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THE LENS E-NEWSLETTER/JOURNAL

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About The Lens - Issue 23: The Principle of Intention

Our colleague Christa Metzger reads and comments on each issue of The Lens. Her feedback and keen eye is a gift to all of us. Below are her comments about the last issue of the Lens.

For any reader who has not read every one of the splendid articles in Issue 23, I thought I would invent a new title for each piece that gives hints about its content. NOW are you interested?

Paul – Hope for the aging: Your intentions will probably mellow, so that you no longer bite someone’s ear off.
Steve – Become a good stone-skipper and your circles will galvanize the whole pond.
Adam –Probe the mysteries of connecting your thoughts and feelings to a healthy body.
Peter and Anne –The secrets to a better life in a four-layer cake formed from the basic elements of the universe.
Tom – A model for hope: How intentions, vision, and commitment built a successful career.
Charles –A school fire may connect you to your deeper Source.
Christa – Stormy self-reflections are good for the soul
Maybeth – Mind your heart when dangling in the gap.
Bob – Confessions of a murky searcher: May a new car lead you!

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Dear Steve,

I have heard before that the mind is like a fertile garden—you plant seeds in soil, provide nourishment, and the seeds blossom into plants. However the type of garden you grow depends entirely on which seeds you plant and nourish. Are they seeds of happiness? Hatred? Indifference? Whatever you tend to, day after day, will be your reality. The seeds are intention.

The essays in this issue of the Lens capture the multi-faceted aspects of intention. The importance of aligning intention and action - from a place of altruism. (Paul) The idea of intention as energy, as a force that shapes reality. (Stephen) How we can directly affect the health of our causal mental body by trying maintaining an integrated and healthy mental attitude, and by learning how to manage our stress and by meditation. (Adam) The idea that our thoughts and feelings have natural creative power. (Peter and Ann) The power of conscious intention. (Tom) Why intentions must transcend the self - and be a part of the moral purpose. (Charles - in his fantastic essay about his experience in becoming a principal and transforming a school.) There is the grand intention - the list we make for our New Year's Resolutions - and then there is everyday life, and doing things like raking leaves. What is the spirit of our actions? (Christa) And the gap between the idealized self and the real deal - and that the solution lies within the heart space where our vision and values abide. (Maybeth) And finally, a wonderfully sweet essay on intention manifesting—so happy about the new car, Robert!

Thank you once again for the thought-provoking essays.

Erin O'Kelley Muck, Ashland, Oregon


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