22 RAW INTENTION

Intention brought to life, will power, savage love, divine intervention, powerful inspiration, channeling messages from Source.

Holding on to the details too tightly, not allowing Source to intervene, missed opportunities, getting stuck in your story, unchecked emotion that is sabotaging your efforts.

Intention can be raw or it can be refined. Refined intention gets polished and perfected, and turned into marketing, a résumé, a vision board . . . and it is always tinted by layers of our own perception. Raw intention is wilder than that. It’s pure, unrefined, and authentic. It’s the mother who lifts a car with her bare hands to save her child, because raw power does not ask questions—it just does. And so it is. By virtue of simply being human, you have this wild and natural magic inside you. And you may be spending too much time filtering your raw power as a way to fit in, or as a way to be others want you to.

Unleash your pure intention and you will radiate so much innate magic that you'll move mountains. Allow spontaneity and divine love to guide you, and pay attention to whim, desire, inclination, and impulse. If you notice any unwanted emotions surfacing (like anger, sadness, fear, or guilt), simply be with them. Hear them. Notice them. Ask them why they are present, and they will likely point to a much deeper need that sounds something like: 'I am seen. I am loved. I am accepted. I am safe.' Remind yourself that you are all of these things and draw your power from there.

What are your wild and unkempt intentions calling into your life? What needs to be heard? And can you work with them, mindfully, to build the life of your dreams?

One way of channeling raw intentions is to do a little automatic writing. Ask your question to the Universe, and sit with an open mind, a blank page, and a curious heart. Allow messages from the unconscious mind to flow onto your page. Just write. Or doodle. And shift.