Over-arching Intention
You will benefit greatly from the DailyAffirm Process if you establish an over-arching intention for your exploration of each month’s theme. Your over-arching intention is a statement that guides your thoughts and actions related to the theme. Intention is the energy or consciousness from which actions emerge.
If you are uncertain how to write this intention, just make an attempt. Keep it simple. As you work with the intention, the theme, the affirmations, and the suggested exercises, let the statement of your over-arching intention change and deepen.
Here are a few suggestions for statements of over-arching intention:
- For the theme of Freedom:
“To realize freedom on all levels of my being.” Or,
“To live each moment free and freely.” - For the theme of Love:
“My intention is to love myself.” Or,
“To live in the consciousness of unconditional love.” - For the theme of Peace:
“To see peace everywhere.” Or,
“I know that world peace is a personal choice.”
As you can see, these statements are simple and broad. You may find you want to supplement the over-arching intention with additional goals and objectives, dreams and desires, action plans and strategies. The over-arching intention can be valid for years, even your whole lifetime; the supplemental approaches must change as soon as they are fulfilled.
Copyright © 1994-2006 Marshall House, http://www.mhmail.com Jeanie Marshall, Empowerment Consultant and Coach with Marshall House, produces Guided Meditations and writes extensively on subjects related to personal development and empowerment. Discover empowering guided meditations at the Voice of Jeanie Marshall, http://www.jmvoice.com
