Intention is not the same as having a goal.
Intention is direction, and direction is most important.
The intention must be to let go, to drop off body and mind. It cannot be your intention to hold on, to gain and accumulate, or you will never be able to do it. Only when your intention is clear, when you are just sitting without trying to get someplace or attain something in your practice, only then can you really let go of body and mind. Browse additional quotations from Dennis Genpo Merzel. Refer to bibliography .