Exploring the Art of Intent
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Let's turn to the fundamentals. In "The Fire from Within," CC writes that seers discovered a force they called will. (See page 405.) "New seers understand it as a blind, impersonal, never-ending current of energy that dictates our behavior, compelling us to act in one way and not another." And further: "They saw that to lend perception the quality of continuity, there is a constant renewal of the tuning... To constantly maintain its qualities, the stream of energy arising from this tuning is automatically directed to strengthen specific chosen elements." That is, one could say (from an outside perspective) that will is a program that determines our behavior. This program cyclically, at a certain clock speed, maintains or, as stated, renews the tuning of Emanations within the cocoon and indirectly determines the usual position of the Assemblage Point. How does it do this? It strengthens individually selected elements.
And intent is the purposeful management of will. Let's make an assumption: if will is a blind, impersonal force, then, in principle, it doesn't care which elements to choose and strengthen; that is, in this aspect, we can control it. But what are these elements? Elements of behavior? Our fixation on certain possibilities and our effort to achieve them?
Here Sergeyich says that he became interested in the study of Lucid Dreams (that is, first he set a goal or fixed his attention on certain possibilities). Then he found a way to achieve his goal (creating a map and studying his states of consciousness). In other words, he now cyclically substitutes "will" with his own efforts, and this introduces him into a "flow" that "leads" him to his goal (that is, shifts the Assemblage Point to places where Sergeyich experiences Lucid Dreams).
So, we have a program that daily entertains us with various demands of life: a faucet broke – fix it, submit your term paper, mother told you to run for groceries or go and earn money for the family. The program operates blindly, and every day we have a new set of behavioral subroutines. And even if, for example, I sit down to meditate, sending the whole world away, my ear will immediately itch, or a neighbor will start hammering a thousand nails into the wall. That is, the program of "will," though blind, is precise – it needs to strengthen several Emanations to "enliven" my world. And it doesn't care about my desire to stop the world and shift the Assemblage Point. But!
But Sergeyich showed us a simple method to substitute this program with our own. He advises us to ignore some dictates of "will" and, with small, calm, and methodical steps, proceed towards our goal (for example, he needs to prepare a diploma project now, but he's busy compiling some Dreaming maps!). With such a method, we, not "will," choose the still incomprehensible Emanations of the cocoon, and "will," being blind, fills them with power. And Sergeyich also says that for this, a small subroutine of our own is needed, which will create a clock frequency. (This is usually our systematic and persistent efforts to achieve a goal.)
What do you think of this interpretation? Please share your thoughts. Perhaps someone disagrees with this interpretation and has a different opinion? We need to combine our efforts. Otherwise, nothing will come of the planned research. What other elements for describing intent (or "will") can you contribute for further discussion? (And here I've mentioned clock cyclicity, goal setting, and hypothesized that our individual actions, which constitute human behavior, are the responses to the clock impulses of "will".)