Words Of Courage…

Companions In-Spirit – Window Altar Arrangement & Photograph by Toni Roberts

 

come drifting into consciousness as I sit here at my window altar…

turning the focus of my attention inward:

 

ARDOR...ZEAL…STEADFASTNESS…

now is not the time to be faint-of-heart…

hold steady…my girl…as you proceed along this Journey to Wholeness….

let LIFE carry you…let IT flow from within…out…

relax…

lean back into the WATERS of LIFE…

float…

trust LIFE to carry you wherever you need to go…

 

breathe…release…trust your own INDWELLING WISDOM…

 

know that you are a cherished part of a purpose beyond the scope of all human imaginings and suppositions…you are loved…you are needed…just as you are…

 

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Our Prayers…

Sky At Dusk – Photograph by Toni Roberts

for

WHOLENESS…

HEALING…

and

SELF-UNDERSTANDING

never

go

UNANSWERED…

(we cannot, however, have one without the others!)

 

   in fact…

as a

bonus

from the

“REALMS OF THE DIVINE…”

we also learn…via answered prayer…that we are the only thing standing in our way…

blocking

the

BLESSINGS

that

are

our

natural

   INHERITANCE…

 

 

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“Resist Ye Not…”

Another Golden Sunset – Photography by Toni Roberts

 I am learning to

“RESIST NOT“

the

natural flow

of

LIFE…

to

embrace

the

people…events…

and

circumstances…

that do not

please

this

“Queen Mother“

I am learning

to

“lean into“

every

difficulty…

every

challenge…

every seemingly

insurmountable obstacle

by

befriending

it

and

allowing it to tell me

what it has come to teach…

and then letting

it

lead

me

in

a

direction

in which my

Ego

would

never

have

thought

of

going…

 

I am thus discovering the

rewards…

the previously

unimagined new ways of being human…

 and the

countless

Divine Gifts

deeply hidden

within

LIFE’S

   CHALLENGES… 

 

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I Shall Not Get Lost…

Healing Altar – Photo by Toni Roberts

 

in the things of the world

in the fears, turmoil and confusion of humankind…

I will continue

pulling myself back into the

STREAM OF LIFE

that

flows

through

this

heart

healing and nourishing the world…

as I follow

this

inward

path

to

wholeness…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Am Taught By My “Companions…”

The Grandfathers At The Altar – Photo by Toni Roberts

 

to place one

careful foot

before the other…

 

one step

at a time…

 

 

El Abuelo Con La Pareja y El Arte De Kathy Vega – Photo by Toni Roberts

 

resolute

and

steadfast…

 

as I 

move

smoothly

through

the

dark

moments

of

this

journey

to

wholeness…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Most Difficult Part Of this Journey…

“The Land” Up At The Berkshires – Photo Nine by Toni Roberts

or TREK…

as some might say…

is the

LETTING…

the

ALLOWING…

the

PERMITTING...

in place of the

DOING…

 

the necessity of becoming a

participating observer

in one’s own life…

 

 

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It Is The Letting Go…

Surrender – Pencil Drawing/Photo by Toni Roberts

of all that one holds as

      TRUTH…

and

   REALITY…

it is the learning to be

   IN…

but not

   OF…

this

MAN-MADE

world…

it is the

TOTAL

SURRENDER

to that which one cannot

touch…

taste…

smell

or

   see…

and can only

hear

as a faint

echo

within one’s

   HEART…

these are but a

sprinkling

of the

difficulties

one encounters

upon the

JOURNEY

to

   WHOLENESS…

so be ye of strong

SPIRIT

and great

COURAGE

as ye embark upon this

   SACRED

INNER

   PATH…

 

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…

I’ve Finally Cracked The Great Mystery…And Gained Mastery Over The Torments And Enigmas Of This Human Existence…

Daughters of Gaia; collage/photo by Toni Roberts

 

I’ve reached

the

bottom-line

of

bottom-lines…

I’ve found

the

   WAY:

     SIT DOWN…SHUT UP…

and

   LISTEN…

      for the only way to

KNOWLEDGE

is via the

      INNER PATHWAY…

the way of the

   HEART…

THE WAY

   OUT…

        IS ALWAYS…

       IN…

As I Sit Here In Contemplation Of My Navel…

“The Land,” The Berkshires, MA; Photo Seven by Toni Roberts

it’s beginning to dawn on me

through these recent days of

joy-mixed-pain

that there is no such thing as

“good“

or

“bad“

     in the events of life…

“The Land,” The Berkshires, MA; Photo by Toni Roberts

 

   it’s simply that…

shit happens so that other shit can happen…

“The Land,” The Berkshires, MA; photo by Toni Roberts

LIFE

does nothing

to

   us…

only

for

   us…

and as trite as it may sound:

everything

comes

to

    pass…