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It seems that everywhere one looks these days there is a new book or a new perspective on the power of intention.  Two popular books that have recently come across my radar screen are The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne (of course - it's been #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for weeks and weeks) and the more recent and scientific The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World by Lynn McTaggart. 

Intention is an absolutely necessary part of the discipline of being a Creator.  The reality is that we cannot not create.  Consciously or unconsciously, we are always creating through the choices we make and the actions we take that then have consequences - intended and unintended - that show up in our lives.  Sometimes we see the "cause and effect" and other times what we experience seems to be a mystery.

That said, we can also go too far by assuming that we are THE Creator.  Co-Creator, yes, sole Creator, not by a long shot. Here is my challenge to you: try to think of anything that you have created in your life that did not involve at least one other person - directly or indirectly.  I've never been able to come up with anything that was not co-creative.  Even the woodworker laboring away in the solitude of his/her shop works in the company of those who have harvested the wood, forged the tools, drew the plans, and/or taught the skills of creating with wood.

And then there is the mystery of co-creative support from the "unseen hands" (as Joseph Campbell described it) that show up as serendipity and synchronicity - those seemingly spontaneous and unpredictable helpful events so often reported by those who choose to live life as a Creator.  Those times are evidence to me that there is a power, which I hold to be Spirit or God in action, which reinforces and contributes to the process of creating.

This is especially so when the intended outcome is for a greater good or a contribution that extends beyond oneself. 

It was the 16th Century Christian mystic Teresa of Avila who observed:

"Christ has no body now on earth but yours; yours are the only hands with which he can do his work; yours are the only feet with which he can go about the world; yours are the only eyes through which his compassion can shine forth upon a troubled world. Christ has no body on earth now by yours." 

And while her words reflect her particular path and worldview, the truth of her insight is clear: we are A Creator working in collaboration with THE Creator in the larger process of Creation. 

Yes, as a Creator it is important to consciously clarify and set the intentions for what you choose to create. Creation calls you to be a Co-Creator in bringing into being those intentions and outcomes that contribute to the growth, well-being, and highest good for yourself and others. And, above all, know this: you are not creating alone!

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September 21-22, 2007:  9:00 am – 5:00 pm

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2 day interactive workshop including lunch and break-time refreshments
The TED* Workbook for Coaches and Managers
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