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Intentionality: The Direction of the Mind and Heart

Intentionality: The Direction of the Mind and Heart

Episode 25 Published 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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In this meditation, I invite you to explore intentionality — the quiet direction of the mind and heart that gives shape and energy to our practice.


We reflect on what it means to hold an intention: not as effort or striving, but as a gentle desire that something might be, for ourselves or for another. As intention gathers our inner faculties, attention naturally settles, and the breath becomes a steady companion.

Resting with the rhythm of breathing, where the out-breath becomes the in-breath, we allow awareness to fill the whole body. Intention is not forced here; it is simply held, present in the here and now.

This daily guided meditation offers a moment of calm, whether you are pausing during the day or winding down before sleep, supporting clarity, steadiness and quiet presence.


Chapters

 00:00 – Introduction

00:15 – Exploring intentionality

01:22 – Gathering the inner faculties

01:42 – Holding an intention for others or yourself

02:07 – Intention as something that unfolds

03:10 – The bell

05:52 – Finding the rhythm of the breath

06:08 – Where the out-breath becomes the in-breath

07:52 – Breathing with every cell

09:09 – Resting in the here and now

10:52 – Closing bell




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