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Are Your Intentions Authentic?

11/23/2023

The new year is closing in on us quickly. With everything that has been happening in our nation and the world, are we being authentic in how we express ourselves coming into this new year? If you’re not sure, ask yourself: Are all these wonderful sentiments I'm posting on Facebook and elsewhere actually what I intend to do in this new year, or does it just make me feel good about myself to say them? Do I intend to be kind to others and put myself in their shoes, or am I really giving notice to everyone that I expect them to be kind to me and try walking in my shoes for once?

Does this sound negative to you? I'm sorry if it does, but it is always important to see if our blinders are in place when we give intention for anything, the new year being no exception. Are we blinding ourselves to our true intentions? Are we driven by our need to look good or feel good? Are we being lazy and letting others decide what we believe in? Are we being authentic?

Being authentic means checking your ego at the door and allowing your true passions to drive your intentions and actions. To quote Shakespeare: To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. This means that you can't put on a different personality for different people. You cannot wear a different social mask in different social circles and still be authentic. For in being authentic, there is no mask.

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Shuck The “Voices in Your Head”

11/9/2023

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Your mind has so much power. It can shift your mood in a nanosecond from happy to sad and just as quickly send you down the rabbit hole into feeling morose. It can convince you you’re not qualified to be a writer or painter or mechanic or technician or doctor or physicist.

How does this happen? Are we not in charge of our minds?

Of course, we are! The problem is that we don't seem to realize it. We let ourselves be convinced that the random thoughts created by our past experiences have more power than we do. So we give in to them. We convince ourselves the words are some spirit whispering in our ear or our intuition when most of the time this is in fact a bunch of baloney!

If we want to do something, and

we don't let the "voices in our heads" get in the way of our critical thought processes,
we move our feet to accomplish the things or the training necessary in the physical world, and
we don't give up,

then we’re in charge of our minds and can accomplish wondrous things. In this process, we are changed because we now know we have the power within us to reach for the goals we desire in our lives.

Question Popping Up in Your Head Right Now?

I imagine some of you are wondering how you tell the difference between the “voices in your head” and your intuition. Intuition, unlike the voices in your head, is like a rope that dangles within your grasp. Its guidance is always directed toward the fulfillment of your desires that move you in the direction of becoming a fully conscious creator. The voices in your head, however, tend to bounce off past negative experiences and often lead you into reactionary states of mind. Intuition will not do this.

The message on this image puts equal power in your hands, in other words, in the doing in the outer world. In my humble opinion, the mind is more powerful. The workings of the mind direct your hands. Both are necessary for your desires to manifest, but the mind determines the purity of the outcome.

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Dannye Williamsen

I have been studying the human psyche and its wonderful and often frustrating journey for over four decades. It was only natural that my love of writing and teaching became part of this journey.

My writings are dedicated to those who are willing to search outside the box for meaning in their lives, who are willing to shift their view of the world just enough to recognize they are unique expressions, and who are willing to do the inner work to improve their understanding of who they are.

Are Your Intentions Authentic?

Shuck The “Voices in Your Head”

Dannye Williamsen

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