Night Prayers
Night Prayers – Photo by Toni Roberts
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Archive for the ‘altered states of consciousness’ Category
I Am Beginning To Realize…As In “Make Real…”
Golden Sunset – Photo by Toni Roberts
the many
rewards
of
unquestioning
trusting
obedience
to a
mysterious
nameless
Inner Directive
that places one’s feet
for one…
step by careful step
along paths both
known
and
unknown…
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The More I Venture…
Beam Me Down – Pencil Sketch/Photo by Toni Roberts
beyond
the
boundaries
of my
humanity…
the
greater
my
freedom
to
do
so…
We Are But Bit Players…
“The Land” Photo Six by Toni Roberts
in a
major drama…
one far greater than that
unfolding
in
the
empty
space
between
our
two
ears…
As I Sat In The Silence Today…
as I sat listening within…
contemplating the new life that is about to enter the family…
so soon after the suicide of my beloved grandson…
I heard these words:
“it is
BLOOD
and not the
CHURCH
or
STATE
that determines and defines what is
FAMILY
and the
“RIGHTNESS”
or
APPROPRIATENESS
of relationships between and among humans…”
such is the strangeness that drifts into consciousness
when one’s mind sits idle and open…
such a re-making of one’s worldview…
such a re-seeing of reality
and
re-ordering
of one’s
cultural indoctrinations…
such strangeness
born of a mind and heart not engaged in the mindless madness of the world…
such an exquisite awareness of what is
REAL
and what is
NOT…
Today I Listened Deeply
Healing Childhood Wounds; photo by Toni Roberts
I quieted the
Inner chatter…
Shut down the
Drunken-monkey-mind…
And using my
Heart
As a
Listening Apparatus
I tuned into the
Inner Silence
at the
Core of my Being
I am learning daily how to hear
Truly…
And thus become the
Human Receiver
I
Came
This
Way
To
Be...
Toni Roberts’ Artwork and Photography are available at:
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http://www.cafepress.com/orishatreasures
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Drumming Back To Freedom…
Photo by Toni Roberts; Djembe
Ah…
the weather is finally warming…
soon it will be time to
return to the
park…
to the
drums…
drumming back to freedom
under the heat of the city sun…
back to
Africa…
back to
freedom…
Yemaya–Photo by Toni Roberts
dancing to the call of the
orishas...
Photo by Toni Roberts
in the wild abandon of
forgetfulness
we are back in the
bush...
Tools for Journeying…Photo by Toni Roberts
released from our
rat-infested tenements…
from the
drugs
crime
grinding poverty
and
devastation
that has not abated since first they
dragged us
bound
and
chained
across the waters
to this
new world…
this new version of
hell
called
modern
western
civilization…
Grandfathers and Drum; Photo by Toni Roberts
and so…
in the noisy
crowded summer heat
of a Harlem park
we beat our drums
and dance our way
back home
to
Africa...
to the
Motherland…
to
Freedom…
Toni Roberts’ Artwork and Photography are available at:
http://www.cafepress.com/DaughtersofGaia
http://www.cafepress.com/orishatreasures
http://www.fineartamerica.com/art/all/toni+roberts/all
http://toniroberts.imagekind.com
SURRENDER…Part Two…
Photo by Toni Roberts Central Park, NYC
SURRENDER…
complete
absolute
total…
the only intelligent thing to do
when caught
broken
weeping
and
powerless
between a rock and a hard place
Toni Roberts’ Artwork and Photography May Be Viewed & Purchased at:
http://www.cafepress.com/DaughtersofGaia
http://www.cafepress.com/orishatreasures
The Sweet Balm Of Surrender…
Photo by Toni Roberts
I am bathed in serenity
In the sweet balm of surrender
To that which knows
From whence I came
And why…
Toni Roberts’ Artwork and Photography May Be Viewed & Purchased at:
http://www.cafepress.com/DaughtersofGaia
http://www.cafepress.com/orishatreasures
Rainy Days…
Photo by Toni Roberts
as I sit here at my window altar
gazing out at the river
watching the raindrops fall
I become aware of my role as
“Placeholder”
for
Divine Healing Energy
that moves
Backward and Forward
in
“Time“
healing the wounds of all the many
Bloodlines
that intersect within this
“Spacetime”
called
“Toni Roberts…”
Toni Roberts’ Artwork and Photography May Be Viewed & Purchased at:
http://www.cafepress.com/DaughtersofGaia
http://www.cafepress.com/orishatreasures
Photo-journal of a woman's transformational journey from breast cancer to wholeness.