Stop Setting "Intentions" and instead do this (this changes everything)

Aaron Doughty argues that setting intentions rooted in ego and low emotions like desperation creates resistance, while higher-frequency intent aligned with universal source puts you in flow. He draws on Toltec teachings and Reality Transurfing to show how shifting from goal-oriented action to being-level consciousness lets the universe manifest through you instead of you forcing outcomes.
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This video, I'm going to show you why you should stop setting intentions and I'm going to show you a process that is way more powerful. This is something that I recently come to understand and for me it's changed everything. Welcome back to another video. My name is Aaron and I help people expand their consciousness. Now in this video I'm going to be sharing with you the power of understanding a paradigm that goes beyond intention, understanding what intention really is, the core of what it's come from, what it comes from, and a process that helps make things happen, not even make things happen, allow things to happen in a completely new way. Now, you may have heard of some of my other videos where I say set more intention, set more intention, set more intention, but the thing is, is it depends on how that intention is set within the realm of consciousness. So for example, if you were to set more intentions, but what you felt is you felt like a majority of the time you were in a vibration of feeling angry or feeling jealous of other people, then what happens is you setting more intentions would end up being creating more resistance. And that resistance you create may create manifestations of things you don't actually prefer. So the factor in this that many people overlook, and even me for a long time, was understanding how powerful the energy behind the intention is. What is the intention? What is the quality of the energy behind the intentions that you set? For example, you have an intention to get into a relationship because you want to get back at your ex who's already in a relationship. Then the intention behind that isn't necessarily a high vibration. The key may be to actually instead heal from that experience, that maybe negative relationship, so that when you heal from it, you're then in a higher vibration so that you can go beyond intention with this paradigm I'm going to share with you in this video because there's a process that goes beyond that. So you see, the key to this is understanding what is the quality of energy, what is the energy behind the manifestation that you have, because that's going to determine the frequency of it. And let me tell you something, when you're in a higher frequency, things happen easier than ever. Can't tell you how many times I've tried to manifest things, create things in my life, and I was doing it from the level of taking a lot of action, but I was feeling resistance. I was feeling like the present moment wasn't already good enough, but if I could escape and get to some pre— some future moment of when I finally had that which I wanted, then I could be happy. And what I was doing is I was trying to escape the present moment. That's coming from a low, was coming from a level of consciousness of resisting the present moment. But then what I learned is that the more I was able to come at it from the being level, which is something I'm gonna be talking about today, is the more my frequency was increased and the more things happen easier than ever. I remember a long time trying so hard and I think that part of the reason that I work, I have such a strong discipline is because I'm always trying to prove myself. When I went through my spiritual awakening, a lot of people didn't understand what I was going through. I hardly understood it. I tried explaining it to people. Some people didn't get it, and I remember feeling like a lone wolf, felt like people didn't understand me, and one of the reasons at the beginning that I wanted to create a YouTube channel that helped people was because I felt like I wasn't understood and I knew that there'd be other people that would understood. but maybe part of the reason I had such a drive for success was because I was trying to prove myself. I was trying to become worthy as if I wasn't worthy already. Maybe it was partially because some people didn't believe in me, whether it be family members or, you know, I could see kind of the looks on some people's faces, like friends when I'm there, like, what are you doing? I'm like, oh, I'm making it on YouTube. But they're like, oh, okay, we have like 500 subscribers. Followers, how are you going to make it on YouTube? And I'm like, huh? You know? And, and it was like, I'm going to prove, I'm going to prove. Now there are times that that can translate into something. There've been a lot of, actually there's actually been a lot of successful people in the past that weren't, they didn't, people didn't believe in them and that pushed them to the next level. But what I'm saying is what we can instead do is from watching this video, from what I'm about to share with you, instead of doing intention from the level of the ego, which the intention is something that the ego sets. It's a goal. It's a determination that the ego has, and intention is— intention will remain powerful. But what I'm saying is there is a process more powerful than intention, and make sure you're aware of the quality of the energy behind your intention, because if the intention— so many people reach out to me on my channel and go, "Ed, how can I win the lottery?" How could I do this? I'm like, okay, well there's the energy dynamics of that. However, here's the thing that you need to understand. When you get all of that money, you might not actually be happy because it's not actually tied to your passion. The money doesn't equal happiness. We chase these symbols, but the key is understanding the, the almost also the soul's like journey. I know that if I were to got like $100 million, 2 or 3 years ago, I may have not had a desire to make videos or be doing what I'm doing, have the mission that I have. So it might've actually taken me off my journey of where I am right now. And I would have actually been way less happy too because I absolutely love making videos like right now. So here's the part that's important to understand. Intent is different than intention. Intent is different than intention. Now I got this idea from the Toltec tradition. The Toltec tradition, it's, uh, if you've ever read the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, it's about understanding the four agreements that we make with ourselves. It's like be impeccable with your word and, uh, there's, there's four of them total, but that's based on the Toltec teachings. The Toltecs, a lot of the content I share is actually rooted. I just now found the Toltec teachings, but I'm like, whoa, there's so many correlations here. So I really resonate with it. But in the Toltec tradition, it talks about intention versus intent, and it's also very much related to another book that I talk a lot about, which is Reality Transurfing. There's something called inner intention versus outer intention. You could say that this outer intention is also the intent. Now let me explain the difference. Intention comes from the ego. The intention comes from something that we want in our life. Intention many times as well is linked directly to action. That's why intention many times is more powerful than desire. If you desire something, you may say, I want that, but it doesn't mean you're going to vibrationally translate that in your reality. Doesn't mean you're going to— I could say I want to go over there and ground myself in the grass, but that's very different than me saying I intend to go ground myself in the grass. I'm going to go ground myself in the grass and then doing it. Even just doing it, that is intention in and of itself. A lot of times people will separate intention and action. They're the same thing. If you intend to do something and you're impeccable with your word, then you will naturally do it. You will follow through. But if you desire something, the desire is just there. That's why a lot of times I tell people to stop chasing things. The more you chase it is the more you say you don't have it and you're not good enough already. The more you feel this desperate energy and you have your goals on a pedestal. Now with this process, intention is coming from the level of the ego. If you're aware of it, that's very powerful. Intent, on the other hand, is more of a divine energy. Intent comes from source. Intent comes from the universal energy that fuels all of us. Every single one of us is a high vibrational being dreaming that we are these ego selves. The thing is, is sometimes we get caught up in our ego. We come here, we forget who we are, and with our ego we're like, well, I would like that. That would make me feel better. And we set intentions from the level of the ego. When we want that, we want that, and we set our intentions. Now we intend for that, we intend for that, but that's still coming from the perspective of the ego. Now, the most dramatic change you'll make in your life is when you start to live and you start to really merge with your higher calling in life, your higher vibrational self, your higher self. Now, when you do this, this is connected to your higher purpose. Think of it like the universe wants to flow through you because You are the universe. You are the universe dreaming. You are a mortal ego man or woman. Okay? You are dreaming that this is who you are. Now the thing is, is the intent. Look at what I do when I do my— make my videos. I allow my— I get into a flow state and I allow this information to flow through. It is not just the little ego Aaron, the little ego Aaron has to get into the in front of the camera, but beyond that, this information just flows through. And because I remain that awareness, more and more information flows through. It's an amazing thing. Anytime someone's in a flow state, the perception of time goes away and you're just there and you enjoy it. Now, every single person on this planet has something that you do that will put you into what is called that flow state or having also that higher purpose. Now, My intention doesn't mean everybody needs to be in the service industry of wanting to help other people, but many times your passion will correlate with adding value to other people at some way. For me, I make videos that adds values to people down the other side of these videos that watch them, and because of that good I put out, that good comes back. So it's about understanding that the universe wants to move through me. The more you align yourself, this was something that was talked about in Paramahansa Yogananda's book, Autobiography of a Yogi. He taught this as well. The more you align yourself with the divine is the more that the divine will flow through you. So think of that. Align your thoughts to the divine. Now listen to this. You don't actually even think thoughts the way that you think you do. It's not that you are generating thoughts. The thoughts all exist. You are simply selecting thoughts that already exist and you are generating them through your vessel, through your ego. So when Paramahansa Yogananda in his books talks about having a higher intent, which has to do with beyond intention— I've got the tea right here. That's so embarrassing. Don't judge me. Well, what happens is when we have our— when we align ourselves to the divine, which is what Paramahansa Yogananda talks about, we start to also link up to more and more things in our life that reflect that divinity back to us. This is why meditation is so powerful. When you meditate, you move up the vibrational scale and then you are there, and then a lot of things in your life will begin to gravitate upwards. You begin to let go of certain things that don't serve. You will then start to resonate more with the intent. So intent is this energy that can flow through us. It's more of this higher vibrational energy of who we are. If you don't, if you remember on this chart, you have shame, fear, guilt, then you have eventually neutrality, which is where you learn how to observe your thoughts, and then you have that reasoning. Your beliefs create your reality. Then you have love, joy, peace, and enlightenment. Love, joy, and peace. That's where intent will be. Even, even that of understanding a higher, higher purpose of reasoning can be there as well, but it must come from a level of authenticity of you doing what you love, you being who you really are. You see, there's a difference. Also think of this. The ego self wants to do something, wants to take action because it's trying to escape, escape the present moment. Okay? When you try to escape the present moment, guess what? You don't really enjoy the moment. Okay? Now here's the thing. When you are coming at it from the being level and you are in a higher vibration, You aren't trying to escape the present moment. You're enjoying the present moment. The moment's already good the way it is. You don't got to do a lot in order for you to actually be happy because you already come from there. So that's why it's about tapping into the divinity within you where you are okay with the present moment. You are having intent because you are allowing things to flow through. You are allowing yourself to be in that high vibrational state. So don't escape the moment. Instead, be here. Okay, that's the key. The key is in the higher vision, the higher purpose, the higher energy. And when we start to understand this, everything in our reality is a reflection of us. Okay, let's get a little trippy here. Everything in reality is us. This is why the more value that I can provide to people in this reality, the more that comes back, because those other people are also me. They may not be me from the ego perspective, but they are me from the larger perspective. We are all one or we are not all one. This is from the books, The Law of One, they talk about, which are very high vibrational books that talk about understanding who we really are. What we did as spiritual beings is we had our energy and we put our energy in 7.5 billion bodies on the planet. We're all playing different roles. Some people play the villain, some people play the hero, some people play the person on the side that's just a bystander. In their reality, they are the hero, by the way, but they are just playing their role just like we are playing our role. But at the end of this game, we realize that we're all connected, we're all one, and that's why at the end of our life, we have what's called a life review. We feel what we made every other person in our life feel in that moment so that we can know the repercussions of what we did. If you make people feel good, you're gonna feel good. That life review will be like, whoa, I really enjoy this. But the thing is, is most people will live their whole entire lives and then in the last 5, 10 years of their life, they regret things. They feel bad for the things they did, the things they said, the things that they did from lower levels of consciousness. But the key is you and everyone else here are all connected. You're just dreaming. You're dreaming that I'm some guy on YouTube. At a deeper level, I am you. I'm dreaming that I'm making these videos and that other people watch them and other people like them. It's still a dream and you are actually me, so I'm adding value to you, which is adding value to me, and you are adding value to me, which is that it's just a cycle, you see. But we can continue to play this game of separation. We can continue to escape the moment and try to be a little bit better. It's like we're an avatar in this game. If I could just get to the next level, then I could really feel good about myself. I just want to get to the next level because this point right now isn't good enough already. I want to escape the moment, but hear what I have to say. Okay. Here is the key. Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up. Hello? Wake up. Hi, you're an infinite spiritual being. You're dreaming right now. You see, this is the thing, is you're dreaming that you are this separate being. You can set intentions, you can get to the next level, but what I want to share with you is is you are an infinite being and you are powerful and everyone else in your life that you perceive of as separate is actually within your own consciousness. And if you want to change anything on the outside, first off, change and realize who you are on the inside because you are a high vibrational infinite being. Anything that you want, you can set from the level of the being level. The being level is okay with the present moment. The being level allows the universe to manifest through. The being level is aware that of that divinity within you, and at that being level, you tap into your true divinity, which also influences everyone else around you. So this is the power of today's video. Today's video is sponsored by my meditation, which will help you to raise your vibration. And instead of you setting intention from the level of escape, you can then set intention from the level of intention. Intent, intent, intent. Okay? This is where the power really is. And for that meditation, you can download it in the top of the description box below. Listen to it for 21 days. Watch what happens. Watch how much your life begins to change and watch how you start to set intent and you are okay in the present moment in a very powerful way. Now here's the thing. I've got lots more videos coming like this. But the only way you could see those daily vids is if you hit the notification bell. Why? I don't know. That's what YouTube does. Even if you subscribe, they want you to actually hit the notification bell so that you could see the daily vids that I do. I got ones coming every day. I got a lot more good stuff coming. I'm excited to share it with you. One more thing. Can you hit and smash that? So that not the— you can subscribe, but also can you smash that like button? I find out that actually helps the YouTube algorithm and I want this video to get out so that more people understand intent. I'm just being honest with you. I love you. You are me. I am you. Let's help each other out. I'll continue to make videos. You smash the like button. Okay. Anyways, I want to go ahead and go about my day. I got to edit a video and I got some other stuff to do. Other than that, as always, I love you. You are me. Of course I love you. I'll talk to you later. Peace, much love, and namaste.
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