Desire v/s Intentions

Desire is like sitting in the car and being feverish, repeating “I want to go to , I want to go to ” increasing tension. An intention is a thought that arises in you, remains with you and translates into an action — whether today, tomorrow, next year but without Feverishness.

Have Intention and drop it the Universe. Have Faith and Let Universe work for you. Universe will send you resources and then act on them without Feverishness..

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The secret knowledge of desire and intention. (From Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji talk https://www.parasuniversal.com/2010/03/intention-attention-and-manifestation-part-ii-by-sri-sri-ravi-shankar/)

What is Intention?

For example, you want to go to Mysore – a 3 hour journey. You sit in a car, drive, on the way stop, drink tea, coffee, whatever, and you reach in 3 hours. This is an intention. An intention is a thought that arises in you, remains with you and translates into an action – whether today, tomorrow, next year.

An intention has to be dropped. Have an intention, have an attention and consciously drop it. It will start manifesting. If you hold on to the intention, intention becomes desire and desire causes heartache. Most of the people in the world do not know the difference between intention and desire. Ancient people knew the secret. They called it sankalpa. Take an intention and leave it to the universe.

What is Desire?

Desire is sitting in the car and being feverish, repeating “I want to go to Mysore, I want to go to Mysore”. You will not go to Mysore, you will go to mental hospital. Desire has feverishness attached to a wish or a thought.

• No event or object can bring you to the happiness you really want since Happiness is not in Object or event. It’s your nature.
• Unfulfilled desire gives a void.
• Fulfilled desire gives a greater void. It creates such feverishness; you can’t have a good night’s sleep and you ask for more leading to craving.

Bringing desire to intention, putting attention and allowing time to manifest is a really intelligent way to deal with desire.