All practices of initial level (or practices of first attention) are aimed at becoming conscious of one's intention. The intention is the global aspiration of the practitioner beyond the everyday reality.
The intention is not energy, but a concentrated consciousness directed to the point of maximum awareness of the Absolute, to the pure, clear Consciousness, which is the cause of the manifestation of whole reality.
The intention can only be perceived through the energy body. It’s projected into the area of the second center and is perceived at the initial level of practice as a thin white beam, moving in one’s “flow” infinitely up and infinitely down.