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S7/E43: Martfotai - I Am Intention - Wha...

Russell A. Smith
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In this ninth episode of the Martfotai podcastseries, we explore the sacred anatomy of intention - what forms it, what distorts it, and how to reclaim it.

You’ll learn how attention becomes direction, how wishbecomes will, and why most people are living under the influence of borrowed aims - serving desires that aren’t truly their own. We expose the difference between real wish and false wish, and how to recognise when your energy is being hijacked by fear, imitation, or unconscious repetition.

Through teachings drawn from Gurdjieff, inner testing, and embodied insight, this episode shows how to move from passivity to clarity, from reacting to remembering your true aim. You'll discover why real intention arises only when attention, wish, and will align, not through effort, but through inner silence and resonance with truth.

This is not about will power. It's about right direction.
And the moment you step into it, something in you stops drifting, and begins to walk.

Visit ⁠⁠martfotai.com for our weekly newsletter, guided practices, and eventual access to the premium extended series.

You are not what you desire. You are what you serve.

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