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“Dance. Smile. Giggle. Marvel. TRUST. HOPE. LOVE. WISH. BELIEVE. Most of all, enjoy every moment of the journey, and appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go.” - Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” -Winston S. Churchill
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” - Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation, and people want to be near you.” -
Shannon L. Alder
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Your childheart came here to to write a story
The one you are meant to live
With all its cast of characters and dramatic unfoldings
Romances, heartbreaks, adventures,
Triumphs and tragedies
Heroism and horrors,
We choose such a variety of themes
Beware the greater narrative
Which contains the multitude in Itself
Where we can lose ourselves
Pay too much attention
Get sucked into the plotlines of others
Become unwitting extras
Extracted from our own Imagination
Incentivized with fame and fortune
Lured into ambitious participation
The mind is relinquished for a shiny prize
As the heart is denied again and again
The storyteller is slowly poisoned
Into submission away from the one true purpose
To be the designer of Its own destiny
Zombie- like compliance activates massive herding
Confusion coaxes obedience through lies
Storylines are smashed apart and rerouted
Comfort and order become cages of refuge
The few monopolize the ignorant many
Darkness and fear breed distrust
Hopelessness spreads its false inevitability
But always travelling in that glorious night sky
Filled with the blaze of a million suns
Your star waits to lead you home
Re-activate the inner creative urge
Resusitate that inner playful child
Eager to pour out with epic proportion
While staying true to the undying quest:
“Know Thyself”
GF April 18, 2022
ArtQuesting is simply the process of allowing a freeflow process to happen while exploring inner thoughts and feelings. The message of this piece was personal and revealing but there is always a greater message that pours out for me to share with you. Today's encouragment is to remind you that your story is there inside of you always waiting to be experienced and shared. The power of the whole Universe and the symbol of the star are always there to draw from. Remember John Lennon's famous song line:
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you will join us and the world will live as one."
To dream from the heart and bring them forth is our birthright and the more we practice, the more profound life becomes.
Sending out love to all of you!!!
Remember, if you are not actively imagining the world you want, there are those all too ready to build it for you and cast you involuntarily into its design:
On New Years Eve, I had two very intense conversations, one with a man and later with a woman going through severe mental, emotional and physical suffering. I realized in both situations that I was not there to offer wisdom but to listen attentively with compassion. Both of them spoke about death, one by choice and one by circumstance. Both of them stirred within me a deep recommitment to the resilience and creative power that lies dormant within each of us and also the awareness of devastating loss when one fails to arouse it.
We stand on a dangerous precipice in our relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.
While we bask in ever-expanding conveniences, engage in 24/7 binge-worthy entertainment, manage distractions and an onslaught of endless information, our systems of education, religion, medicine, business and politics are slowly being dismantled. Lust for power and profit dominate the mindset of more and more leaders and the “divide, control and conquor” strategies of past ages seem to be as prevalent as ever. Our social support structures are crumbling and the family unit is constantly under seige.
What chance is there for the single individual to feel empowered against such odds?
Ending on a hopeless note, my two New Year’s Eve conversations left no room for “it’s going to be ok”. It would have dishonored the sacred intimacy that held the space for their bitter honesty. I had to feel the heartbreaking truth of their feelings. I had to embrace the failure of our larger society in order to process and discover the true gift of these two interactions.
Later that night, there were only questions.
How can we change circumstances if we refuse to change our habits of dependency on the old systems?
How can we reframe our relationships, learning, belief, health and leadership?
The adepts of many ancient cultures understood these dynamics of the individual and society and they created ways to develop self-leadership and inner mastery. They understood that the Universal Law is in each of us. When we are again attuned to It, our awareness completely shifts. We can let go of the default programs that dominate our behavior. With this knowing, a citizen could once again recognize the power of the individual who in our modern times holds tremendous consumer power, voting power, creative power and the greatest of all powers, the capacity to work through Love. The possibilities are endless, as limitless as the horizons of our creative tendencies. We are each a drop in a great and infinite Ocean.
Do we have the courage, wisdom and imagination to access and wield these powers?
The answer lies in the drop itself.
The true revolution of our age is not one of the masses, but of the individual willing to dive into the inner recesses of their own Being. We cannot change the world but we can change ourselves. We can strengthen our relationships within our society and make better choices when we know how to navigate our own lives more effectively. Only then can we nurture stronger families, are wiser consumers, more discerning citizens and visionary leaders capable of making vital and conscientious decisions in technology, medicine and education through innovative creative design. Our activism will have more substance and vision. We will awaken the arts once again and let music and dance be a part of our every day life. Living kindly will be as self-evident as taking care of our environment.
There it was. The gift. The clarity for me and what the opportunities of the next decade hold. I was reminded that sometimes we need to listen instead of coming up with the answers right away. I feel grateful to these two fellow travellers for the gift they gave me and I send them love.
Here’s to the first day of the new decade, the first day of the first month of the new year… 2020, here we are… Breathe into it…
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one…”
Sing it, dance it, draw it, sew it, create, create, create... you are one with the Creator and all the power that ever was or will be is here in you right now.
Love always,
Ganga
Imagining where my life will head in the next years and immersed in an ArtQuest is revealed a powerful way to navigate. The actual journey is on the next posting. My life is entering this 5th stage: of designing and declaring my Truth of that which my heart sees. I feel new beginnings again, but not new...just another cycle of something already established.
Dividing up the decades in this way makes it so much easier to understand previous growth and foresee the beauty still unfolding. Last week I turned my "slideshow" feature on and together with some powerful music watched a beautiful story unfold. Have you tried this? Sending love to all...
IDENTITY - What defines who you are?
Is it your shape?
Your skin?
Your clothes?
Your groups or activities?
When I first came to Second Life, it was a journey of self-discovery on figuring out who I am as a person and how that applied to my real life. I have made many friends from across the globe in my four years here and the only reason I stay is to connect with them.
Some people are sadly so disconnected in real life AND Second Life that the only thing they can think of doing is attacking others out of their own insecurities. They bully people online by harassing them, attacking events, and copybotting the creations of hardworking artists and designers. People react in different ways to these attacks, from bullying the person right back to ignoring them altogether. I highly encourage the latter but since some cannot seem to do that for whatever reason, I propose a different idea.
I am starting a Flickr campaign focused on self-empowerment. I feel the real issue is people put too much emphasis on identifying themselves through shapes, skins and titles and forget that it is your personality overall that makes you unique. Just because someone copies you, doesn't take away from who YOU are. You are you. I am me. There is nothing any copybotting griefer can do to change the person on the other side of that screen.
I encourage you to take a photo of yourself and manipulate "copies" of yourself to portray this point. Tell us about your titles, groups, expose everything. Give away styling info down to the eyes and skin to say, "hey if you really think you'll have a better Second Life by looking exactly like me, by all means, go ahead. You will never become ME because only I Am ME."
Please join me on this expression of self-empowerment and let everyone know exactly WHO you are.
www.flickr.com/groups/i_am_me/
Anigma Eulenberg
"I Am Me" Protagonist
In today's rapid fire information storm, it can become increasingly more difficult to navigate effectively through day to day living. This series of 4 images is an inner examination of "dharma" or the nature of what I am meant to do here with my life. This journey reveals again the value of connecting with the inner Teacher (intuition) and staying true to the dream of my heart. When I focus on this with intensity, my outer world is directly affected. I find my Joy again.
“The world cannot show us who we are
That masterpiece is crafted from within
Colors and shapes swirl around form and fancy
Attempting to pattern themselves around thoughts
Beyond genetic preprogramming
Beyond tireless changing environments
The masterpiece eagerly waits to be splattered
In a grand and profound sweep across the inner canvas
Like none other the ache to be original
Urges the Artist back and back
Where the root of Nothingness awakens ideas
Where desire emerges fresh and dripping from the brush
Where the impulse of authenticity entices new life
Where the minutest details of a magnificent personality
Sustain a lifetime of self-composure
Give birth in a realm beyond any known before
Where the Artist at once is Creator and Masterpiece”
Ganga Fondan, 2009
Inspired by the following webinar and quote from one of the most beautiful biblical passages I know that emphasizes this feeling of unity:
"All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made." - John 1:3
Shape: Sort of mine, I found it in a freebie market as a noob and worked from there. I've been tweaking it for 4 years and I'll probably change it again next year, haha!
Skin: The Body Co.
Eyes: Madesigns
Attitude: All 100% Genuine Me
I am not my shape because I take on many forms. I am a model. I am a fae. I am a petite. I am a hamster. I am a bunny. Sometimes I am even a Pop Tart or other form of food.
I am the ONLY Anigma Eulenberg on the grid so even if someone copybots my avatar and walks around with a display name that reads "Anigma Eulenberg," just know this: That person CANNOT become the true, genuine person that is ME. If you are so simple as to believe your reputation will improve by trying to replicate my avatar, then I truly pity your mindset and pray you come to your senses.
Those who know me, know I love to build, dance, shop and have a good time with friends in Second Life. I may not be the nicest person on the grid, but I am not the meanest and never claimed to be a saint. Still I accept all of my faults and strengths because it's who I am. I try to understand others as best as humanly possible, but when I struggle, I get guidance from my faith and friends.
My heart goes out to those who do not know what true friendship is. I pray for all the people who grief inworld because something tells me, they are the ones who need the most love. If they had it, maybe they wouldn't be so bitter and inflict their pain upon others. Perhaps if they felt any kind of affection, they would look towards doing things that make others smile instead of trying to provoke anger and resentment.
I know I am weird but that's ok. That is just who I am. I am me. And that is the only person I wish to be.