A blog by Dr. Harry Henshaw
Posts tagged intention
Comments about the Power of Intention.
Aug 17th
I am currently reading a book by Wayne Dyer, The Power of Intention. This is a very powerful book. Its application to all human beings interested in transforming their lives is very direct, including those in recovery. All of our problems are the result of us being “disconnected” from our source, from intention or God.
While I believe that positive affirmation can help to transform a person’s life, to help them feel better, ultimately this transformation has to led to reestablishing that union that Dr Dyer talks about. Without the connection we live our life from ego, and with this comes the problems and struggles of life. It appears that meditation is part of this process for reconnecting.
The two modalities are important, positive affirmations and meditation. Ester and Jerry Hicks wrote about the power of affirmations and meditation for transforming a person’s life and way of being. When these two modalities are put together the therapeutic result can be very powerful.
The Connection at work and with being of service.
Aug 12th
My work is about being of service to others. I believe that what Dan Millman said in the Peaceful Warrior about the highest purpose is for us to be of service to others. It is a giving and the creation of transformation for others, through the program of recovery. It is not that I can change anyone but rather that I can have a conversation about transformation, about them transforming their life.
The message, so to speak, comes from many levels. It comes from the thoughts I have about something I have read or have been working in my studies. At times I am not sure where the message comes from. Tonight was one of those moments. When I speak in group, for example, there have been times where I believe it was not be speaking, rather something or someone else. Such a moment happened again tonight.
I believe that what generated the conversation about transformation came from that connection that we practice restoring. Dyer wrote of this in his book, The Power of Intention. The connection is to our intention, to that which connects us all to each other, creating unity.
Daily Homework – Two Principles for your Transformation in Recovery
Jul 25th
Below are two more Principles of the Daily Homework for transforming your life, especially for those in recovery.
1. Develop your Recovery plan. Plan your work with your sponsor and therapist. Your Recovery Plan is about your life. Your Recovery Plan is about your integrity. Integrity is the bottom line. Are you in integrity with your Recovery Plan? Are you in integrity with your life? Without a Recovery Plan much of life may not be lived the way that you want.
2. Develop your Daily Action Plan. Work your plan and be held accountable to your sponsor and therapist. Do your Daily Action Plan everyday. Your Daily Action Plan is about your commitment and integrity with respect to your Recovery Plan. Your Daily Action Plan is about fulfilling on your intention and commitments. Your Daily Action Plan is about keeping your Recovery Plan in existence.
Daily Homework – Four Principles to Transform your life.
Jul 25th
There are ten principles to the Daily Homework. Presented here are the first four:
1. To take complete ownership and responsibility for your life. Understand that you have created and chosen your life the way it is occuring. You are the cause of what you experience and your life.
2. Watch your word. Stay presen to what you think and say. Choose to say positive things about yourself and others. What you think and say creates your experiences of how life will occur and be for you.
3. Practice your Self Affirmations and Possibilities everyday. Say your Self Affirmations and Possibilities in the morning, through out the day and before bedtime.
4. What is your intention? Plan your intention each morning upon awakening stay present to it throughout the day. What are you committed to today? What are you committed to now? What is it that you want to create in your life? What is it that you want to create now?
Read each principle slowly and contemplate them daily, throughout the day!
Our true intention shows up in our actions.
Jul 6th
Our true intention will show up in our actions. What we do and how we behave will reveal our real intention, regardless of what we say or express verbally. It is important in any change process, including the recovery program, to plan or say your intention. Plan and express your intention each morning upon awakening and stay present to it throughout the day. What are you committed to today? What are you committed to now? What is it that you want to create in your life? What is it that you want to create now?
To fulfill on our intention will require a plan, both a recovery plan and a daily action plan, tools to bring about ones intention. First is the recovery plan, a general direction in which you will go, the goals that you will attempt to accomplish. Remember to develop your recovery plan. Plan your work. Your recovery plan is about your life and your integrity. Once created, are you in integrity with your recovery plan? Are you in integrity with your life?
Next is your daily action plan, how you will bring your recovery plan into reality and your day to day life. Remember to create your daily action plan daily. Always work this plan daily. Your daily action plan is about your commitment and integrity with respect to your recovery plan. Your daily action plan is about fulfilling on your intention and commitments. Your daily action plan is about keeping your recovery plan in existence.