Intent is
very important. it is a crucial part of finding God again. yet...
is it all that one needs ? Intent...according to dictionary: firmly directed or fixed; earnest; intense 2) having the mind or attention firmly directed or fixed.
do not we need Understanding of what it is were are Intent on ?
some...still see god / creator as some sort of 'bearded fella in the sky...ready to send us to hell for our sins'.
so..should we set our Intent on that God ? a god of dogma....or the real thing. ??
we need to Understand God for the Real God...not the dogmatic God.
many 'religions' still preach about a god of dogma....
so...i believe...there are more ingredients to recipe than just intent...
one must use other ingredients to come up with final recipe, for finding God again.
other ingredients that come to mind....Devotion, Sincerity, Understanding, Patience....Direction
if anyone has other ingredients...please add to list
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Blue Nova; It is wonderful to see that you jump back with such alacrity after recent posts. It is interesting that Amor prefaced his comment with imo. Since this kind of forum is most helpful to us all if we do not present ourselves as though we know the answers unless we really do. In this spirit i hope to present my thoughts.
As you might know Paramahansa Yogananda has stated that one quarter of the path to God is our effort, one quarter is the help of the guru and one half is the grace of God. In my opinion (imo) we are very much in darkness here on this earth plain and are efforts are blessed with much more results if we have a true teacher that can help us. When we want to learn about any subject we try to find the best authorities on such subjects. It is amazing what i have learned being in the presence of good teachers and the influence of those who have much more understanding then myself. For instance many people have asked Amor about Reiki since he knows so much about it. How would it be any different in the spiritual life? We have nothing but to gain from the presence of such great spirits and their advice and influence is much apreciaited imo.
Steve