Phases of Intention
What, Why, and How
Phases of Intention are sacred pauses that awaken consciousness within the stream of ordinary living.
They begin as words, but their power is in the stillness between them. When you speak or think an intention such as “I am Pure Mind and undefined,” you’re not creating a new identity — you are remembering what you already are.
In the movement of daily life, the mind constantly defines, defends, and divides. It believes peace will come when everything is controlled. But the Phase of Intention reverses this flow — it gently turns awareness back toward its source. A simple breath, an inner whisper, a soft smile — all become gateways to Pure Mind.
The ‘what’ of POI is simple: they are sacred reminders of your original clarity. The ‘why’ is deeper: they regulate the nervous system and heal fragmentation by uniting thought, emotion, and breath. They remind the body it is safe to relax and remind the heart it is safe to love. The ‘how’ is the art of embodiment — to speak slowly, breathe naturally, and mean every word.
The intention should never be mechanical. It should feel like a loving bow — a recognition of something vast, kind, and undefinable. Over time, these phases create a rhythm of self-trust. They transform anxiety into attention, despair into presence, loneliness into inclusion. Each repetition engraves new neural pathways that prefer stillness over struggle. They become quiet signatures of sanity: the felt knowing that you are not your thoughts, you are not your fear — you are Pure Mind.
“I Am PURE” is the simplest, most encompassing intention of all. It holds the whole arc of awakening: innocence, awareness, compassion, and love. To live it is to honor your true self without form or boundary — undefined yet complete.
In practice, you begin with one breath and one phrase. As you continue, words dissolve, and only awareness remains — soft, luminous, whole. That is the purpose of every Phase of Intention: to remind you that your essence has never been lost.
What Are the Phases of Intention (POI)?
A Phase of Intention is a conscious way of beginning, entering, or closing an experience. It is a short inward movement that aligns thought, body, and awareness before an action or practice. Each phase is a subtle shift of being — from doing to allowing.
A POI is not a wish or demand. It is a gentle reorientation of presence toward what is true, peaceful, and undefinable within you — Pure Mind itself. When repeated with sincerity, it creates a living bridge between the silent depth of awareness and the nervous system’s natural rhythm of calm.
Five Examples of Effective POI Statements
- I open to Pure Mind.
Purpose: To soften the mind’s defenses and reestablish trust in awareness itself. Use when beginning meditation, waking up, or before responding to emotion. - This breath belongs to no one.
Purpose: To release identification with thoughts and return to impersonal awareness. Use when feeling anxiety, control, or over-effort. - I am undefended and undefined.
Purpose: To relax identity and ego tension — to rest in your natural vastness. Use when loneliness, comparison, or shame arise. - May all that I am serve Love.
Purpose: To turn ordinary action into sacred offering, freeing energy from self-focus. Use when beginning or ending a task, conversation, or day. - I rest as awareness itself.
Purpose: To remind yourself that peace is not achieved — it is remembered. Use when the nervous system is tired or overstimulated.
Why POI Are So Helpful for Health and Happiness
Your nervous system listens more deeply to gentle intention than to harsh discipline. A clear, loving statement like “I open to Pure Mind” signals safety to the body, releasing fight-or-flight patterns and allowing the parasympathetic ‘rest and restore’ response to activate.
Over time, these moments of alignment lower heart rate, reduce muscle tension, and improve emotional regulation. They reconnect thought and breath to the still field of awareness. As the body learns to trust awareness, the mind becomes quieter — revealing the natural happiness of being itself.
Five Ways to Practice POI
- With Breath: Repeat your chosen phrase with each inbreath and outbreath, slowly and softly. Example: “In — I open. Out — I rest.”
- With Touch: Place a hand on the heart or belly as you speak inwardly. Let warmth signal ‘safe.’
- With Movement: Walk, stretch, or wash dishes while silently repeating your phrase. Let intention flow into action.
- In Silence: Feel the meaning without words — just the vibration of your chosen intention as quiet awareness.
- As Closing Prayer: Use a POI at the end of your day or practice to return all experiences to Love.
Gentle Summary
Phases of Intention are living prayers of alignment. Each phrase — whispered, breathed, or felt silently — calls the body and mind back into harmony with awareness. They teach the nervous system to relax, the heart to open, and the mind to rest in its natural clarity.
Through these gentle moments, “I Am PURE” becomes not a belief, but a felt reality — peaceful, undefined, and whole. Each intention is a step from effort toward grace, from loneliness toward belonging, from self toward the Pure Mind that includes all.
‘Love is everything.’
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