| Intention: Getting What You Want With Quantum Mechanics |
| Astonishing quantum discoveries have made intention, attraction and consciousness extremely hot topics. Movies, books and websites are popping up at a startling rate, all directing our attention to the fact that the quantum world will obey our wishes and bring our dreams into material reality. It sounds wonderful; just change your thoughts, focus your attention, and the world is yours! But is there more to it than that? We would be among the first to agree that particle/waves existing at the quantum level do respond to consciousness. In fact, they exist as mere possibilities or probabilities until they’re acted on by consciousness. We’ve regularly used intention to draw the experiences and material objects we’ve desired, and relied on it to cure ourselves of Multiple Sclerosis, Lupus, Bipolar disorder, and to completely recover from a massive brain hemorrhage that was supposed to be fatal. We were amazed at the power of intention and tremendously grateful for its results, but the manifestations and healings we experienced also raised many questions. If intention could cure our “incurable” illnesses it appeared to be unlimited in power. Still, we realized that no matter how many things we manifested or how many diseases we cured, we were still going to lose everything in death. Experience also showed us that our manifestations could not create a perfect, trouble free life. We could cure a disease or manifest an object or experience, but another issue would invariably crop up. We wondered why intention and attraction could appear both limitless and limited. How far could intention take us? Highly focused intention, and intentions shared by a large number of people do appear to bring the most powerful results, but the quantum field does not differentiate between negative and positive intention. As noted in Lynn McTaggart’s recent book, The Intention Experiment, A hateful intention is just as likely to cause harm as a loving intention is to heal. Worries and fears, when given attention, also manifest as the very things we had hoped to avoid. Since this is the case, just how carefully must we monitor our thoughts to get the results we want? Many feel certain that intention is the means humans have been given to heal not only ourselves, but the entire planet. The intentions shared by group consciousness have manifested the world we see, and that world has rarely been a place of peace. Unless the majority of the world’s population suddenly decides to put aside their own self- interest and unite in a single intention for good, intention could easily become just another means of indulging our own desires. Or, at worst, it could become another tool in the arsenal of weapons we use against one another. We could not help but wonder if wars would eventually be fought with intention rather than bombs? We’re not recommending that anyone stop using the power of intention to build a happier life, but just as we would not hand over our car keys to a six year old, we felt we needed to know much more about intention before we could wield it effectively. There appeared to be no better source for the information we were seeking than those who had mastered the art of intention: miracle workers. Many similar miracles are attributed to both Buddha and Jesus, and although neither was acquainted with modern quantum physics, all master intenders must comprehend, at some level, the true nature of the universe. Master intenders understand the universe presents unlimited possibilities, and while group consciousness tends to choose the same particle/wave possibilities over and over, other possibilities exist that could just as easily be chosen, but rarely ever are. When these possibilities are chosen they appear so different from our usual choices, we term them “miracles.” A miracle worker has no need to know “how” something is manifested from the quantum level; they only need to “know” that it can be done. It’s the “knowing” that limits most of us because we’ve become convinced that only what appears to be normal is possible. When Jesus produced food out of thin air, healed the sick and raised the dead, he was choosing quantum possibilities that looked out of place only because the majority did not choose them. Since it’s possible that even a master intender might use intention for frivolous or harmful purposes, we chose to examine Jesus’ miracles more closely based on the assumption that he used intention in compassionate and purposeful ways. Two fascinating facts emerge concerning Jesus’ miracles: he did not perform miracles for his own benefit or comfort, and, all the miracles he performed were temporary in nature. Yes, he provided food for the crowds, but they undoubtedly became hungry again. The healing of a particular illness did not confer immunity to all illness, and even Lazarus, who was raised from the dead, eventually died once again. Jesus’ miracles appeared to have the same results as the intentions manifested today; they improve the quality of life in some ways, but they never result in perfect, trouble free lives, and everyone still loses whatever they’ve manifested in death. Since Jesus’ results were more spectacular than ours, but had the same eventual outcome, we were forced to ask what the intention was that lay behind Jesus miracles? As we delved more deeply into this question, we began to notice that many of Jesus’ teachings found in the Bible and the Gnostic Gospels fit very closely with Physicist David Bohm’s holographic model of the universe. Bohm likens the material universe to a three-dimensional holographic image; the image appears to be real, but it’s actually no more than a projection, a virtual reality. Unlike photographic film, holographic film carries no recognizable image, but spreads the image over a series of intersecting patterns that appear on its surface. The “real” part of a hologram is found in the film, not the projected image. Bohm likens the quantum level of the universe to the holographic film and sees it as the source of all potential and the seat of consciousness. From that standpoint, the material universe is no more than an illusion that’s projected from reality, which exists at the quantum level. Recent discoveries in other fields, such as neurophysiology, agree that the brain is little more than a receiving unit for the mind, which exists at the quantum level. These discoveries lead to the conclusion that many physicist are reaching: humans are the projected result of intention originating from a mind that exists at the quantum level, not the source of it! When Jesus stated, “My kingdom is no part of this world” he was directing his followers to realize they were part of a kingdom that was outside of their earthly experience. How better to demonstrate the presence of something that exists outside the laws of this world than by going beyond those laws? Jesus wanted his followers to understand that they were not the bodies they believed themselves to be, so it’s important to note that the miracles he performed were intended to make that point. When he changed water into wine and drew loaves and fishes from thin air, he was asking his followers to question what actually sustained their bodies, the food they ate, or their belief that food was real? Jesus cured illness by forgiving sins, and by doing this he made a connection between the illness and the sick person’s belief that their body had sinned. The miracle was meant to draw attention to the fact that our thoughts manifest on the material plane, even if they are negative. Several Gnostic texts inform us that Jesus appeared as many different bodies before his death as well as afterward. In the Gnostic Acts of John, the disciples John and James both report seeing Jesus standing on the shore; each of them recognized him, but one of them saw a child, the other a cheerful fair-haired man. Of interest to us is the fact that he was recognized, no matter what body appeared. Clearly, this demonstration, repeated on several occasions, was meant to point out the fact that we are not the bodies we believe ourselves to be. Going a step farther, Jesus raised his friend Lazarus from the dead, and allowed his own body to be subjected to a painful death. The Apocalypse of Peter reports Jesus words, “He who you saw being glad and laughing above the cross is the Living Jesus. But he into whose hands and feet they are driving the nail is his fleshy part, which is the substitute.” Jesus wanted his followers to become as aware as he was that their true identity lay in quantum consciousness, not the “substitute” bodies they had projected into virtual reality. Jesus knew that intention could bring him, and us, anything we want. But he also knew that whatever we manifest in this material virtual reality is, at best, temporary; a sad and shabby substitute for our reality, which exists at the quantum level. This knowledge was symbolized by his refusal to give in to the temptation to rule the earth. If Jesus had felt that the world we project should, or could be fixed, his compassion would certainly have moved him to aid in that repair job. Instead, he encouraged his followers to, “Stop laying up treasures on the earth.” Jesus knew there was no need to manifest material things for himself in virtual reality because he had come to know that something far better was already his. Physicists tell us that at the quantum level all duality, and therefore all separation, ends. Nothing, including consciousness, can be said to have a location anymore than one specific drop of water can be located in the ocean, or even in a glass of water. Jesus knew that as his true Self, all things were his, because his nonlocal Self permeated all things. He knew that his followers were also part of quantum oneness and had no need of the material things they thought were real. If Jesus had wanted his disciples to project a new and improved illusion, he certainly could have trained them to become master intenders. Instead, he used temporary miracles to demonstrate the ephemeral nature of the illusion we project. He showed us that we could improve some parts of our virtual reality, but it would always fall short of quantum reality. Jesus refused to trade his nonlocal presence in all things for a tiny portion of a projected illusion, and urged every one to follow his example. He knew that even if he ruled the world and used the power of intention to its fullest potential for good, this dualistic illusion could still never substitute for oneness in quantum reality. Jesus had a use for intention that went far beyond improving the projected life of the body. He demonstrated, using every means at his disposal, that intention was not meant to “fix” the world, but it is our means of escaping it. ©Copyright 2007 Lee & Steven Hager |
By Lee and Steven Hager
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