By focusing on a different future experience, you are now activating that different experience, and as you project that changed experience into your future, you leave your current experience behind.

That is the power of the process of SEGMENT INTENDING. It is the process whereby you define the vibrational characteristics of the time segment you are moving into. It is a way of pre-paving your vibrational path, so to speak, for easier and more enjoyable travel.

If you are in a bad mood, meaning that there is considerable resistance in your vibrational frequency, then, because you do not have access to very different thoughts from where you currently are, you usually project that same vibrational expectation into the segment that you are moving into. For that reason, we encourage the application of SEGMENT INTENDING when you are already feeling good. If you are feeling bad in this moment, try one of the other processes in order to improve your current mood and point of attraction. And then once you are feeling better, you could return to this POWERFUL SEGMENT INTENDING PROCESS.

This process will help you be more deliberate about focusing your thoughts. It will help you become more aware of where your thoughts currently are, and it will help you be able to more deliberately choose the thoughts that you offer. in time, it will feel very natural to you to stop for a moment upon entering a new segment and direct your own intent or expectation.

You enter a new segment anytime your intentions change. If you are washing dishes and the telephone rings, you enter a new segment. When you get into your vehicle, you enter a new segment. When another person walks into the room, you enter a new segment.

If you will take the time to get your thought of expectation started even before you are inside your new segment, you will be able to set the tone of the segment more specifically than if you walk into the segment and begin to observe it as it already is.

For example, you are cooking dinner and are enjoying the rhythm and flow you have established. Everything is on schedule, and you expect everything to turn out just right. The telephone rings. You enter a new segment. You set forth the intention not to answer the telephone. You set forth the intention that your answering device can take the call, and you set forth the intention that you will return the call later when you have time. So the rhythm and flow of your meal preparation is not disrupted, your segment changed slightly, but you maintained your balance, and all is well.

You are actually prepaving your future experiences constantly without even knowing you are doing so. You are continually projecting your expectations into your future experiences, and this SEGMENT INTENDING process helps you to consciously consider what you are projecting - and it give you control of your future segments.

You can pre-pave future experiences that are immediate, or experiences that are in your more distant future, and once you have an opportunity to see how your deliberate thought positively impacts your experiences, you will want to do it even more. And like all processes, the more you apply it, the more skilled you become and the more fun it is, and the more effective your results will be.

Excerpted from the book Ask And It Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks (and Abraham). For more on this process and Abraham's other processes and much more you can buy the book by clicking on this link: