Re: Intention vs Willpower - are we trying too hard?

Hi Maarten,

Thanks for your reply and question offlist, which I have extracted and included here.

Dear Sandra, this is indeed a very helpful clarification, I'm very
good in trying too hard!

There is a related question: Do you have any similar hints for clients
who say they don't know where the energy wants to go (or very
obviously make something up, based on their ideas where it "should"
go); or who more precisely say: "I can't feel where it wants to go".

Maarten

As for 'where the energy wants to go' in my experience , when its soft enough, it starts to travel and release of its own accord. However, having the expectation that it will start to move as it softens is like us 'holding the thought', or having the intention that it will move and travel somewhere, so maybe this also helps.

But its much more of an observer position, a 'watch and see what happens' with the thought that it will flow when its soft enough than a directing of the energy when it first starts to soften and flow. Sometimes the energy becomes so light it justs radiates or 'vapourises off' and there is no sense of flow through the body at all.

Anytime that the energy is soft enough to flow and yet still doesnt, indicates that there maybe someting else stopping the flow. So I would ask the client to scan around the area where the energy is and see if there's anything containing the energy or blocking its flow. If there is, we pay attention, think of this barrier softening and when its softened and released the original energy starts to flow on its own.

Also, as Silvia added, using our hands to bring extra energy to the erea, breathing into it, moving the body also can help facilitate the flow. People do hold the breath when they concentate, so reminding them about this helps alot.

Another point about using the hands...when we do this we bring an additional energy, our natural energy that we are radiating, to the area to help it to soften. When we focus our intention for a certain outcome at a certain place, I have observed that the power of the enegy flow from the hands increases substantially increasing the additional energy we are bringing to the effected area. So this effectively accelerates the softening of the energy.

Some people lose track of the feeling of energy in the body when they place the hands directly in contact with the body (like me). For others there's an immediate ease and release bringing the hands. So its also good to be aware that hovering the hands is also a good way to bring extra energy and also you allow them to still be able to track whats happening to the energy in tehbody if, like me, they lose track on actual contact.

Its all subtle stuff, but makes a big difference to the results.

And then there's some that all they do is 'think soften and flow' and off it goes.
Its good to have some extra tips for when its not so simple.

And yes I will post something on the energym list about this too.

Hope that helps

Sandra :-)

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Received on Wed Sep 17 2008 - 15:54:41 BST