I ‘borrowed’ the title of this post from my good friend, and fellow Canuck, Kerry Sim.
Kerry had read my recent post about Intention and Action.
Within a day he received a newsletter from his mentors about the same topic, saying something similar.
Funny.
I’ve noticed the same thing in the Blogosphere… postings about Intention and Action. For example, my good friend Paula G just posted about the topic over at Coaching 4 Lesbians.
Coincidence? Or, not?
Probably not.
Here’s what I think is happening.
It’s my — and your — Reticular Activating System (RAS)in action.
The RAS is the Spam filter or firewall of the brain. It’s function is to filter out extraneous messages or stimuli, so your brain doesn’t become overloaded. If the RAS wasn’t there your brain would receive so many messages you’d go crazy!
So, the RAS acts like a traffic cop. It allows some messages past and others don’t get past. But, unlike a traffic cop the RAS is malleable. 😉
You can tell it what to look for and what to ignore. You can do that conciously — with intention. Or, it can happen unconciously — UNintentionally. For example, the minute you buy a new car suddenly you discover how many other people own cars just like yours.
So, here’s how Intention works.
You picture, visualize what you want.
That CONCIOUS action sets the RAS to notice events, actions, people, stimuli that match YOUR PICTURE.
Voila!
Suddenly, all around you is what you Intented.
It was there before…. you just didn’t see it!
Of course, now that you SEE IT you have to DO something.
Remember, INTENTION –> ACTION –> ATTENTION –> REACTION –> RESULTS(C)
