Intent and the Power of the Sexes

[Intentwielder]

The Essence of the Life Force Intent is the very essence of the life
force. It is the governing cohesion of spirit and spiritedness. Intent is
the very director of the hand, of both God and man. It is the center of
all action, reaction and direction of action taken. Intent is the very
origin of all things social, the source of both smile and sobbing frown,
the length of a handshake and the direction of conversation. It is both
the spiritual highway, and all things which travel upon it. 


Even now those who may read these words are exercising various
intentions. In those various doings some
will gain practical wisdom, some will gain only knowledge, and others
still will gain nothing whatsoever, for that was the scope of their
expectation and karma.What else is the source of all karma, but the ever
unceasing intent, within and without, all-causing. From it springs
equivalent life effects which are continually generated. Even the act of
moving the eyes over this page is an act of intention, as is the
decision to ignore or embody the great energy contained within. Those
who would live significant lives must embrace significant intention. Not
through thought alone, but action alone is intent expressed. Those who
think of action without taking it, have expressed only the intent to
create thoughts of action rather than action itself. 


It is the wise who use the following intentions in their daily
lives;“Rise up and expand your consciousness!” “Understand truth wisely
in high clarity!”“Seek ever higher levels of spirit(edness)with great
altitudes of ecstatic feelings throughout the body.” These represent the
substance of soul and the center of that which is called “God”. Both
God and soul are composed of the same substance; consciousness. Both are
animated by none other than intent itself, and so it is well within our
power to know ourselves by knowing our intent. This too is how we may
know God and nature, without the need of intermediaries or scriptural
reference...to cognize directly, gnostic revelation, intuitive and
accurate insight, for the intent of God and Nature is of like essence,
with the substance of our own soul. Every cell in our bodies possesses
intention, every molecule, atom and electron are likewise governed by
it. So it is that we, who are centers of consciousness, can take action
even upon the realm of matter.The common foundation between atom, human
being and galaxy, is that essence of soul, that universal animating
force; INTENT.


Therefore, the master of intent is a master indeed. To be a ripple in
the pond of life is rightly seen as mighty indeed. But far more
powerful still is that which can cause ANY ripple. That thing, center of
soul and God alike, even now directs the eyes that look and the heart
that beats, as the switch point of all decisions made. Ever does our
intent manifest itself, even within...the most subtle of thoughts, and
the quietest of steps taken. Ever does it manifest itself in feelings,
energy streams flowing from person to person, and species to species. It
is that spark of ongoing creation which sits at the helm of every
change of course in the journey of life. Prove this truth to yourself in
honest observation.Try taking any action without intending it
beforehand. Even the body and it's actions are governed by cellular
intent; this is the inescapable truth of life and living, as the center
of consciousness which we are. Scan the feelings in any part of the
body, and SEE that these are the result of intentions held and stored at
the physical level. It is the very wellspring from which every thought
and direction of thought is taken. It is the source scope of intellect,
and the intensity of orgasm. To know this essential truth of self,
nature and God, is to place the strong hand of the self-realized will
upon the helm of all action in life.


So it is that the wise navigate the journey of incarnation,to realms
of high inner strength, and great excellentness of character. Those who
are so realized may even transform themselves by virtue of intending it
so, so as to dwell in resplendent beauty, and high merits compounding.


Not all intentions are created equally. Low and degraded intention,
create low and degraded results. It is also true that high states of
consciousness, rapture, piercing clarity and supra natural inner
fortitude,are likewise invoked by their paralleling intentions. High
states and intents have a reciprocating relationship with one another.
So it is that ever greater spiritedness, height of joy, deep love and
ecstatic revelation, can be manifest throughout the body, mind, and soul
alike. It is the wise who ever intend themselves in all ways higher.
Prove the truth of this to yourself, daily and easily. Through intent
alone you may extend the length, intensity and sweetness of orgasm.
Through intent alone, disease may be cured and the healing of wounds
greatly accelerated. Clarity may be increased, and even great fortitude
in the face of all adversity and unforeseen circumstance. Prove this to
yourself, by focusing on the feelings residing anywhere in the body, and
intend their upliftment by cumulative degrees.Intend upon yourself
greater love in the heart, and it will be so. Intend upon yourself
greater clarity in the third eye, and it will be so.


But remember that for every action, there is a corresponding set of
intentions which are capable of carrying it forth to fruition. “Right
intent” results in right action, and the accomplishment of all things
within the bounds of natural laws. Seek right intent out to understand
it's subtleties, and find increasing mastery in life. Prove to yourself
through repeated experimentation, the supremacy of intention as the
center of all self-realized action. We are in fact, INTENT ITSELF.
Because we are intent itself, whose nature it is to manifest continuously, we must manifest a
higher and higher self from body to soul. We must intend joyful height
of spirit and the profound clarity of the Master.Only then will we be
empowered to likewise manifest a wise nation, culture and world
society,and save humanity from the ravages of wrong intention.


Those who set their sights upon targets such as these, aim for the
sublime satisfaction of soul-fulfilled, and an alliance with God and
Nature. For they also intend the greater evolution of consciousness.
That which raises, and intends such raising upon others, is an agent of
Divine will. With the raising of intent toward higher levels of
consciousness, and through careful practice with it's often turbulent
subtleties, we increasingly obtain unforeseen strength in all ways. The
greater mastery of Intent must by necessity, include an ever greater
realization of self, accompanying an ever greater realization of the
nature of reality.


The nature of reality is this; that it is not nation-states which
rule the world, but rather, states of consciousness that are the
cause(s) of nation states, as well as the directions they collectively
take. Accordingly, to seek out the cause of any state from spiritual
rapture, love and mortal terror itself, is to seek out that intent which
created it. Intent is that force which initiates all inner states, and
it is that force which can either sustain or abolish them utterly.The
practitioner may even INTEND the grace and will of God upon themselves,
as well as all the merits of Nature and natural things. Such grace and
merit one may intend to enter upon the self and cause it to dwell
therein, even to the center of the soul, the foundations of the mind,
and the spiritedness of the body.


Experiment with the following intentions: “May God's will and grace
enter upon me!”, and, “may all the strengths and spiritedness of natural
things, purify and refresh me!”. Do this while in nature and well
rested. Intend the height of God and Earth upon yourselves, my brothers
and sisters! Gain such merits by cumulative degrees, and in this you
will accomplish what is known on various worlds as; “the gaining of
spiritual power”. The Power of Polarity Female and male are the Yin and
the Yang, respectively.


Yin and yang are forces of nature, just as polarity is a natural law.
Both are potent and all-pervasive. Thus, the female and the male are
the embodiment of a cosmic force that governs all scale large and
small.. They are even the self-knowable form of electromagnetism
embodied. When male and female, yin and yang, are invested to such a
degree of evolution as the human being, they can become a mutually
knowing spiritual engine of creative force and ecstatic communion. The
two are as the poles of the same magnet. They are the oppositely charged
particles of proton and electron, which when joined make all manifest
matter. When such a merger occurs at the atomic level, molecules are
formed. When molecules merge together as aligned groups of complimentary
charge, and of sufficient sophistication, cells are formed and evolved.
Cellular polarity is perhaps most notable between sperm and egg, but
also between cell groups, forming organs and bodies.


The principle of polarity is then further expressed as the attraction
between the sexes, a longing to join the vast potentials contained
within their oppositely charged polarity. Between male and female, and
even at all levels of matter, there is a very dynamic cycling of energy
between yin and yang, and vice versa, simultaneously.


This same natural law may be witnessed in action at much higher
orders of magnitude, at the planetary level. Even the poles of the
earth, yin and yang, of positive and negative charge, have tremendous
energies circulating from one to the other in continuous streams of
mutual attraction. The magnetic lines of force which form what is called
the planetary, “magnetosphere”, is the geometric expression of yin and
yang flowing to one another, up through the core of the planet, and
outward within the atmosphere, as a radiating umbrella of dynamic
exchange.


So it is between male and female. Because men and women may direct
this force of polarity within themselves, and toward each other for the
sake of mutual benefit, they have opportunity to transform each other
for the better. The potentials for such mutual transformation far
exceeds the imaginations of the unindoctrinated. The mutual and polar
strengthening of each other, back and forth between yin and yang, can
take such scope, depth and excellentness, that is can propel the two
into sublime levels of consciousness and high spiritual attainment. All
manner of tremendous and ever-increasing inner strength can be summoned
up, through mutual intention. Man and woman so focused upon improving
and raising each other, may literally TRAVEL levels of consciousness to
higher and higher plateaus. The opposite sex is attractive precisely
because their energy, their spiritual potential, can do transcendental
benefit for the oppositely charged gender. Yet these great potential are
rarely recognized by those who lack clarity into their own inner
natures.


Those who DO recognize such potentials however, and who allow their
intuitive knowledge to bloom into real and practical wisdom, may employ
the natural law of polarity for the sake of high spiritual
attainments.This is generally done by cumulative degrees, with clarity
and careful practice. But it has also been done by those of high spirit,
who have in their purity and naturalness did reach together levels of
consciousness of great and profound quality, on a permanent basis. A way
to describe such potentials of yin and yang would be to contemplate at
length the following visualization; “imagine mutual orgasm ascending to
the most primal scope imaginable in the high pleasures of sacred
rapture, and consider what it's implications would be if it were made
permanent and mutually reinforcing. Contemplate this and realize that
such a description would form only a small portion of the overall
picture of what male and female can do for each other, if only they
would intend it into place with
competence. To accomplish this together is just one
example of what has been called; “the gaining of spiritual power
together” When the soul incarnates in a polarized form, (as a sex)the
stage is then set for unification with the opposite sex of that form. In
so doing the two absorb each others polar energy, becoming (ideally) a
balanced whole of enormous power.


When male and female unite, the power of this merger is usually the
reproduction of that form, but when it is done with greater wisdom, the
unification of male and female can also be had for the sake of gaining
higher and higher levels of consciousness together. But whatever the
decided purpose, be it called “love”, “spiritual ministry”, or
“communion with one's beloved”, it is the joining of the two halves of
the same whole, whose various names include, “the Tao”,
“electromagnetism”,“the totality of the mutual self, “polarity” and
“communion with the other half”. 


We are multi-frequency transceivers. Our innate condition as centers
of consciousness, is to send and receive energy at various rates of
vibration. Such energy, such “vibes” are ever outpouring at the behest
of the intent within. We send and receive energy, or “chi” continuously
and at the behest of every thought, feeling and causal intention. What
feelings we generate within ourselves is sent forth on the wings of
intent, settling where it is directed,and where it is most resonant.
Just as the poles of a bar magnet are known to radiate lines of force,
one to another in a continuous stream, so it is between a man and woman
by virtue of the same principle of polarity. That mutual,
electromagnetic completion of yin and yang, male and female, is known by
some as, “the Tao”. 


Were it not for the mutual attraction of electron and proton, all the
material world would cease to exist in coherent form. In like fashion,
were the power inherent in the unification of male and female did not
exist, neither would most of the species of life in this world. It is
upon the basis of such realization that the practitioner may take action
for the sake of mutual and even world benefit. What we feel in
attraction to the opposite sex, it must be emphasized, is not merely
psychological or biochemical. It is the energetic attraction between two
oppositely charged bodies.


Social relations of all kinds are largely electromagnetic, or by
another name “psychic” and “synergistic”. Members of the opposite sex
have an innate ability to amplify their sexual counterparts, as a form
of spiritual ministry. Whatever strengths and high feelings one
possesses, can be intentionally transmitted through any of the chakras,
to the opposite sex, in forms as numerous as imagination dictates. Were
this common practice it would change the world overnight in significant
ways.  But when a man and woman seek to raise each others' state
simultaneously,it becomes even more powerful. In this case, a
reciprocating field of like-intention sets up a powerful resonance of
polar energy, that can flow between yin and yang with extremely dynamic
force.In so doing, man and woman have the innate power, to catapult each
other into highly transcendent levels of consciousness. Such an act can
be done through any of the seven chakras, or energy centers,that run
the length of the spine, from tailbone to the crown of the head, as
follows;


1. First chakra at the based of the spine, through mutual pleasure and/or orgasm.
2. Second chakra in the lower back, through mutual feelings of stability and strength.
3. Third chakra in the solar plexus, through the mutual increase of sheer drive, will and dynamic motivation.
4. Fourth chakra in the heart region, through the mutual increase of love and even spiritual rapture.

5. Fifth chakra in the throat area, through the mutual discussion
of truth, and feelings of exacting, sophisticated accord.
6. Sixth chakra in the forehead region, through the mutual
amplification of clarity, via the focus, “awareness of awareness”
together.
7. Seventh chakra at the crown of the head, through the in-tandem
increase of soulic connection, bliss and
insight(s).


The most powerful form of mutual raising is usually found in two or
more of the above focuses in combination. The practitioner may choose to
“cast” the advantages of their polarity, and any of their felt, inner
strengths to the opposite sex, even at a physical distance. When this
intention is reciprocated, the resulting field of mutual advantage can
even have such power, that it sends out waves of high consciousness over
the entire world. Such are the potentials of the love, clarity and
pleasure of those who have the wisdom to employ the natural law of
polarity, one to another, thereby transcending the small and self
destructive concerns of petty ego.


Sexual bliss is the most commonly traveled path, because it is
naturally a very high vibration, (feeling) and is easy to provoke.
Because of pleasures' great power to heal or transform each other,
however, it is also difficult to master to great and spiritual effect,
unless the practitioners involved have a very disciplined focus. Any
energy of such potency, be it orgasm, high love or spiritual bliss, has
great spiritual power.


Yet having power, (which we all have)and wielding it effectively, are
entirely different matters. Meditation, an unswerving dedication to
truth, and high clarity, are all invaluable tools for those who would
endeavor to boost each other through the power of their polarity.  Those
who gain higher and higher feelings body-wide, be they love, pleasure,
clarity or spiritual ecstasy, are said to have, “gained spiritual
power”. “Spiritual” is defined as all things, (intentions and actions)
which expand consciousness, which are evolutionary, high-spirited and
progressive. “Power” is defined as, “the ability to take action”. To
gain “spiritual power” then, is to progressively increase the ability to
employ highly spirited and evolutionary intentions, both individually
and in tandem.


When male and female practitioners boost each other with their love,
pleasure and inner strength, there is literally no level of blissful,
high consciousness which they cannot achieve together. Those who
endeavor such things, however, must beware the tendency for
possessiveness, for attachment. Beware this pitfall and remain dedicated
to spiritual progress together FOR IT'S OWN SAKE, or in other words,
for the sake of the Path and the purpose of life, which is the expansion
of consciousness.


To reduce the holy and exquisite qualities of mutual polar
reinforcement to the petty levels of ego or small personal concern,is to
invite disaster and dire consequence of all kinds.Practitioners must
remain ever aware of what they are doing and why they are doing it, even
while in the throes of sexual pleasure, since without clarity, even the
most profound personal abilities gained can soon travel off course and
do great damage to one's well being.


To gain power implies also the gaining of responsibility. The mutual
boosting of yin and yang offers great powers for each participant. But
as with anything that possesses power, it's potential for misuse is
equally great. To accomplish these things together, first refine
personal intention. Those who are able to intend their own state higher,
are then poised to psychically intend anothers' state higher as well
“To give one must first have”..All good feelings and progressive
thoughts are an automatic booster to those who associate with us. But
when high feelings and thoughts are intentionally cultivated, and
consciously projected to others, it is then that they acquire great
potency such that the history of human civilization has rarely known.

[Intentwielder]

I must apologize for the difficult-to-read form this post has taken.  When I attempt to paste posts into the forum, i receive an unusual notice...that I cannot post directly because of "the settings of my browser".  And from this new screen all previously had spacings and indentations are lost, unless (perhaps) I go through the whole article by hand, which I'll try next.  Maybe a moderator can suggest to me what "browser setting" I need to change to post normally...

[glance left]

That's ok, IW...it'll be good practice to focus while reading all those sentences squished together And perhaps, at the end of the read...the reader will not only be more informed...but be more silent too because to the difficult nature of the format

[Guest]

Glance has a good point. But also I have been working on putting paragraphs back into your lead post, so will have revised post here shortly. Nice work! Should not be deleted.

[Intentwielder]

Thanks to Ravenmoon, the original post in this thread is now readable.  Your good intent is extraordinary!

What people TRULY want in their relations with others is usually unknown to them. It is an unspoken secret in materialistic society.  That is as true of casual relating as it is of deep relationship. Some might call this thing, "love" or, "friendship", yet what are those things in truth? 

What we're really talking about here, is of course energy and vibes, that constantly travel from one person to the next.  By another name this is called, "person to person psychic effects".  Love is a certain type of vibe and state of consciousness, so too is friendship, (position of the assemblage point) and both can even be felt over long distances.  People seek what is called "fame" precisely for this reason, since what it implies is widespread positive energy from a great many people.  [This too is why most people attend sporting events and concerts.]  As such, what is called "fame" is really just a tremendous psychic boost from a large number of people.  Friendship is also such a boost, just on a smaller scale.  But in all cases, it is INTENT which governs the type of vibe we send out to others, and in turn, what we receive from them.

The majority of society goes about their business, without daring to acknowledge this central fact of interpersonal relations.  Why they willingly blind themselves to person to person psychic effects is the subject of another discussion.  Don Juan spoke of the "Earths' boost" and of gaining energy from the "rolling force", and yet, we can also boost each other with considerable effect.

The point here, is that in the knowledge we influence others psychically, practitioners have the marvelous opportunity to strengthen and raise each other without practical limit.  This is especially true of those of the opposite sex, due to the added boost of polarity...

[glance left]

This is very powerful information, IW What a gift! To give others the best of our attention/intention when thinking of them. And important also, to avoid reciprocating negative intention/attention projected to others as well....for example when we feel hurt by others, to avoid the superficial reflexive impulse to send hurt right back at them. i.e. not responding to evil with evil kind of thing

[Mornings Son]

Thank you IntentWielder

[Guest]

Hi Intentwielder, I just noticed the things you bolded, which came out in intial post, didn't show up in edited version, so I just now corrected that.

Your writing conveys complex understandings so clearly! Wanted to add some of my thoughts, particularly to this here:

"Even now those who may read these words are exercising various intentions. In those various doings some will gain practical wisdom, some will gain only knowledge, and others still will gain nothing whatsoever, for that was the scope of their expectation and karma.What else is the source of all karma, but the ever unceasing intent, within and without, all-causing. From it springs equivalent life effects which are continually generated. Even the act of moving the eyes over this page is an act of intention, as is the decision to ignore or embody the great energy contained within. Those who would live significant lives must embrace significant intention. Not through thought alone, but action alone is intent expressed. Those who think of action without taking it, have expressed only the intent to create thoughts of action rather than action itself."
So action is the key component of intent. To make intent one's own, one actively intends this. There is either active intent (one's own), or reactive intent (still ones own...but...conditioned to be 'a certain way' aka passed along from generation to generation).
Active intent is what you are writing about here, wielding intent, seeing it is the core of all existence and actively directing it based on this understanding...the active side of infinity. The best of our intent.
Reactive intent is still active (intent) in its origin and results, but, ironically, its conditioning (FI), so not original by many means. Thus there is less awareness behind its execution, its a dull link with intent, barely questioned because it was learned long ago (in childhood).
For example; someone may say "I wish to stop smoking...but its SO HARD to stop." So, this type of reactive intent is perceived as "its not me or my intent, its the difficulty of giving up nicotine." The externalization of  'control', aka, "its beyond my control". Active intent reveals EVERYTHING is within our control (our intent). The reason this may initially be doubted is because, the dull link with intent (conditioned intent) makes intent seem outside of us (not our doing) when it IS our doing, all the time.
So, we sharpen active intent, but...not over night. Not just by reading these words can one then just go out and change everything in their lives (such as give up smoking over night...one can, but unless intent is strong, likely they won't just yet..the FI will stop them). No, intent must be exercised regularly to strengthen it. Don Juan called this "sharpening the link with Intent." So again, the slow and gradual process of making intent strong, may initially cause intent to be perceived as less within ones realm of harnessing it. Its important to keep this in mind, because this merely means we need to employ persistence to "make it happen".
I have observed that the families one is born into also impacts intent, as do other factors. Some exhibit a stronger intent (sorcery or magic) quite naturally without understanding exactly how they do so. Some are psychics without knowing how exactly, but it runs in their families. To me this simply means the intent is passed along in such a way that it is conditioned, but unlike most conditioning, its more effective (and useful) intent. Regardless however, anyone can make these same links with power, by intending it.
In my experiences, not-doings initially serve to free up energy going previously to conditioned/reactive intent, so that it can be redeployed to be active/directed intent. A not-doing stuns the areas of our "doings" that zapped our energy and then we see where change is possible, because we have the available energy freed up. In truth, its the intent of not-doing that reveals the doing that (appeared) to be holding one captive. So...the intent to shift perspective (not-doing), and that ability to see we are always free to do so, changes the conditioned beliefs to intended actions, which they were intended actions before anyway (all actions are intended), but "given" to us at such a young age we forgot we ourselves intended it via the socialization process.
Always we had/have the power within our grasp, each and every person, so its a matter of coming to see this, and, more importantly, act upon what we see. And then consistently to strengthen the link.
Great posts Intentwielder! Thank you for putting all this on the table in such a complete way.

[Intentwielder]

Ravenmoon...it is a rare priviledge to discuss something as all-important as intent, with someone who is an actual practitioner. Only a practitioner could draw such fine distinctions as you have in this response, since only practice, (action) reveals them. I quote you below from various paragraphs, and answer each one in turn; RM;
So action is the key component of intent. To make intent one's own, one actively intends this. There is either active intent (one's own), or reactive intent (still ones own...but...conditioned to be 'a certain way' aka passed along from generation to generation).//////////////////////IW;Yes, every action we take implies a corresponding intention. The lack of action implies the lack of the intent to take action. For instance, a person may say they're going to immediately get up and go to another room, but if they're still sitting there after five minutes, then their intent was implicitly to remain sitting. It is also useful to say that intent is the “decision gate” or “decision point” that preceeds all action.  What you said about, “To make intent one's own, one actively intends this” is quite interesting. In other words, even one's own intent can be the subject of intention. The warrior can in essence, “intend intent” to take whatever form they wish. But of course, the true test of whether this has actually been done, is how much action is taken afterwards to accomplish it. To think a thing, or even affirm it repeatedly, is not necessarily the same as intending/taking action. When you said “to make [intent] their own”, what I hear is, ”gaining a greater mastery of intent”. Self knowledge is essential here, which implies careful and subtle self observation.  Toward this end a simple exercise can be revealing. I have people place an object in front of them on a table or the ground, such as a pen, and then say; “intend to pick up the pen”. About two-thirds of them will actually reach out and pick it up. So when asked, “What did you just learn about intention?” most will not know what to say, because they are deceived by the simplicity of the act. They don't realize there is something profound to be learned, until it is pointed out that, “Action implies intention...you needed to intend to pick that up in order to do it. The same is true of every single action we take, and close observation of how this is so is really very revealing, assuming that is, that one has the intent to learn, and to apply that knowledge to practical action!”//////////////
RM;
Active intent is what you are writing about here, wielding intent, seeing it is the core of all existence and actively directing it based on this understanding...the active side of infinity. The best of our intent.

Reactive intent is still active (intent) in its origin and results, but, ironically, its conditioning (FI), so not original by many means. Thus there is less awareness behind its execution, its a dull link with intent, barely questioned because it was learned long ago (in childhood). ///////////////////IW;You've drawn an interesting distinction. When you said “ seeing it is the core of all existence and actively directing it based on this understanding...the active side of infinity. The best of our intent.”what I hear is “self knowledge”...realization of self and reality at a core level. Once again, moment to moment observation of this fact is extremely useful. I see the merit of distinguishing between “active” and “reactive” intent, with reaction being habit or culture based, and the active form being self realized, independent initiative. //////////////
RM;
For example; someone may say "I wish to stop smoking...but its SO HARD to stop." So, this type of reactive intent is perceived as "its not me or my intent, its the difficulty of giving up nicotine." The externalization of  'control', aka, "its beyond my control". Active intent reveals EVERYTHING is within our control (our intent). The reason this may initially be doubted is because, the dull link with intent (conditioned intent) makes intent seem outside of us (not our doing) when it IS our doing, all the time./////////////////IW; An excellent point. This has a lot to do with the intent to take responsibility for ones' self”. It also has to do with inertia, or in other words, built up intent within the physical body. Self realization, especially through self examination and meditation, is the remedy for the doubt you mentioned inside people. Plus then there's the poor, degraded intent of this culture in which we live...which does exactly what you pointed out...it makes everything seem to be outside of the control of the individual. It is in essence the collective embodiment of the intent of disempowerment. Realizing this and rejecting the status quo, goes a long way to remedying such disempowerment inside the self.////////////
RM;
So, we sharpen active intent, but...not over night. Not just by reading these words can one then just go out and change everything in their lives (such as give up smoking over night...one can, but unless intent is strong, likely they won't just yet..the FI will stop them). No, intent must be exercised regularly to strengthen it. Don Juan called this "sharpening the link with Intent." So again, the slow and gradual process of making intent strong, may initially cause intent to be perceived as less within ones realm of harnessing it. Its important to keep this in mind, because this merely means we need to employ persistence to "make it happen". //////////////IW;Yes, well said. The strengthening of one's link with intent, both within and without is certainly a gradual process, notunlike the gaining of high fitness from a position of weakness. An every-day application of the intent to master intent is exactly what you're talking about. In this process intent becomes more and more focused, going from bending/unsteadiness to unbending and fiercely determined.////////////
RM;
I have observed that the families one is born into also impacts intent, as do other factors. Some exhibit a stronger intent (sorcery or magic) quite naturally without understanding exactly how they do so. Some are psychics without knowing how exactly, but it runs in their families. To me this simply means the intent is passed along in such a way that it is conditioned, but unlike most conditioning, its more effective (and useful) intent. Regardless however, anyone can make these same links with power, by intending it. IW;There definitely is such a thing as family karma, or in other words, long term intention. Science is even saying now that there is such a thing as “epigenetic” traits passed on through genes...what one might call “molecules attached to the side of the DNA strand that isn't actually DNA but it close. I've often thought that the way a person lives their lives, (the intent they use every day) does in fact change their genetics over their lifetime, and that these changes are passed on through the generations. I think this partically explains the truth of what you're saying about certain family lines that exhibit more power.
RM;
In my experiences, not-doings initially serve to free up energy going previously to conditioned/reactive intent, so that it can be redeployed to be active/directed intent. A not-doing stuns the areas of our "doings" that zapped our energy and then we see where change is possible, because we have the available energy freed up. In truth, its the intent of not-doing that reveals the doing that (appeared) to be holding one captive. So...the intent to shift perspective (not-doing), and that ability to see we are always free to do so, changes the conditioned beliefs to intended actions, which they were intended actions before anyway (all actions are intended), but "given" to us at such a young age we forgot we ourselves intended it via the socialization process.///////////IW;Well said, and I agree entirely. Not doing is comparable to initiating a defragmentation of a computer...it eliminates unnecessary clutter and frees up space. It's absolutely true that people forget just how thoroughly they were conditioned to behave all their lives, especially during childhood. Given this, they mistakenly imagine that life couldn't possibly be any other way. This is the inertia and cultural/collective intention, and as you pointed out, it can be corrected through a shift of persepctive. Self and cutlural realization is once again key there.
 RM;
Always we had/have the power within our grasp, each and every person, so its a matter of coming to see this, and, more importantly, act upon what we see. And then consistently to strengthen the link.////////////IW;Yes, to SEE we have such power is in large part to understand that we do not just wield intent, we ARE intent. It is an innate part of our being, at the very core of self at all levels. To understand this progressively is enables progressive action upon it, and then we do indeed strengthen our link with the intent at large...

[glance left]

Great information again, IW and RM!

One thing that's worked for me in terms linking not-doing and intent, is the active of placing awareness on the vibrational energy of intent itself, which helps sustain inner silence, which, in essence, acomplishes what's been described as the not-doing of the self.  It's been said that the self, as far as we've come to know it, is an idea reinforced by the mind.  Placing awareness on the vibrational energy of intent helps to silence the steady stream of reinforcement of the idea of the self...thus, the not-doing of the self!   I've seen it work, in short bursts here and there.  Now, the trick for me is to sustain it...to persist so that the not-doing is allowed to gain momentum to tip the scales and then...well, then I presume the unraveling of my known world will happen and the true self will emerge amidst that unraveling.
I've got more work to do!

[Intentwielder]

Very interesting GL,When you mentioned focusing awareness of the vibrational energy of intent itself, what comes to mind is this....that you're focusing on feelings that run throughout the body, (I see feeling as the most available indication of what intent is doing anywhere in the self). And that doing this an excellent way to turn off inner dialog. I see what you mean about the holding of inner silence as a “:not doing of the self”. Ok, I follow all that clearly, please correct me if I'm not seeing this clearly./////////////////////////note;“The self as we've come to know it” is of course ego or self image. I always wished DJ would have called “self importance”, “self image importance” because that is a more accurate thing to say. The true self, (soul aka consciousness) MUST be held as important so as to take serious action upon it, since it is what we are, just not in an ego-based way. What do you say to that?//////////////////////You said, “ Now, the trick for me is to sustain it”...yes, the sustaining of shifts of state, (assemblage point) is always the real test, isn't it? In other words, it's a real accomplishment to sustain one's awareness on intent itself, (via feeling/vibration) rather than upon thought/self image. Another way to say that would be. “to stay centered in one's true self, or consciousness, rather than it's activities”. Zen has much to say on that subject...////////////An excellent post, brother.

[glance left]

"What do you say to that?"

I say, yeah totally!...true self importance is a much better thing than self-image-importance, I agree. And, plus, it's a much more enjoyable way of existing, since it's the doorway expanding awareness. I feel much more alive when my awareness is centered in my true self, as much as I can. I think it rocks!

[Guest]

Thanks for reply Intentwielder, you intuited all my meanings very well. And about discussing intent, thats whats good about forums that are acquainted with Castaneda's work, you will find others whom you can discuss intent with since we all have been working with it extensively but moreso as we all know the definitions and that its the basic component of everything. Philosophies and religions do not quite hit upon intent...sure some may in roundabout manner, but not often so directly.

[rosygyro]

The foundations of the habitual assemblage point run very deep
they go back further than the oldest beings alive and into tradition and hierarchy.
we are born into a world which is essentially a series of sexual DIODES (one way valves)
The KNOWN or the male sexual energy is predominantly programmed to penetrate
but before intial sexual penetration occurs the male has no concept of WITHDRAWEL either..
here is a massive problem.. im sure that every teenage boy has encountered it on that special day their sex life begins.
they have dreamed of the day they could put it into the unknown..
likewise the female UNKNOWN in all its empty silence has no clue as to how to reject foreign fibres before it has experienced foreign fibre hosting.

It is important to discuss the nature of tantra i think..
especially..
Consensuality.

the problem i am hinting at is that although a single beings first experience with the opposite sex can be desribed as an utterly individual threshold to cross.
the sexual act itself is so ingrained with institutionalised sexual procedure perpetuated by billions
that the second motion of sex i.e. the withdrawel /or ejection.. is not a great threshold of freedom like penetration was..
but is more in the style of a 30kg lead weight attatched to/inserted into the genitals and immpossible to undo!
ThE KNOWN once activated is not easily undone.

[messengerpidgeon]

We could say sexual energy is the same as dreaming energy ,

That the river of being upon floats a seed .

That the seed misuse causes a river of misuse ,
That use of " seed" as form of actual seed upon river can be utilised to ,
Form

In the way of being intensified by the actual flourishment of known
Flowers
Of becoming

And travelling in manners harmonious and un
in movement of constant pressures implied by their usage
And yeild to sow

[messengerpidgeon]

In this way i am speaking of dreaming

Not separate to
Waking and the worlds seen by the veiwer viewing
As momentum

On that " thread" " imPlicit"

[Intentwielder]

RG;

“The foundations of the habitual
assemblage point run very deep

they go back further than the oldest
beings alive and into tradition and hierarchy.“


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Yes, I see the truth of that. Personal
karma is compounded by family and even a society's karma. False and
limiting beliefs are passed on through the generations, and rarely
are they questioned. So it is with states of consciousness,
especially given the negative influences of modern mass media.


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What you said about the socially
programmed role of the sexes is quite interesting. As you implied,
some of our male and female behavior is also genetic. I suspect that
the norms of history and pre-history have become ingrained in our
DNA, and as any student of history knows, the human past is saturated
with ill-intent.


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This of course brings us to the fact
that very little of our past as a species, has been based upon
consensual agreement. Even in the modern day where it is assumed that
we are so “liberated” in our beliefs and social mores, sexual
role-playing, obligation and rigid beliefs still govern the norm.
This is definitely NOT an enlightened world society in which we live,
it would rightfully be called “the Neo-Dark Age” where both male
and female are disempowered into inhibited smallness, that is defined
for them by religion, education, social karma and the mass media.


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I fully agree that tantra is a long
overdue subject for discussion. The first thing that seems
necessary, is to challenge utterly the role-playing norms of the
yin/yang, to free their energies from these artificial and
disempowering norms. A return to the natural is called for, but
through the cultivation of enlightened minds that question, and who
have the personal power to be progressive with each other. When men
and women have the personal power to guide themselves effectively,
they will then also have the power to guide each other into higher
levels of bliss and mutual strengthening; don't you agree?


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Messenger, you said;

“We could say sexual energy is the
same as dreaming energy ,
That the river of being upon floats a
seed .
That the seed misuse causes a river of misuse “


///////////////


I'd say that you're right, but also
that sexual energy is the foundation of EVERYTHING the body does. To
strengthen it is to strengthen all of it's activities, including
those of the mind. The misuse of sex, or should I say, sexual intent
that is destructive/unnatural/non-evolutionary certainly does result
in a weakeningof the body, not to mention other bodies. The modern
world needs desperately to purify sexual intention in general, to get
away from this norm of mutual resentment and violent aggression to a
position of innate joy, natural sensitivity and consensual benefit.

[rosygyro]

I dont think its a role reversal or polarity that we need!
I definatly think that there is a fear of what sexual energy really is if allowed to flow uninhibited.
all forms of sexual abuse are an "overstepping" of the consensual interface between people.
wether this be down to maturity, consent, medical reasons, violence etc..

What would the male half of the habitual position sound like if just for one day no-one on earth committed rape.
I think it would eject the fibre from the human condition itself.

in potential energy terms sex on our planet will evolve better if we do not cloud its truth with one sided stories!

[Intentwielder]

RG;You said,"in potential energy terms sex on our planet will evolve better if we do not cloud its truth with one sided stories!"
It is difficult to determine from such statements, what you're post is aiming to accomplish. 
My intention in making this post, regarding the potentials of polarity, is to describe a, "path with heart".  Tantric practices have such power.  But like any other spiritual path, they have only such power as the practitioners who apply them.  Those who would apply any path must by necessity address the purity and focus of their intention, so as to travel it with integrity.
What you seem to be referring to in general is culture, not the inherent traits of our species.  As I said, I see this culture as a neo-dark age in all respects, including sexual.  So if what you're advocating is a rejection of that false status quo, then I wholeheartedly agree.
However, a rejection of thing is not a thing, it is only its' absence.  In it's place a thing of power and beauty is needed.  It is wise to make right employment of every potential available to us, in the gaining of power.  The sexes have such potential.
Male and female are the literal embodiments of opposite and complimentary cosmic forces...yang and yin respectively.  As such they have enormous energies which circulate between them, and these energies can be harnessed for the sake of mutual empowerment, even mutual enlightenment and high joy.  You said the male is the known and the female is the unknown.  But I say they are BOTH largely unknown, because they are not seen as sacred, nor are they employed consciously as polar forces.  I say that because the sacred, transcendental energies of male and female are maligned, by a materialistic culture that sells them both as a commodity, just as it does with all of nature.  This is a sacrilege.  It is the privilege, even the duty of practitioners to throw off the yoke of sex-as-profane-commodity, and find their true power as the combined force of transcendental TAO. 
Man and woman have tremendous potential to uplift each other, even on the path of warriorship as described by Castaneda.  Why not embrace that potential in respect for LIFE, and discard the false expectations of Roman society?

[rosygyro]

the idyllic reflection of the sexes within a single relationship only ever seems to function in polarity to the sexual ignorance of the habitual assemblage position.for this reason i reject idealisms of reflection "unless" it be research into energetic templates applicable to both the immobile and the fluid assemblage position.
any fluidity which observes the non fluid as part of its mechanism is dependant apon the other remaining unchanged.
just as yoni requires lingham to remain..

the problem is in total human awarness terms..
the habitual assemblage point IS the lingham, IS the known..
and all sexual abuses and tendencies are already a part of its immobile unchanging nature!
even positive change is percieved by many as the onset of impotence!
Its a wierd world where women who access the deep earth sexual energy of our world.. must allow some energy to go FLACCID..
as we do not need some energy to be perpetually manifest in sex.
if you are going to achieve totality sexually you must ADMIT that the midst of mans sexaul folly is abusive and abused.
reflecting sexual energy as partners is not idealistic.. not if you reflect totality.
this is not to say people should ever become abusers in order to find totality
or go and get raped as a "not doing"
 some method of embodyment of the RIDDLES must be found if not thorugh action.. then through self destruction
otherwise it is not TANTRA you practice and is a combination
of riddle avoidance and aquiescance to the hedonistic postions "of antiquity!
i sincerely believe that part of the warriors path is to destroy his own worldview..

Some easterly stalkers for instance would say.. that "there exists a foreign fibre within the known.. which acts as a conduit for an iniorganic being of gargantuan prportions. within the habitual position of earth this conduit in the KNOWN allows sexual energy to build up between adult men and immature females.
this "FOREIGN FIBRE" is a study of time in itself..
and should the sorcerer eject and banish the 15year fibre..( which must be achieved though MEST alignment within the "SorCerers WoRld"  his sexual energy will cease to be lost to children.
and so the warrior "CUTS" a meridian out of his penis..
far preferable to trying to get energy back by sticking it in kidz.

BASICLY.. all sexual abusive tendencies are foreign fibres.. but they are so long established in the habitual position that they are now recognised as inherant awarness... the oldest enemy has become a familiar friend and so systemic abuse continues.

There had to be a certain element of "the buck stops here" with any sexual energy..fluidity of deep earth power i feel lets too much habitual pattern through our tonal.. and sexual magic is a part of the perpetuation of sexual abuse in the greater human sphere!

[Intentwielder]

There are some people,
perhaps the vast majority, who would assume that relationships are
nothing but a struggle for ego supremacy. By that I mean
relationships of ALL kinds, not just between man and woman, but
between human and human of all ages, types and inclinations. They
assume this about relating primarily because that is all they have
ever experienced in their lives...such is the karma of the world at
present. But such an expectation is much like viewing forestry as
fields of stumps, simply because clear cutting is all one has ever
seen.




The warrior must indeed
stand ready to have their world view challenged. And then, with
detachment, be willing and able to transform themselves into new and
better forms. The karma of this world civilization is dark indeed.
But that fact is a reflection of our own acts as a species, it is not
the nature of reality itself. The nature of reality is this; that
life progresses, it evolves, it has beauty, it has sacred purpose.




The purpose of life is
the expansion of consciousness!



Most
humans don't want to hear that, but that is part of their karma too.
That is part of their many self-inflicted wounds. Humanity has
become like a tree that has set half of its' branches on fire, while
it hacks away at the roots of its' other half.



But
that is not how life has to be. Love and clarity are not pipe dreams
invented by those out of touch with reality. They are the lifeblood
of all true progress. Regardless of what dark karma we have been
dealt, be it personal or cultural, the practitioner must by necessity
purify themselves and define their forest once again as a vibrant and
progressive entity full of life.



Sexual
energy does not have to imply victimization. It is a beautiful force
of nature that CAN be employed by practitioners for the sake of
mutual benefit.

[rosygyro]

the three bands of man Objective, Corporeal and Subjective are inescapable.
too much fluidity is correlated with simply the Objective!
Within Subjectivity the individual is the enemy and freedom is intelligent co-operation!

The subjective is a power source for perception of Time..
like a balloon powered toy car.. the subjective "deflates" as pressure is turned to propulsion!

Stalking the self has some analysis of itself within the subjective band! internal dichotomies should not be cast
into "expansive models" of consiousness! But should instead be inturned and plotted within time...
we cannot choose Objectivity then claim it is fluid! not when its so onesided!

[messengerpidgeon]

Heart equals scale
Truth is measured by hearts scale
Heart tips the scale
So what is truth fills the balloon

And living heart
Is truth
So it is new
And balance
What was is the path
What becomes from what was
Truth expansion
heart absolves walking

Concentric circle
Challenge

[Intentwielder]

Tantra
and the Expansion of Consciousness



Any
high vibration has spiritual value. But pleasure has many special
properties as well.




For
one thing, because its' origin is the first chakra, it affects
everything else the body does, since this area and energy is the
bodys' foundation. A high foundation implies a high pyramid built on
top of it. The bodies of the self all work better in every way while
under the influence of high consciousness.



Tantra
done in tandem is very dynamic. The energy flow from male to female
and female to male is naturally strong, and mutually empowering, due
to the principle of polarity. Polarity, described in part by the
philosophy of the Tao as well as the science of electromagnetics, is
a universal force, a natural law. Since we are polar, (yin/yang, +/-
charge) we are the very embodiments of a universal force. This has
vast implications in and of itself, but even more so for those who
know it, and who can act with competance upon the spiritedness they
feel inside themselves as a result of it.



Because
the practice is very enjoyable it is very attractive. Because it is
very attractive it is a spiritual practice that is relatively easy to
do. It carries therefore, it's own momentum or inertia. Any high
vibration, most notably, pleasure, love and bliss, actually attract
energy from the environment. [It is almost as if, the consciousness
of the surrounding field senses the high nature of such states in
its' proximity, and rushes toward those states with the “desire”
to participate in its' advantages.] Such energy enters the body(s)
and accumulates there for as long as such states remain in the
persons' consciousness. The higher the pleasure, love and/or bliss,
the proportionally greater this in-flow of energy becomes. Those who
are adept at chi-gaining and storage can absorb this energy at all
levels of their being, from body and energy body to soul. They can
even capitalize on the fact and increase that flow of energy into the
self at will, and without practical limit, according to their
personal power. Any dynamic energy flow that already exists, tends
to be easy to add even more to.



The
dynamic pleasure tantra/sex creates has spiritedness. Such spirit
comes from the earth, from earth consciousness and billions of years
of evolution. In fact, we contain part of the spirit of all the
creatures which evolved and led up to human beings, all the way back
to single cell bacteria. The Earthmind is largely responsible for
the development of life here. So, structured within our being is the
spirit of the life force, remembered by the DNA, of the entire chain
of life that led up to these human forms. That is largely the origin
of pleasure and orgasm...they are deep Earthmind memories containing
the spirit of the earth itself. Nature, in all its' forms, is filled
to the brim with such spirit. This accounts for the high “vibes”
that sensitive persons feel upon entering places like dense forests.
What they are sensing are the life spirits, the states and
consciousness of all the life forms of that location. This fact
underlies why areas differ so much in feeling as well, since the vibe
from any area of a forest is just the composite state of
consciousness of the beings who live there, (group mind). As humans,
we possess a broad range of such “frequencies”, “vibes” and
states of consciousness, and these are ours to tap through tantra and
other practices.



To
consciously direct the forces and energy of tantra is to enhance all
of what I just mentioned. All those things give it power and deep
spiritual value. Given this, tantra is implicitly
consciousness-expanding.



Part
of tantra is to enhance and emphasize the spiritedness, the polarity
of one's counterpart, to make it increase as much as possible. The
only “limitation” upon this are the needs of the Path, of balance
and the accommodation of other right actions and focuses, necessary
in life. Tantra is but one tool in the workshop of High Masters, but
it is an extremely potent tool nonetheless.

[Gestblinde]

In "Dreaming" the merging of energies, be it with an ally or another "dreamer" is very often described as so similar to sex that people tend to believe it was sex..