How and Why to Set an Intention

Have you ever wondered how and why setting an intention can improve your life?

Intentions are powerful, yet underutilized.

Using intentions is a wonderful way to learn more about yourself. They support your spiritual practices, and they can help you to maintain mindfulness.

In this blog post, find out the differences between intentions and goals. Learn why setting an intention works, and how you can start using intentions in your life. 

An intention is different from a goal because a goal has a definitive endpoint. A goal shows you the destination where you want to go, and helps you know when you reach that point.

An intention does not have an endpoint. Instead, an intention is a guide. It can even be a guidebook for how you want to live your life. Or, a guide for a certain quality that you want to spend more time on in your life, such as being more compassionate.

Intentions can help you focus more on self care, or on something you want to prioritize in your life. They do not involve material items. And can help you transform your life into becoming the best version of yourself.

Setting an intention is very powerful at the energetic level. The reason why is because you are making it happen. Even if you cannot visualize something or feel it, stating your intention makes it occur at the energetic level which is very powerful.

As a soul of light, you are very powerful, and your thoughts and words are very powerful. The energetic vibrations of your thoughts and words are the reason why setting an intention makes it happen.

For example, intending that you are in a white orb of light for energy protection, makes it happen. As always, you can also ask the angels for assistance if desired.

Each time you set an intention, you are planting a seed. When you have a garden full of seeds planted, nourishing them leads to a beautiful garden. With intentions, the soil in the garden acts as a solid foundation for your life.

Be specific with your wording when creating intentions. Know exactly why you are setting each intention, and how it can help you in your life.

The purpose of intentions is to guide you.

What do you want to prioritize at this time?

Do you need to spend more time on self care?

What energy do you need to focus on to live a better life? An example is focusing more on the energies of love, joy, or gratitude. 

When you learn about energy, and how everything is energy, it is easier to see why setting an intention is effective at the energetic level.

First let's review the basics of energy to help you understand why setting an intention works.

Humans are energetic souls of light. This is why your thoughts, words, feelings, and subconscious mind beliefs are also energies.

They each contain an energetic vibration that sends signals out into the universe. Those signals are telling the universe to send you more of the same types of energies that match those within you.

There are also different types of energies that can be stored in your chakras. Which are the seven main energy centers found within the physical body.

Your aura is also energy. And has the ability to read, record, and move energies from the surrounding physical environment and into your physical body. 

At the energetic level when you set an intention, you are making it happen even if you are unable to see or feel that it worked. It is important to trust that it always works because it is working.

You may not immediately see the visible results on the physical plane that you reside in on Earth. However, trusting that it is working when you set an intention is important. 

When you set an intention, if you find that your mind is questioning whether it will really work, that indicates an energetic block.

Doubts, uncertainty, and questioning all go against trusting in the process. Examine your subconscious mind beliefs to locate the source of the block within your system so you can release it.

Recognize if there is a pattern related to trust issues, not believing, or any other lower emotions and thoughts that are holding you back in life.

Always remember that any unpleasant emotions or thoughts are only energies. They are not who you truly are. However, it is important for you to take responsibility over those types of energies that are within your energetic system. Because you are the one who needs to clear them. 

There are many ways that setting an intention can transform your life.

One way is by manifesting. When you are working toward manifesting anything big or small, your intention is playing a role in how soon you manifest it.

Another way that intentions improve your life is by giving you direction and a positive guide point to focus on. When you know what you want to improve in your life, setting an intention helps you know and remember what you need to do.

Finally, setting an intention speeds up your ascension journey. This is because you are tapping into your unlimited potential and power as a soul of light.

Intentions also assist you in maintaining mindfulness every day, and taking action steps to cultivate the life you desire. 

When you set an intention, you are initiating powerful changes. Intentions are also a wonderful way to make something happen when doing spiritual practices.

One of the amazing features of setting an intention is that it really is happening simply from you stating it into existence. While you are making it happen energetically, action steps are often needed to fully manifest it in the physical.

The only exception is when you are doing spiritual practices such as meditating. In those instances, intending that you are cleansing, healing, or uplifting yourself is making it happen right away.

When you want help discovering the best intentions to focus on first, ask your guardian angel for help. From all of us in the angelic realm, we love you.