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THE GRAY SPHERE

The gray sphere, the second sphere on the Tree of Life, is called the Path of Intention.

Some of the information we gain in the Sphere of Awareness, Sphere One at the top of the Tree of Life, grabs our attention and moves on into our Sphere of Intention. We may intentionally move it there. It may be a subconscious or unconscious process. Or it may just happen by chance. We don't really know why some things move into the Sphere of Our Intentions.

THE PATH OF INTENTION

The top sphere on the right-hand pillar of the Tree of Life as we look at the Tree is the Gray Sphere, the Sphere of Intention. This sphere has many other names, including:

• Ab or Abba - This means the same thing Father or Old Man. Older men were perceived in older times as wise elders. Ab and Abba both allude to the name The Supernal Father, meaning the Father above all other Fathers.
  
  
• Path of Wisdom - The Hebrew name for wisdom is Chokmah. In ancient times a man who survived to an old age was considered to be a wise person.
  
  
• Second Glory - The First Glory is the first sphere, the sphere of the Divine becoming manifest. The Second Glory is the second sphere from which we can see of the face of the Divine becoming manifest. The hidden message is that our intentions allow us to see our awareness face to face. What we intend to do or become is a direct result of our awareness.
  
  
• Illuminating Intelligence - This alludes to the fact our intentions illuminate or shed light on our awareness; and our awareness sheds light on our potential intentions.
  
  
• The Formless One - Our intentions are the are the driving forces of our lives. Our intentions give us direction and purpose but they do not give us form all by themselves. Intentions are formless. They are thoughts that may or may not mature into anything. Indeed, the vast majority of our intentions never mature into anything. They die on the vine.
  
  
• The Father of Sperm - Intentions are like sperm. There are thousands of sperm for every sperm that reaches its target. It alone matures into something. The rest die and are no more. The same is true of our intentions.

THE FUNCTION OF THE PATH OF INTENTION

What we do know is that Sphere Two is where we create very simple to very complex intentions to do something. First we became aware of some information and dedicated our attention to it and now we form vague to concrete intentions to do something about this information. Or it just happens by chance.

Just as in our Sphere of Awareness we become aware of much more information than we pay attention to or care about, so in our Sphere of Intentions we can form many more intentions in a day than we can accomplish in a lifetime. Intentions multiply. One intention leads to another and another. A few of these will actually become manifest in our lives.

Our intentions manifest on three levels: our unconscious mind, subconscious mind and conscious mind. This means we are not always consciously aware of our intentions. The only way we can learn some of them is to study our actions. We cannot perform anything unless we have an intention to do so. Therefore, what we do is based on an intention of ours at some level of our being.

By studying our actions we can learn what intentions our subconscious and unconscious mind have that are affecting our actions. This gives us the opportunity to learn what our unconscious and subconscious minds are thinking.

THE LAW OF INTENTION

The Law of Intention states that you can only do what you intend to do. If you intend to do it, you can do it. If you do not intend to do it, you cannot do it. We are all incapable of acting unless we first create an intention to act. Having created an intention to act does not mean that we will actually do that.

CORRESPONDENCES TO THE TREE OF LIFE

For each lesson concerning the spheres and paths on the Tree of Life there is a reference lesson containing information about how other disciplines interact with the Tree. These disciplines include alchemy, affirmations, astrology, our body, contemplation, creation step, the elemental worlds, meditation, mystery schools, quantum physics, tarot, visualizations and white magic. Correspondences to the Sphere of Intention.

THE NEXT LESSON

You may now review the previous lessons

• Path 1 - Awareness

or proceed to The Tree of Life - Path 3