The Fifth Law - The Law of Intention and Desire

“In the beginning there was desire, which was the first seed of mind; sages, having meditated in their hearts, have discovered by their wisdom the connection of the existent and non-existent” The Hymn of Creation, Rig Veda.


To me this is a beautiful law – not that they all aren’t, however this one in particular I love because it reminds me of the potential we all have every single day to make a difference. By sending out our intentions into the universe we are making a difference.

How many of you are currently sending prayers for all those in Japan?

I understand that to be our intention of healing and comfort for our fellow human beings who are under great duress at the moment. Our prayers are honouring the connectedness we all have and the oneness. It dispels that excuse “there is nothing I can do”- there is always something we can do, set an intention of safety, prosperity, healing what ever is relevant, allow it to come from your heart and this does make a difference.

As we are all energy as is everything on this planet, we can take our clues from nature, if we take the time to be present in nature we can observe the clues that she gives us. Is it time to stock pile for the winter? Or prepare the harvest etc, these of course are metaphors’ for how we can choose to pay attention and be in tune with the universe “as within so without and visa versa”. For instance if we are to plant seeds, the intention of course is to create food for our table, so we plant the seeds, we nurture and care for them however we are no attached to which seeds will sprout and which wont, we set the intention of food, we nurture the environment to allow growth and we trust the process that we will receive food. We set the intention and we let go and allow nature to do the rest.

This is also true of our desires, we can, if we become present with ourselves and take the time to understand our desires and check if they are in alignment with our truth, our path, we can add intention to them and the magic is then letting them go (non attachment – if we hold onto everything nothing new can come in).

As Deepak Chopra says “Intention is the real power behind desire. Intent alone is very powerful, because intent is desire without the attachment to the outcome. Desire alone is weak, because desire in most people is attention with attachment.”

What seeds are you sowing?