No matter how good your intentions are the world
looks at your presentation, no matter how good your presentation is, Absolute
look at the intentions behind it.
To impress others is most natural human instinct and
basically those acts of impressing are moreover inclined towards concealed
intentions. These intentions sprout out thoughts and those thoughts lead to
actions. If the intentions are noble then the thoughts are nobler and much
nobler will be the actions. While noble actions produce external result of
success, the noble intentions produce the internal result of peace. Any action
without the backing of a noble intention is unjustifiable.
How do these intentions shape up in us? The
intentions are cause either by the impressions that are latent in our
unconscious mind or they get triggered by the influence of the external world
like the opinions of others and/or our own limiting convictions. These
intentions are in fact like the foundation base for a strong character to
develop over it. Amazingly this foundation base could be formed with our
conscious aware of it or without our conscious knowing about it also.
If we are unaware of these we may sometime end up
living by default and will not know what and why we are doing. This is not a
good feel at all. This happens when our intentions are influenced by outside
sources and the result is that we feel stuck or detached or entrapped by such influence.
In contrast if the intentions are guided by our self then they become the
infrastructure of our life. By observing the intentions which are noble and
crystal clear we can live a more conscious, mindful life.
Outside a village at the edge of a forest lived an
old sage who sat into meditation for hours and remained calm, still, and
silent. During his period of meditation, the pigeons and doves would just climb
up and down playfully all over him. The birds just loved his presence and were
fascinated by the bright aura that emanated from his body.
Seeing this wonderful sight, one day a hunter came
to the sage. He told the sage that he was unable to have a good catch for the
last few days and his family was starving. He told the sage to catch one or two
pigeons so that he can cook them and feed his family. At first the sage was
very hesitant, but after looking at the plight of the poor hunter, the sage
agreed. He told the hunter that he will catch a pigeon for him the next day.
The next day morning, the hunter came to the sage.
As usual the sage sat down and started his meditation. The hunter was watching
the sage. Surprisingly, not a single bird came near the sage. They didn't even
come into the direction where the sage was sitting. The sage waited for quite
some time and the birds clearly avoided his boundary.
The sage got up and started walking away. The hunter
came running to the sage and asked
“Why, what happened? Not a single bird came near you
today?”
The sage replied, “Every day I come here to meditate
with full of positive intentions and the birds get attracted towards those
positive vibrations. But today, when I came here my intention was to catch the
birds. This clearly was a negative intention; meditation was only namesake, so
the energy field within me was not positive. The birds were able to sense it
and hence they did not come near me.”
If you are intentions are not noble and are filled
with negativity, then the positivity in the action you do will suffer.
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