Toni Roberts&#039; Photojournal of Self-Transformation

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Still Following…

Trees…Trees…Trees… – Photograph by Toni Roberts

the sage advice of the

I Ching…

Hexagram 8…changing into 52…

Unity…holding fast to La Diosa Adentro

following Her instead of my over-ambitious Ego…

More Summer Blossoms In My Neighborhood – Photograph by Toni Roberts

Spending these beautiful summer days

in mindful…meditative…contemplation…

appreciating the beauty of my surroundings

honoring the abundance of the natural world…

More Summer Blossoms In My Neighborhood II – Photograph by Toni Roberts

re-balancing

body…

mind…

soul…

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"Resistance is futile.", acceptance of life conditions, blossoming trees, Hexagrams 8 & 52 The I Ching, meditation, meditative contemplation, Mindful meditation, mindfulness, photography, photography by toni roberts, poetry, spiritual contemplation, spiritual evolution, spiritual journey, spiritual philosophy, spiritual portal, spiritual practice, spiritual quest, spiritual realizations, spiritual surrender, spiritual transformation, spirituality and religion, summer, summer blossoms, summer blossoms in my neighborhood, Summer scenes, The I Ching, Toni Roberts' Poetry, trees, Women's Spirituality

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It’s Funny…Funny Peculiar…Not Funny Ha-Ha…

Hutchinson River Wetlands; Long Island Sound; photo by Toni Roberts

how everything in life becomes

clear…unconfused…simple…and quite evident

once the

MIND

has been

stilled…cleared…opened

receive

and then

release…

just like the breath…

in and out…

thus…

one becomes an

intermediary

between

Life

ItSelf…

and one’s

world…

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Another Day…

Altar Photo by Toni Roberts

in my

Sacred Space…

Grandfathers and Drum–Photo by Toni Roberts

with the

Ladies…Grandfathers…Djembe…

Altar #2–Photo by Toni Roberts

sitting…breathing…waiting…listening…

pen poised above journal…

ready for today’s

Dictation…

Toni Roberts’ Artwork and Photography are available at:

http://www.fineartamerica.com/art/all/toni+roberts/all

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I Am Learning To Lean Into…

Awakening; Artwork and Photo by Toni Roberts

the

pain…

to fully

feel

grief...

sadness...

to let it

wash

through

me…

leaving me

cleansed…

purified…

Toni Roberts’ Artwork and Photography are available at:

http://www.fineartamerica.com/art/all/toni+roberts/all

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"Let go and let 'God'", aging, angelic energies, art, artwork, born again, breast cancer as metaphor, cancer, Chakra Healing, CHAKRAS, consciousness, Creative Energy, creativity and consciousness, creativity and longevity, Daughters of Gaia, death, death and rebirth, death by suicide, Divine Feminine, Divine Light, Divine Mother, divine path, divine protection, Divine purpose, divine surrender, Divine Sustenance, divine symphony of life, Divine Tension, Divine Will, emotional healing, energy frequencies, enlightened understanding, evolution of consciousness, feminine philosophy, Feminist art, feminist philosophy, Gemini full moon, Goddess, goddess art, goddess as creator, Goddess Lore, Goddess religions, Great Mother, Great mystery, grief, healing, healing arts, healing pain and grief, higher consciousness, human evolution, humanity and god, inner healing, inspirational, mental health, metaphysics, mindfulness, Mother God, mother goddess, Mother Nature, new age religions, new age thought, Old religions, poetry, psychic energy, re-establishment of the rule of the divine feminine, Religion and spirituality, Resurrection, self-awareness, self-healing, self-help, self-understanding, sexual healing, shamanism, soul nourishment, spiral of consciousness, Spirit, spirituaity and religion, spiritual evolution, spiritual journey, spiritual purification, spiritual quest, spiritual rebirth, spiritual surrender, spritual awareness, submission to higher power, wise woman ways, wisewoman, Witches, womanist philosophy, womanpower, women, Yin

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Gemini Moon…

Full Moon; Stock Photo

Gemini Moon…

in the fullness of

Your Light

the hidden self

is revealed…

and as the dark self wanes before

Your Brilliance…

the

Goddess Self

expands…

illuminating the world

with the

Healing Light

Your Love…

Toni Roberts’ Artwork and Photography are available at:

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I Am Slowly Learning…

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Hutchinson River, Bx., NY; Photo by Toni Roberts

to stop trying to push

the rivers of my life…

to simply let them

flow

they

will…

arriving at their own destinations…

unfolding in their own time…

Toni Roberts’ Artwork and Photography are available at:

http://www.fineartamerica.com/art/all/toni+roberts/all

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How To Fly…

Man In A Glass Box; photo by Toni Roberts

deconstruct the

current box in which you

live…breathe…and have your being…

release the stories you tell

about: yourself…your life…your past

stories that confine…restrict…

prevent you from taking flight

like the free spirit you came this way

to be…

tear down the box you have built around yourself

that allows you to maintain the

illusion of safety within the confines of a

crazed and fear-filled mind

teeming with false beliefs and

wild imaginings…

release the tales of past events

you tell to all who will listen…

cease the righteous picking and re-picking of scabs from

wounds half-healed…

ignore the box in which your neighbor is confined…

and the larger one within which

the world is encased…

gaze not upon

the boxes of the Others

who so enrage…infuriate…irritate

as they infringe upon and restrict

the expansion of your own beloved box…

disturbing the bliss of infatuation with your

own story…

still your mind

quiet your tongue

eliminate: I…my…me…mine…

from your vocabulary…

thus you shall begin the dismantling of

the box that confines and restricts your being…

preventing you from taking flight

like the free spirit you came this way

to be…

Toni Roberts’ Artwork and Photography May Be Viewed & Purchased at:

http://www.fineartamerica.com/art/all/toni+roberts/all

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“Rainy Days & Sundays…”

Rainy…River…Day; Photo by Toni Roberts

Nothing like a rainy day to turn one’s attention inward…

I was sitting here at my window altar

Exploring

Heart

Soul…

and

Consciousness

When I uncovered tiny pockets of

Anger

Sadness

and

Rage

That remained

Hidden

Within the dark recesses of my being…

Buried…

Stinking…

SHIT

Some of it dating back to childhood…

(And we all know how long ago that was!)…

Oh, how well I know…

and remember

How

Unexpressed

Anger

Sadness

and

Rage

Can…

Will…

Eventually manifest in the

Flesh

Disease…

And so…

On this rainy day

I got busy with the necessary

Inner Work…

Scrubbing

Cleansing

Mopping up

Vacuuming

Clearing

and

Cleaning out

The tons of stinking…festering…rotting

SHIT…

I unloaded every speck that I could find of that

Inner Garbage

So that I may walk

Free

Clear

Light

Unburdened

By yesterday’s pain…

Into tomorrow’s sunshine

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And Yet Another Lazy Day Of Cloud-Gazing…

10/18/15 Photo by Toni Roberts

What?

Get up, you say?

The kitchen floor needs mopping?

My work area is a jumbled confusion of

Unfinished projects that need tending to?

10/18/15 Photo by Toni Roberts

Summer’s gone, you say?

And it’s time for the

Seasonal closet switch from summer to winter garb?

10/18/15 Photo by Toni Roberts

Hold on a second!

Look at how those clouds shift lazily across the sky

Creating beauty that brings tears to one’s eyes…

The kitchen floor can wait and I’ll switch the clothes tomorrow!

And this is my current creative project:

Cloud-gazing…

Toni Roberts’ Artwork and Photography May Be Viewed & Purchased at:

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