot distinguish truth from falsehood. They can be told how to think,
whom to hate, whom to kill; and they can be herded into a group-think
mentality based on such trivial details as what side of the river they were
born on, what their parents and their grandparents believed, the shape of
their eyes, and hundreds of other factors having to do with appearance and
total identification with their material world. Hawkins tells us that
approximately 87 percent of humanity calibrates at a collective energy level
that weakens them. The higher up the ladder of frequency vibration, the
fewer people there are in those high levels. The highest levels are
represented by the truly great persons who originated spiritual patterns that
multitudes have followed throughout the ages. They’re associated with
divinity, and they set in motion attractor energy fields that influence all of
humankind. Just below the energy level of pure enlightenment are the energy levels
associated with the experience designated as transcendence, self-realization,
or God consciousness. Here’s where those who are called saintly reside. Just below this level is the place of pure joy, and the hallmark of this state is
compassion. Those who attain this level have more of a desire to use their
consciousness for the benefit of life itself rather than for particular
individuals. Below these supremely high levels, which few ever attain in a permanent
way, are the levels of unconditional love, kindness, acceptance of everyone,beauty appreciation, and on a more limited but nonetheless profound level,
all of the seven faces of intention described in the opening chapters of this
book. Below the levels of energy that strengthen us are the low energy
levels of anger, fear, grief, apathy, guilt, hatred, judgment, and shame—all
of which weaken and impact us in such a way as to inhibit our connection
to the universal energy level of intention. What I’d like you to do here is take a leap of faith with me, while I
present a few of the conclusions that Dr. Hawkins came to in his second
book, called The Eye of the I. Through his precise kinesiological testing for
truth versus falsehood, he’s calibrated the approximate number of people
whose energy is at or below the level that weakens. I’d like you to consider
his findings and conclusions relative to your impact on civilization. Dr. Hawkins suggests that it’s crucial for each of us to be aware of the
significance of raising our frequency of vibration to the level where we
begin to match up with the energy of the universal Source, or in other
words, make our connection to the power of intention. One of the most fascinating aspects of this line of research is the idea of
counterbalancing. High-energy people counterbalance the negative effect of
low-energy people. But it doesn’t happen on a one-to-one basis because of
that 87 percent of humanity that’s in the lower weakening frequencies. One
person connected to intention, as I’ve described it here in this book, can
have an enormous impact on many people in the lower energy patterns. The
higher up the scale you move toward actually being the light of
enlightenment and knowing God consciousness, the more negatively
vibrating energies you can counterbalance. Here are some fascinating
figures from Dr. Hawkins’s research for you to contemplate as you review
the impact you can have on humanity simply by being on the higher rungs
of the ladder to intention:
• One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy
of optimism and a willingness to be nonjudgmental of others
will counterbalance the negativity of 90,000 individuals who
calibrate at the lower weakening levels. • One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy
of pure love and reverence for all of life will counterbalancethe negativity of 750,000 individuals who calibrate at the lower
weakening levels. • One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy
of illumination, bliss, and infinite peace will counterbalance
the negativity of 10 million people who calibrate at the lower
weakening levels (approximately 22 such sages are alive
today). • One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy
of grace, pure spirit beyond the body, in a world of nonduality
or complete oneness, will counterbalance the negativity of 70
million people who calibrate at the lower weakening levels
(approximately 10 such sages are alive today). Here are two compelling statistics offered by Dr. Hawkins in his 29-year
study on the hidden determinants of human behavior:
1. One single avatar living at the highest level of
consciousness in this period of history to whom the title Lord
is appropriate, such as Lord Krishna, Lord Buddha, and Lord
Jesus Christ, would counterbalance the collective negativity of
all of mankind in today’s world. 2. The negativity of the entire human population
would self-destruct were it not for the counteracting effects of
these higher energy fields. The implications of these figures are immense for discovering ways of
improving human consciousness and raising ourselves to the place where
we match up with the same energy of intention from which we were
intended. By raising your own frequency of vibration only slightly to a
place where you regularly practice kindness, love, and receptivity, and
where you see beauty and the endless potential of good in others as well as
yourself, you counterbalance 90,000 people somewhere on this planet who
are living in the low-energy levels of shame, anger, hatred, guilt, despair,
depression, and so on. I can’t help thinking of John F. Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban missile
crisis in the 1960s. He was surrounded by advisors urging the use of nuclearbombs if necessary. Yet his own energy and that of a few trusted colleagues
who were steeped in the potential for a peaceful resolution served to
counterbalance the vast majority of those who pushed for attack and
bellicosity. One person with very high spiritual energy can put the
possibility of war into a last-resort category. This is true in your own life. Bring the energy of intention to the presence of conflict even in family
matters, and you can nullify and convert the lower antagonistic energy with
your presence. I’ve done this in a hostile setting where young people influenced by
alcohol and drugs were squaring off to fight while a crowd urged them on. On one occasion, I simply walked between two potential combatants
humming the song, “Surely the Presence of God Is in This Place,” and that
energy alone softened the atmosphere, raising the level of energy to peace. In another instance, I approached a woman who was immersed in having
an angry fit with her toddler in a grocery store and screaming hateful
epithets at the two-year-old. I quietly moved into the energy field, said
nothing, but radiated my desire for a higher energy of love, and it nullified
the low energy of hatred. 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. This works everywhere, so be a part
of the counterbalance to the human negativity you encounter in your life. Five Suggestions for Implementing the Ideas 
in This Chapter
1. Become aware of the importance of making all of
your relationships divine. The holy relationship isn’t based on
any religion. The holy relationship emphasizes the unfolding of
Spirit in everyone. Your children are spiritual beings who come
through you, not for you. Your love relationship can focus on
wanting for your partner what you want for yourself. If you
want freedom, want it for everyone you love. If you want
abundance, want it first for others. If you want happiness, want
it more for others, and let them know it. The more you haveholiness as the centerpiece of your relationships, the more
you’ll merge with intention.
According to the text, one individual who resonates at a high energy level can counterbalance the negativity of 90,000 individuals who calibrate at lower weakening levels.
What is the impact of one individual who resonates at a high energy level?
The active side of infinity inspires a sense of destiny, belonging, awe, and humility, while the inactive side fosters a sense of fear, separation, and low self-worth.
What is the difference between the active and inactive sides of infinity?
The key to manifesting one's intentions is to respect oneself and have self-respect, which is a natural state for one's being.
What is the key to manifesting one's intentions?
The consequence of not respecting oneself is that it will attract disrespect, low self-worth, and a lack of connection to the power of intention.
What is the consequence of not respecting oneself?
Staying on the active side of infinity is crucial, as it allows one to feel a sense of belonging, respect, and self-love, which is essential to manifesting one's intentions and connecting to the power of intention.
What is the importance of staying on the active side of infinity?