「The Power of Intention」是由美國知名心理學家與自我成長導師 Dr. Wayne W. Dyer 所著。他被譽為「自我啟發之父」，其作品致力於啟發人們擺脫限制性思維，活出完整的自我。本書出版於2004年，是他生涯中的代表作之一。書中融合心理學、靈性哲學與實踐技巧，主張「意圖」不只是個人願望，而是一股能與宇宙連結、共同創造現實的力量。Dyer 用簡明的語言與真摯的情感，引導讀者體悟到：當我們與宇宙的能量協調一致時，就能實現內在的平和與外在的豐盛。
本書核心觀點在於：意圖（Intention）是一種宇宙的創造能量，並非單靠意志力，而是一種與宇宙智慧同步的狀態。戴爾鼓勵讀者放下掌控慾與恐懼，轉而透過愛、善意與信任去與「意圖」連結。他將「意圖」分為七個面向：創造性、善良、愛、親密、美、豐盛與接納，並主張只要我們與這些能量共振，就能改變生命狀態。書中穿插許多靈性導師的智慧語錄與實用建議，適合尋求內在力量與人生方向的讀者閱讀。這是一本融合靈性與實踐的啟發書，幫助人們「共同創造」理想中的世界與人生。以下摘要書中重點與您分享：
For many years I’ve held a similar belief about intention. In fact, I’ve written and spoken often about the power of intention being just what I’ve described above. Over the past quarter of a century, however, I’ve felt a shift in my thinking from a purely psychological or personal-growth emphasis, toward a spiritual orientation where healing, creating miracles, manifesting, and making a connection to divine intelligence are genuine possibilities.
多年來，我對意念也抱持著類似的信念。事實上，我經常寫文章或說話，談到意念的力量就是我上面所描述的。然而，在過去四分之一世紀以來，我感受到我的思維從純粹的心理或個人成長著重，轉向靈性取向，在靈性取向中，治療、創造奇蹟、顯現，以及與神性智慧建立連結，都是真正的可能性。
作者對意念的理解從純粹的心理成長轉向靈性取向。這種轉變讓治療、創造奇蹟、顯化以及與神性智慧建立連結，都成為了真實的可能性。意念的力量被視為一種能影響個人深層存在的力量。
Intention is something that I believe we can feel, connect with, know, and trust. It’s an inner awareness that we explicitly feel, and yet at the same time cannot truly describe with words. I use this concept to help guide me toward the power of intention that’s the source of creation, and activate it in my daily life. It’s my hope that you too will begin to recognize what you personally need to do to begin activating intention in your life.
我相信意願是我們可以感受、連結、認識和信任的東西。它是一種我們可以明確感受到的內在意識，但同時又無法真正用語言表達。我利用這個概念來引導我，讓我了解到意念的力量是創造的源頭，並在日常生活中啟動它。我希望你也能開始認識到你個人需要做什麼，才能開始在你的生活中啟動意念。
意圖是創造的源頭，是一種內在意識。儘管無法用言語完全描述，它卻能被感受、連結、認識和信任。作者希望讀者能認識並激活這種力量，因為它能引導我們日常生活並啟動創造。
So, the answer to the questions, Do I have a free will? and Is intention working with me as an all-pervasive universal force? is Yes. Can you live with this paradox? If you think about it, you live with paradox in every moment of your existence. At the exact same instant that you’re a body with beginnings and ends, with boundaries, and a definition in time and space, you’re also an invisible, formless, unlimited, thinking and feeling being. A ghost in the machine, if you will. Which are you? Matter or essence? Physical or metaphysical? Form or spirit? The answer is both, even though they appear to be opposites. Do you have a free will, and are you a part of the destiny of intention? Yes. Fuse the dichotomy. Blend the opposites, and live with both of these beliefs. Begin the process of allowing Spirit to work with you, and link up to the field of intention.
所以，「我有自由意志嗎？ 意圖是否作為一種無所不在的宇宙力量與我一起工作？你能忍受這個矛盾嗎？如果你仔細想想，在你存在的每一刻，你都活在矛盾之中。在你是一個有始有終、有邊界、有時空定義的身體的同一瞬間，你也是一個無形、無形、無限、有思想、有感覺的存在。可以說是機器中的鬼魂。你是哪一個？物質還是本質？物理的還是形而上的？形式還是精神？答案是兩者都是，儘管它們看似對立。你有自由意志嗎？你是意願命運的一部分嗎？是的。融合二分法。融合這兩個對立面，以這兩個信念來生活。開始讓精神與你一起工作的過程，並連結到意念領域。
自由意志與無所不在的意念是並存的矛盾統一體。我們既是有限的肉體，也是無形、無限的靈性存在。理解並融合這種二元性，選擇讓精神與我們連結，是提升能量並充分運用意圖力量的關鍵。
If you don’t believe that you’re worthy of fulfilling your intentions for health, wealth, or loving relationships, then you’re creating an obstacle that will inhibit the flow of creative energy into your daily life. Recall that everything in the universe is energy, which moves at various frequencies. The higher the frequency, the closer you are to spiritual energy. In the lower frequencies, you find shortages and problems. Intention itself is a unified energy field that intends everything into existence. This field is home to the laws of nature, and is the inner domain of every human being.
如果您不相信自己值得實現健康、財富或充滿愛的關係的願望，那麼您正在製造一個障礙，抑制創造能量流入您的日常生活。請記住，宇宙中的一切都是能量，以不同的頻率運動。頻率越高，您就越接近靈性能量。在較低的頻率中，您會發現短缺和問題。意念本身是一個統一的能量場，它將萬事萬物都帶入存在。這個領域是自然法則的所在地，也是每個人內在領域。
缺乏自尊會阻礙創造能量流入生活，造成短缺和問題。意念是一個統一的能量場，頻率越高越接近靈性，是所有可能性的領域。因此，相信自己值得，是連結意念、實現願望並吸引豐盛的必要條件。
So, your intention is to live your life on purpose. But what is the spiritual Source like in this regard? It’s perpetually in the process of giving its life force away to create something from nothing. When you do the same, regardless of what you’re giving or creating, you’re in harmony with intention. You’re then on purpose, just as the universal mind is always acting purposefully.
所以，你的目的是要有目標地生活。但在這方面，靈性之源是怎樣的呢？它永遠都在付出自己的生命力，從無到有地創造出一些東西。 當你做同樣的事時，不管你付出或創造的是什麼，你都是與意圖一致的。這時候，你是有目的的，就像宇宙心靈永遠都是有目的的。
目的地生活，意味著效法靈性之源不斷付出生命力以從無到有地創造。無論所給予或創造為何，只要與意圖和諧一致，便是活出真正的目的，如同宇宙心靈始終有目的地運作。
Now, think back to my opening observation in this chapter: Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change. I can guarantee you that the universal mind only flows in harmony with its own nature, which is providing endless abundance. Stay in harmony with this nature, and all of your desires have to manifest for you—the universe knows no other way to be. If you tell the universal mind what you want, it will respond by leaving you in a state of wanting, never arriving and always needing more. If, however, you feel that what you intend to manifest has already manifested, you’re unified with your intention. Never allowing a moment of doubt or listening to naysayers, you’ll be in the presence of that all-creating field of intention.
現在，回想一下我在本章開頭的觀點：改變你看事物的方式，你看的事物也會改變。我可以向你保證，宇宙心靈只會與它的本質和諧運作，而它的本質就是提供無盡的豐盛。與這個本質保持和諧，你所有 的慾望都會為你顯現-宇宙沒有其他的方式。如果你告訴宇宙心靈你想要什麼，它的反應會讓你處於一種想要的狀態，永遠不會到達，總是需要更多。但是，如果你覺得你想要顯現的東西已經顯現了，你就與你的意向合一了。絕不允許有片刻的懷疑或聽取反對者的意見，你就會置身於那個全然創造的意向領域中。
改變你看待事物的方式，事物就會隨之改變。宇宙心靈提供無盡豐盛，與其本質和諧，願望便會顯現。若能感受渴望之物已然實現，便與意念合一，吸引豐盛，消除匱乏感。
We speak of stress as if it were present in the world as something that attacks us. We say things like I’m having an anxiety attack as if anxiety is a combatant. But the stress in your body is rarely the result of external forces or entities attacking you; it’s the result of the weakened connecting link to intention caused by your belief that ego is who you are. You are peace and joy, but you’ve allowed your ego to dominate your life.
我們談到壓力時，就好像它存在於這個世界上，是攻擊我們的東西。我們會說「我焦慮發作了」這樣的話，好像焦慮是一種戰鬥力。 但是你身體裡的壓力很少是外在力量或實體攻擊你的結果；它是由於你相信小我就是你，而導致與意向的連結被削弱的結果。你是和平與喜樂，但是你卻讓自我主宰了你的生命。
壓力並非外在攻擊，而是源於小我信念削弱了與意圖的連結。我們的本質是和平與喜悅，但當小我主宰生命時，便會產生壓力。透過意識並改變造成壓力的想法，就能重回寧靜的自然狀態。
At the time, I didn’t realize what was happening. Now, with a quarter century of living in this world of spiritual inquiry, I see it quite clearly. The right people will show up precisely when you need them and when you’re able to match up. You must be that which you desire. When you are what you desire, you attract it by radiating it outward. You have this ability to match up with the power of intention and fulfill your intention to attract ideal people and divine relationships.
當時，我並沒意識到發生了什麼事。現在，在這個靈性探索的世界， 我看得很清楚。對的人會恰好在你需要他們的時候出現，而且你也能夠匹配得上。你必須成為你所渴望的。當你成為你所渴望的，你就會 透過向外散發它來吸引它。你有能力與意念的力量匹配，並實現你吸引理想的人和神聖的關係的意圖。
吸引理想關係的關鍵在於「成為你所渴望的」。當我們透過向外散發渴望的品質，與意念的力量匹配時，對的人便會在恰當時機出現。這是一種有意識的共創過程，建立神聖連結。
Reconnect to the disease-free loving perfection from which you came is a succinct statement of what the self-healing process requires. The universal mind of intention knows precisely what you need in order to optimize your health. What you must do is notice your thoughts and behaviors, which are creating resistance, and interfering with healing, which is the flow of intentional energy.
重新與您所來自的無病愛完美連結，是自我療癒過程所需的簡明說明。宇宙的意念精確地知道您需要什麼來優化您的健康。您必須做的是注意到您的想法和行為，這些想法和行為正在製造阻力，並且干擾著療癒，而療癒就是意念能量的流動。
自我療癒需要重新與我們源頭的「無病愛完美」連結。宇宙意念知曉健康所需，而我們的思想與行為若產生阻力，便會干擾意念能量的流動，阻礙療癒。
I’d like you to consider what may seem like a radical idea: Genius can show up in as many ways as there are human beings. Anything in any field that anyone has ever accomplished is shared by you. You’re connected to every being that has ever lived or ever will live, and you share the exact same energy of intention that flowed through Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci, the Virgin Mother, and Jonas Salk. You can access this energy.
我想請您考慮一個看似激進的想法：有多少人就有多少天才。任何人在任何領域的成就，都是你所分享的。你與每一個曾經活過或將要活過的生命連結在一起，你分享著流淌在阿基米德、達芬奇、聖母瑪利亞和喬納斯-索克身上的完全相同的意念能量。您可以接觸到這股能量。
每個人都內蘊多樣的天才潛能。我們與所有歷史上偉大人物共享相同的意念能量。透過釋放小我信念，提升自身振動頻率，我們便能連接並表達這份內在的天賦，實現個人的卓越。
These people, whom I call connectors to signify their harmonious connection with the field of intention, are individuals who have made themselves available for success. It’s impossible to get them to be pessimistic about achieving what they desire in their lives. Rather than using language that indicates that their desires may not materialize, they speak from an inner conviction that communicates their profound and simple knowing that the universal Source supplies everything.
這些人，我稱他們為連結者，以表示他們與意向領域的和諧連結， 是能夠成功的人。你無法讓他們對實現生活中的願望感到悲觀。他們不會用暗示願望可能無法實現的語言，而是從內心的信念中說話，傳達他們深奧而簡單的認知，即宇宙本源供應一切。
與意圖連結的人（連結者）深信宇宙本源供應一切，對實現願望永不悲觀。他們活在靈性、高能量狀態，充滿啟發、和平、無批判。這種存在方式使他們能積極影響他人，並在生活中吸引成功與豐盛。
結語
本書強調「意圖」是一種與宇宙本源連結的能量場，當我們能夠與其和諧共振時，不僅能活出內在的平靜與喜悅，更能實現身心靈的整體和諧。壓力、焦慮與匱乏感並非外在強加，而是因我們誤認小我為自我而與意念脫節。透過覺察與轉念，重新連結這股無所不在的靈性意識，我們便能釋放負面情緒，回到自然的寧靜狀態，實踐一種與宇宙秩序一致的生活方式，這正是心理健康的養生之道。
療癒並非來自外在藥物或干預，而是來自重新與「無病愛完美」的靈性源頭連結。當我們相信自己值得擁有健康與愛，就能提高自身振動頻率，讓創造性能量自然流動。這是一種深層的養生實踐：放下懷疑與匱乏意識，活出當下，成為自己渴望的樣子，便能吸引理想的關係、豐盛與靈感，展現潛藏的天賦。意念不僅能指引我們活出有目標的生命，更是身心靈同步進化的力量，帶來長久的和諧與療癒。
