Last Updated on February 7, 2024 by astrologerbydefault
Sankalpa संकल्प is a Sanskrit word which broadly means intention. Sankalpa is a compound word sam+kalpa. Kalpa has several meanings including resolution, process, idea, wish etc. And sam indicates proper, apt, complete etc. So Sankalpa or Intention is the ‘wish to create’.
Every action that we do, we do so because because we Intend it. Even as we wake up, get dressed, go to office, eat, rest and play, all these actions are because we intend. These daily intentions do not require much thought energy because they are now a “routine”. But when you are required to do something out of your “routine”, for eg, you want to start working out. This intention now requires significant mental energy. You have to train your mind to wake up that 1 hour earlier, go down to the gym, work out, get back everyday till this also becomes a “routine”. So you see, you knew going to the gym was good for your body. And you really really wanted to fit in that new classy dress. But still, powering that intention required a lot of sustained mental power. And you did it! You were convinced deeply that you wanted to wear that dress and you knew that gym was the only way. So, you powered you intention, used your mind and brought about the change you desired. This is the power of the Sankalp, targeted intention.
Mental power required for an intention is directly related to how much your new activity deviates from your “routine” and how deeply you are convinced about this activity.
Eg, if you have always drunk coffee the first thing in the morning then suddenly stopping this habit be impossible. But suppose you had a health complication, an ulcer, and the doctor advised you to stop. So here is your motivation, your health and then your intention (though unwilling) to stop drinking coffee gets powered up and you stop.
Sometimes you see confirmed atheists suddenly getting all spiritual and going and taking sanyas, actually leaving this material world etc. You ask them, “How!?”, and they reply that they had a life-changing experience. Something so severe happened in their lives that that they had to deeply change. This was the universe intervening and making them change.
Now apply this same concept to your samskars, Samskar is a Sanskrit word which means the mental habits that you have picked up not just in this life but also over several previous lives. Our ultimate objective is to come out of these deeply ingrained habits which have affected our individual souls. This is the moksh that we all are searching for.
We are tiny bits of the universal consciousness, which separated, took lives, were born and died and were born again. In this process, we took on habits from these lives and carried them around with us. This excess baggage became so significant that we started believing that the baggage is us. Freeing our consciousness from this accumulated baggage is the goal of all spiritual exercise.
Do think deeply within yourself. Are you “Priya”, “Deepak”, “Susan”, “John”? Are you a “officer”, “businessman”, “student”? Who are you really? Underneath all these words what is your real identity? This is the Question which drives all spiritual seekers.
So Intend today, that you will pull away from the Samskars, dump the excess baggage. Try to change, adopt a more spiritual lifestyle, find the Real You. Do something that relaxes your mind and brings out the divinity inside your own self. Do it while you still can of your own violation rather than waiting for the universe to intervene with its “life changing experience”. Be mindful about your Sankalp.
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