Bhavana As Intentions

Deepak Chopra maintains that our intentions have infinite organizing power. And that all forces present in our world conspire to push our intentions to manifest into the physical plane. When we daydream of such delicious imaginings, we plant a seed on the plane of pure potentiality...the plane of existence where everything has the capability of being nurtured into full bloom, into fruition. But how do we nurture these dreams? It really depends on our belief systems. We pray or meditate or perform rituals and spells --- different paths to get to the destination. We each have our own personal set of tools, an arsenal if you will. I've used a combination of mantra meditations, dreambooks, 40-day disciplines, and bhavanas. I also use Reiki on my dreambooks, believing that the energy I direct onto my writings give my dreams extra nurturing. A wonderful friend of mine, a yogini, had shared with me the idea of bhavanas. She explained an exercise learned during her yoga intensives: the students were asked to write down and share with the class a few statements about themselves. Some statements had to be factual, and one statement had to describe an intended situation that they would like to manifest. All statements had to appear equally truthful and believable that the audience would not be able to detect which is the BHAVANA. Well, the results were nothing short of amazing as situations had evolved and the bhavanas became reality. Bhavanas...I had never heard of this concept until Sheryl shared it with me. What a gift and I am truly thankful.