The power of intention
Intention is incredibly powerful. When you hold a specific intention, it can be conveyed to someone else through frequency. We see this in ordinary conversation: when we speak, a wave of air reaches a listener’s ear, is translated by the brain, and is recognised as sound and language. What we say can therefore have an impact in everyday interactions. However, when we speak with explicit intention, it can have a much deeper effect.
For example, if I were to say something negative like, “You’re ugly, horrible, and everyone hates you,” that would clearly have a damaging effect. In contrast, if I said, “God loves you. You’re the apple of His eye, the treasure of His heart. You are unconditionally loved and blessed to be a blessing,” such positive intention lifts and enhances how a person feels.
Dr Emoto’s rice experiment
Scientists have demonstrated that even our words, which are essentially frequencies or waves, can have tangible effects. Studies have shown that speaking or playing sounds to water can alter the way water freezes—positive words produce harmonious, beautiful crystalline patterns, while negative words create unpleasant structures.
A Japanese researcher, Dr Masaru Emoto, famously boiled rice and split it between two jars: one labelled ‘hate’, the other ‘love’. Presumably, he also spoke corresponding words over them. After several days, the ‘hate’ jar began to go off and grow mould, while the ‘love’ jar remained fresh for much longer, suggesting that positive intention had a beneficial effect. He also conducted experiments with polluted lakes, gathering people to focus their thoughts and intentions on purifying the water; astonishingly, the water became clearer.
Intention experiments
Another researcher, Lynne McTaggart, has conducted intention experiments, where people’s focused intentions have helped locate missing persons or bring about other positive outcomes. This area is growing in understanding and application.
In my own workshops, I’ve invited people to experiment with intention using crystal bowls. About ten participants joined in and learned how to play the bowls. I then focused on transmitting a specific emotion while playing the bowls, without telling the group what it was. After I released my intention, I asked the others what they felt—one reported peace, another rest, another calm. My intention had, in fact, been to impart peace, and they each described the experience in their own words. We each took turns experimenting, and some participants were particularly tuned in, picking up every intention sent.
A healing intention
Later, I took this approach to a larger gathering and aimed to release a healing intention using three large crystal bowls tuned to C, D and E. I invited everyone to remain open to receive the intention through their bodies. Afterwards, one man—who wasn’t from a church background but was part of our rehabilitation unit—shared that he had lost feeling on one side due to past drug use. He sensed the sound’s frequency entering his body, began to vibrate, and the numbness completely disappeared, returning normal sensation.
This experiment served to show the power of intentionality. In the gospels, Jesus demonstrated that intention can transcend physical location—He spoke and healed people both near and far, laid hands on some, using vibrational energy. We know of Paul imparting healing through pieces of cloth (such as handkerchiefs and aprons), which carried what many would call anointing or vibrational energy. When those pieces of cloth were placed on others, they too experienced healing.
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