Intentions as causes are directly experienced in the mental and bodily realm and yet this is also the place where intentions most often fail, for example in controlling thoughts or bringing about a change in the state of mind. There is nothing surprising in either the successes or the failures and their coexistence side by side. Failed intentions are considered to result from hidden intentions, by which the self is taken to contain obscure depths. Self is taken to be the source of motives according to the presumption that identifies self, life and being, or consciousness.