Intent is actually the present moment. If you are looking ahead and trying to impose your intent on something that is yet to happen, you are forcing a technique. That is why I tell you guys that we need to be time travellers. If a technique is not correct, I reverse my actions to ascertain what my original intent was and I learn from that.
Remember, before intent comes spirit. That is the root of our actions and when I talk about our intent being pure, I am actually referring to your spirit harmonizing with your intent. If your spirit is harmonized with your intent, your intent is pure and dealing with the present moment.
When we train, when we learn, we project ahead. We are forcing our technique to achieve the goal of the lesson. We are not worried about the present moment because our intent is not to apply but to learn. However we learn a lot about our intent by going back and forth from the two ends of an application. We learn a lot about our spirt from that exercise.
Who we are - our values, our experiences, etc all sculpt our spirit. Our spirit can change but only over the long term. We all stay true to who we are and our intent will reflect who we are - our spirit. The definition of the first of the three internal harmonies is literally - stay true to who we are and allow your intent to reflect that spirit.
"Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick." - Bruce Lee (1940 - 1973)
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