day fifty five - chani

Chani, Venice, California

day fifty four - rootbeer float

Root-Beer Float, Taylors Falls, Minnesota

day fifty three - fall

Fall, Minneapolis, Minnesota

day fifty two - 10.10.10

10-10-10 is the new beginnings on a spiritual level. Like the quickening prior to birth, it is the signal of change. It is the feeling of something different, even if you’re not sure exactly what that is.

It is the sensation of movement.

It is the knowing without knowing how you know, that everything you’ve perceived as normal up to this time is now changing faster and more intensely than ever before.

In short, 10-10-10 is the spiritual change coming in prior to the physical change.

This can lead people into a kind of panic if they are not clear about living in their hearts.

Lack of preparation for change, especially when you’re not sure what kind of change is coming, leads to restlessness, lack of security, even fear.

Fear of the unknown.

Fear of what is.

Fear of fear.

The important thing to remember, as always from now on, is to stay in your heart.

Spiritual mastery such as this is necessary in order to ascend.

The love-fear-love cycle is prevalent in today’s world.

You read about staying in your heart.

You practice meditations on staying in the heart.

You learn mantras, mudras, and postures to open your heart and stay in your heart.

And something comes along that is unusual, abnormal, even different, and what happens?

You drop into the fear.

However, being aware of the love-fear-love cycle makes you immediately aware that you have dropped into fear.

And that awareness helps you to move back into the love faster.

You don’t stay in the fear as long.

You don’t go as deeply into fear as before.

And staying in your heart is easier and easier.

This is spiritual mastery.

Hence 10-10-10 is making us even more aware of our choice of spiritual mastery, our opening to change, and our choice to stay in our hearts. This solid foundation of love will make all the difference for you in the coming times.

Love-Fear-Love. Choose love. Every time.

day fifty two - 10.10.10 - a heaven

A Heaven, Naples, Maine

day fifty one - lucy sue

Lucy Sue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

day fifty - carl sandburg

Under The Harvest Moon

Under the harvest moon, 
When the soft silver
Drips shimmering
Over the garden nights,
Death, the gray mocker, 
Comes and whispers to you
As a beautiful friend
Who remembers.

   Under the summer roses 
When the flagrant crimson
Lurks in the dusk
Of the wild red leaves,
Love, with little hands,
Comes and touches you
With a thousand memories, 
And asks you
Beautiful, unanswerable questions

-Carl Sandburg, Poet 

day fifty - shepherds way

Shepherds Way Farm, Nerstrand, Minnesota

http://www.shepherdswayfarms.com/

day forty nine - angel

Angel, Boulder, Colorado

day forty eight - summer

Summer, Snake River, South Africa

day forty seven - the unknown

"...those who readily and enthusiastically step into the unknown, we say to you…yes, great things await you, but there is much to learn!  This transition is not an idle one, it is an ongoing and very active period of adjustment and learning, planning and preparation, completing and beginning." -PHC

 

day forty seven - uptown farmers

Uptown Farmers, Mill City Farmers Market, Minneapolis, Minnesota

day forty six - jamie

Jamie, Sevilla, Spain

day forty five - the hardwicke family

The Hardwicke Family I, Boulder, Colorado

The Hardwicke Family II, Boulder, Colorado

The Hardwicke Family III, Boulder, Colorado

The Hardwicke Family IV, Boulder, Colorado

day forty four - perfect

Perfect, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

day forty three - the goodbye wave

The Goodbye Wave I, Waverly, Minnesota

The Goodbye Wave II, Waverly, Minnesota

day forty two - http://evenifiam.com

Chas II, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

http://evenifiam.com/

day forty one - busking

Busking, Outside The Minnesota State Fair Grounds, Minnesota

day forty - "pablo nerud"

"I have a mind to confuse things, unite them, make them new-born, mix them up, undress them, until all light in the world has the oneness of the ocean, a generous, vast wholeness, a crackling, living fragrance." 

-Poet, Pablo Nerud

day forty - tim

Tim, Santa Monica, California

day thirty nine - alone "scattered light series"

Alone "Scattered Light Series", High Mountains Near Western Cape, South Africa

day thirty eight - obama's hope

Obama's Hope, Minneapolis, Minnesota

day thirty seven - my love

My Love, One Hundred Miles North Of Minneapolis, Minnesota

day thirty six - faces of africa

Faces Of Africa, Nieu Bethesda, South Africa

day thirty five - jinny

Jinny, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

day thirty four - sky

Sky, Boston, Massachusetts

day thirty four - "gwendolyn brooks"

"Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home."

- Poet, Gwendolyn Brooks

day thirty three - bridgey

Bridgey, Brisbane, Australia 

day thirty two - thirty two

Thirty Second Post On My Thirty Second Birthday. Sending Love.

Love I, Savanna Portage State Park, Minnesota

Love II, Minneapolis, Minnesota

day thirty one - sadie

Sadie, Burbank, California

day thirty - patrick & the getty

Patrick & The Getty, Los Angeles, California

day twenty nine - once loved

Once Loved, Venice, California

day twenty eight - sister

Emma, Catalina Island, California

day twenty seven - sadie & clyde

Sadie & Clyde, Watertown, Minnesota

day twenty six - la la & ra

La La & Ra, Venice, California

day twenty five - particle of light

A Particle Of Light, Montana de Oro, California

day twenty five - because i can

"Raise that bar. Make it higher and higher. Accept no less. But do it gently, persistently, lovingly.

The desire to become better and better is no longer a driven thing. It is love wanting more of itself, recognizing itself, moving only toward itself.

Then we are at peace, even in the journey, even in the confusion.

In a strange way the seeking is the finding.

To know at the deepest levels of our being that we seek truth, beauty, love, compassion is itself the finding of it within. It is the creation of a belief system that values the divine.

And it is so different from the self righteousness of religious fervor or the fear of punishment by God or the desire to be better than others.

The belief system that values the divine might even seem sacrilegious. The seer is often at odds with established norms.

And the difference is in the desire coming from within as opposed to being forced from the outside.

It is the discovery of truth and beauty. That leads directly into the sacred energy. Things become more and more deeply connected to each other. We see the connections and begin to accept nothing less than that.

And it is in the experience of truth and beauty, not in the judgment thereof, that we find ourselves in love with our seeking.

And though there is a form of judgment inherent in the rational mind of the seeker, it is not a trial by jury kind of thing. It is the clarity of loving discrimination. Good and bad become the difference between hitting the mark and missing it.

We trust our aim and let the arrow fly. If we miss, we contemplate, realize, and release again and again, loving the pure arch of the flight of our arrows.

We become the archer and the target, becoming one within the other."

Emanations
Copyright © 2010 by John MacEnulty,

9/13/10, St. Louis, MO

day twenty four - dj & angela

Desmond Django & Angela, Venice, CA

day twenty three - dumbo

Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York

day twenty two - happily on the ground

Happily On The Ground, Minnesota State Fair, Minnesota

day twenty one - ferry

The Ferry, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

day twenty one - because i can

"Many of us don't always know what we feel. We may have a vivid sense that we feel something, but we're not sure what it is. That's why musicians, writers, actors, and other creative people play such a crucial role in our emotional lives. Their work can help us articulate the enigmas fermenting within us.

But here's the problem: A majority of the artists who are easiest for us to find aren't exceptionally smart or original; they specialize in expressing hackneyed feelings. Many of the very best creators "remain in relative obscurity because of their resistance to formula efforts," writes journalist Alan Cabal. "Mediocrities latch onto whatever hits and repeat it endlessly in pursuit of cash or celebrity or both." If we look to the latter for illumination, we're cheated.

Your assignments: Get tough with the lazy or wounded part of you that is drawn to the mediocrities. Compile a roster of virtuosos who have developed a high level of proficiency in extracting esthetically exciting meaning from the fascinating chaos around us. Expose yourself exclusively to their work, devotedly avoiding the mediocrities' stuff, for a given period, say 100 days. Describe how this transforms you. "

- Rob Brezny

day twenty - neon in nature; trees

Neon In Nature, Northern Minnesota

Alix, Venice, California

day nineteen - home

Home, Minneapolis, Minnesota

day eighteen - dakota

Dakota, Burbank, California

day seventeen - indie

Indie, Watertown, Minnesota

day sixteen - boulder

A Fresh Fall, Boulder, Colorado

day fifteen - the minnesota state fair

Everything-On-A-Stick, Minnesota State Fair, Minnesota

day fifteen - the minnesota state fair

Fifteen Hundred Pound Pig, Minnesota State Fair, Minnesota

day fourteen - carnival

Jessie at Carnival, Cadiz, Spain

day thirteen - bob

Bob And Her Chair, Minneapolis, Minnesota