Denying the existence of intent
This is the rational thing to do.
Intent cannot be proven to exist.
Experiencing the presence of intent
Intent is an aspect of primal world, where there are no things, no its, no names, no descriptions.
We have to call it something, otherwise we can’t talk about it.
Intent is nothing more than a code word, a placeholder term.
Here are some synonyms and related terms:
| TERM | SOURCE |
|---|---|
| Intent | Jack Martin Leith |
| G-field (Generative field) | Jack Martin Leith |
| Intent | Don Juan Matus / Carlos Castaneda |
| Divine energy | Don Juan Matus / Carlos Castaneda |
| The abstract | Tomas, Creative Victory |
| The force which sustains the universe | Tomas, Creative Victory |
| The element that propels the warrior | Tomas, Creative Victory |
| The spirit | Tomas, Creative Victory |
| The indescribable | Tomas, Creative Victory |
| Infinite Intelligence | Napoleon Hill |
| Light | Talking with Angels |
| Media — the perpetual emanations and creative action of the one source of Creation | Edward Matchett |
| Primal media | Edward Matchett |
| Eternal media | Edward Matchett |
| Creative Energy | Edward Matchett |
| Creative Action (of the eternal) | Edward Matchett |
| Divine wisdom | Edward Matchett |
| A non-material formative force | Edward Matchett |
| Primal power of the cosmos | Edward Matchett |
| A universal power outside of ourselves, a life-force which is the primal creative power of the universe | Edward Matchett |
| A beam | Edward Matchett |
| Transcendent purpose | Unitarian Universalist Association |
| Élan vital / Vital impetus | Henri Bergson |
| Āyus / life principle | Sanskrit |
| Spirit | Various |
| Life force | Various |
| Vital essence | Various |
| Love | Various |
| The Tao | Taoism |
Here is my current version as it appears in The Newcreator’s Glossary. It is ever open to revision.
And this is what I mean by generative — a term that, sadly, has acquired slightly sinister connotations with the advent of AI:Intent
The generative impulse concerned with creating the new and bringing it to fullness.
Intent is experienced as a heartfelt desire to be of service and to enrich the world with value, meaning and joy.Generative
Geared towards generating value, meaning and joy. Seeking to create that which improves people’s lives and makes the world a better place. There are two main levels of generative action. Level 1 is action aimed at generating value for others (lend someone your bike). Level 2 is action aimed at creating that which generates value for others, again and again (give them your bike, or start a nonprofit that lends out bikes).
Intent and pure imagining are associated with primal world.
I cannot explain how this association works, for reasons I’ve already stated.
My sense is that when we transcend the mundane we open to intent, which crystallises as our personal, idiosyncratic intent.
In the passages below, Creative Action and Infinite Intelligence are synonymous with intent.
We can learn to link with a stream of Creative Action so fully that it seems that all we think and do originates from within ourselves, rather than from the eternal realm. This degree of rapport and unification with Creative Action is exhilarating and deeply satisfying.
Edward Matchett, industrial design teacher and Creative Action author
View a collection of quotes about pure imagining at workThrough the faculty of creative imagination, the finite mind of man has direct communication with Infinite Intelligence. It is the faculty through which ‘hunches’ and ‘inspirations’ are received. It is by this faculty that all basic, or new ideas are handed over to man.
Napoleon Hill in his 1937 bestseller Think and Grow Rich!
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