We have a tremendous ability to shape our lives, how we work, how we play, we can shape our environment...

we can even shape ourselves. We use the power of intent to get those things we want most. Good health, love, security.

But using our intention to create something is fear announced. Intent says "God give me that which I don't already possess." In acknowledging that you don't already possess that thing that you want, you are confirming back to the universe that you don't already have it and your fear is made your reality.

Intent always comes from the mind. A mind that is separate from the all of it - separate from universal consciousness. The true self, pure consciousness - the spirit within - has no need of intent. It simply knows what is right in the moment. In knowing what is right, there is no need to question what is to be done or to ask for a different experience than what is already present. There is simply a knowing of what that moment is revealing. A knowing that the moment is offering a chance to experience something. After all, in another dimension, you chose the experience for yourself.

Therefore in this dimension, the only question you need ask is "why did I choose the experience I am having". In doing this you achieve what you came here to achieve - self realisation.

So if something 'terrible' happens to you or a loved one, look beyond the fear of the outcome, look beyond the intention to change the outcome and understand what you were meant to learn from it.

If we could just accept the moment for what it is and understand what we are being told by it, we would release all attachment to an outcome. When we truly release all attachments of the mind, we become the true self - pure spirit. Paradoxically, when you have surrendered these illusionary needs, your power becomes limitless - it is the power of God. Paradoxically, at that point no one experience is any 'better' than another because 'better and worse' is simply a judgment of the mind. Therefore at the point you have the power to shape your circumstances with your consciousness, there is no longer a need to.

Therefore the route to the true self is one of surrendering to the moment and unfolding into yourself. It is one of graceful acceptance.