Before we get to today's episode, I just wanted to let you know that I am running a free webinar

next Tuesday, the 19th of May at 7pm UK time. You can register via the links below. The focus of the

session will be the power of intention. We'll start with a meditation as usual and I will open to

questions too and I hope to see you there. If you've been on the spiritual path for years but

feel stuck, you've been doing meditation, trying self-inquiry, watching satsangs, then there's probably

one thing that you are overlooking that almost no one talks about, and that is intention.

And in this video, I want to really share how intention can radically change your life, can add real power to self-inquiry,

and is the fundamental step when it comes to stopping abandoning yourself. So what is intention?

I describe intention like this. It's the difference between a commitment and a hope.

I have two daughters and I have an intention to be the best father I can be. So I don't wake up on any given day and go,

today's the day, I'm going to do it, it's there.

It's a commitment.

It's unwavering.

That doesn't, of course, mean that I always succeed.

We're not aiming for perfection, but it is there.

And so checking your intention when it comes to self-inquiry and self-abannement

can really make all the difference. And I'm going to show you how to do that. But in terms of

my own life, the power of intention is so evident because, you know, my path to awakening

began with suffering, as in my view, it invariably does.

And I remember being 21 years old, and I was sat on a beach in Thailand pretty much as close to

heaven and earth as you're going to be, looking out of the seat and I was miserable

as sin. So I knew that happiness, peace, joy were not dependent on outside conditions. And then

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