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Library of Congress Control Number: 2013942840 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4019-4422-3 16 15 14 13 6 4 3 2 1 1st edition, September 2013 Printed in the United States of America 13 14 CONTENTS THE POWER OF INTENTION Preface Part I: The Essentials of Intention Chapter 1: Viewing Intention from a New Perspective Chapter 2: The Seven Faces of Intention Chapter 3: Connecting to Intention Chapter 4: Obstacles to Connecting to Intention Chapter 5: Your Impact on Others When Connected to Intention Chapter 6: Intention and Infinity Part II: Putting Intention to Work (Eight chapters offering specific information and a step-by-step guide for applying these principles to you daily life.) Chapter 7: It Is My Intention to: Respect Myself at All Times Chapter 8: It Is My Intention to: Live My Life on Purpose Chapter 9: It Is My Intention to: Be Authentic and Peaceful with All of My Relatives 15 Chapter 10: It Is My Intention to: Feel Successful and Attract Abundance into My Life Chapter 11: It Is My Intention to: Live a Stress-Free, Tranquil Life Chapter 12: It Is My Intention to: Attract Ideal People and Divine Relationships Chapter 13: It Is My Intention to: Optimize My Capacity to Heal and Be Healed Chapter 14: It Is My Intention to: Appreciate and Express the Genius That I Am Part III: The Connection Chapter 15: A Portrait of a Person Connected to the Field of Intention Acknowledgments INSPIRATION Introduction Part I: Inspiration—Living in-Spirit Chapter 1: Living Your Life in-Spirit Chapter 2: Your Life Before Your Birth into a Body 16 Chapter 3: Why We Left Our Full-Time Spiritual Identity Behind Chapter 4: How It Feels to Return to Spirit Chapter 5: Finding Your Way to an Inspired Life Part II: The Fundamentals of Inspiration Chapter 6: Essential Principles for Finding Your Way to an Inspired Life Chapter 7: Inspiration and Your Own Magnificence Chapter 8: Inspiration Is Simple Chapter 9: There’s Nothing More Powerful Than an Idea Whose Time Has Come Part III: Giving and Receiving Inspiration Chapter 10: Absorbing the Inspiration of Others Chapter 11: Being an Inspiration for Others Chapter 12: Transcending Commonplace, Uninspiring Energy Chapter 13: Inspiration in Action Part IV: Conversing with Your Spiritual Source Chapter 14: Your Spiritual Source Can Only Be What It Is 17 Chapter 15: Your Spiritual Source Knows Chapter 16: It’s All about Remembering Chapter 17: The Language of Spirit Part V: A Personal Look at Inspiration Chapter 18: How Life Looks When I Am Inspired EXCUSES BEGONE! Introduction Part I: Identifying and Removing Habitual Thinking Chapter 1: Yes, You Can Change Old Habits Chapter 2: Your Two Minds Chapter 3: Your Excuse Catalog Part II: The Key Excuses Begone! Principles Introduction to Part II Chapter 4: The First Principle: Awareness Chapter 5: The Second Principle: Alignment Chapter 6: The Third Principle: Now Chapter 7: The Fourth Principle: Contemplation 18 Chapter 8: The Fifth Principle: Willingness Chapter 9: The Sixth Principle: Passion Chapter 10: The Seventh Principle: Compassion Part III: The Excuses Begone! Paradigm Shift Chapter 11: A New Way of Looking at Changing Old Thinking Habits Chapter 12: The First Question: Is It True? Chapter 13: The Second Question: Where Did the Excuses Come From? Chapter 14: The Third Question: What’s the Payoff? Chapter 15: The Fourth Question: What Would My Life Look Like If I Couldn’t Use These Excuses? Chapter 16: The Fifth Question: Can I Create a Rational Reason to Change? Chapter 17: The Sixth Question: Can I Access Universal Cooperation in Shedding Old Habits? Chapter 18: The Seventh Question: How Do I Continuously Reinforce This New Way of Being? Endnotes About the Author 19 20 THE POWER OF INTENTION 21 For my daughter Skye Dyer. Your singing voice is a perfect vibrational match to your angelic soul. I love you! 22 23 PREFACE he book that you’re now holding in your hands, and all of the information it contains, was once a formless idea T residing in the invisible domain of the field of intention. This book, The Power of Intention, was intended into the material world by applying all of the principles written about here. I managed to make my own vibrational energy match up to the allcreating Source, and allowed these words and ideas to flow through me directly to you. You’re holding in your hands evidence that anything we can conceive of in our minds—while staying in harmony with the universal all-creating Source—can and must come to pass. If you’d like to know how this book might impact you and how you might think, feel, and co-create after reading and applying its messages, I encourage you to read the final chapter, A Portrait of a Person Connected to the Field of Intention, before beginning this journey.