By Nisha Manek, MD, FACP, FRCP (UK)
The coronavirus lockdowns have made people hit the pause button on life.
What’s next?
Prepare to raise your game and create a new reality with intention. The current story is fundamentally about finding your stability, your inner core. Emerging from the pandemic is going to take grit, courage, and a new set of tools.
When I began my inquiry into the role of the acupuncture system’s subtle energies for health, I quickly discovered an integral aspect: Intention. Defined by Merriam Webster dictionary, intention is what one intends to do or bring about. As a concept, intention is attention directed to an object of knowledge. It is focused thought.
Stanford University’s Emeritus professor Dr. William A. Tiller discovered it is possible to change materials like water by consciously holding a clear intention to do so. This is very exciting. Even more exciting is the fact that you can activate your intention and “pump up” your supplements, food, water, and much more. You’re mobilizing your remarkable tool intuitive tool.
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In investigating the power of intention, Tiller’s research reached into laws of nature. All life is governed by the second law of thermodynamics. This says that the natural state of matter is randomness and disorder. Tiller’s research showed that focused intention increases order and coherence. Intention is like a laser light. Laser-like intention can boost immune health, be a powerful defense against illness, and coheres your body’s acupuncture energy system. Every intention can have a stabilizing effect around which reality can re-gather.
The truth is, it’s accessible. The first thing to do once you read this column is to be willing to try it. Get a pen and paper. For five minutes, clear your time. Write down your wish for optimal health and your anxieties. This puts you in touch with your inner feelings and experiences.
An essential part of the process is that intention is written down. There is something magical about writing things down. Why is writing effective? In my experience, the action of writing says something about the relationship between intention — a creative mental aspect – and the physical act of writing. There’s something about holding the piece of paper, about the thought you’ve put into it. The time it took you to write, paying attention to your wishes, is a form of applied love. Once on paper, you become familiar with your inner positions and attitudes. Surrender and let go of your resistance. You may be surprised at how quickly you become adept at it. Establish a routine and keep a notebook where you write down your daily intentions.
Once you have written your intention, come back to it after some time, and revise it. Take time to discover yourself. When doubt arises, notice it. Treat doubt like a pet or a toy such as your favorite teddy bear. Put the teddy bear aside while you write your intention. Intention is made powerful by the removal of doubts, fears, and inhibitions. With the removal of negativity, dynamic forces are unloosed, so that what were once impossible dreams now become actualized goals.
Read your intention and hold it in mind. Then let it go. This is a secret. To surrender it and all outcomes. The mechanism of surrender is of great practical benefit. It follows the dictum of “Know thyself.”
Practicing intention in my life has reshaped my world view as a doctor. This is a skill I routinely teach my patients so they can take charge of their health, release fear, and thrive with the uncertainties of life.
You can write that your supplements be beneficial to your body’s cells and immune system, and the nutrition is assimilated effortlessly. You may desire optimal functioning in the emotional, mental, and spiritual levels of your life.
Conscious intention will lead to a deeper understanding of what you are. You can open new vistas and change your life.
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Dr. Nisha Manek is an integrative rheumatologist and an alumnus of Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. She is the author of Bridging Science and Spirit: The Genius of William A. Tiller’s Physics and the Promise of Information Medicine. Visit her at www.nishamanekmd.com.