one woman's journey to wholeness…

Archive for the ‘soul nourishment’ Category

These “Dark Days of the Soul…”

034

Clouds Over The River & Sound – Photograph by Toni Roberts

this

blessing

of a

view

is the only thing that pulls me through

these

“dark days of the soul..”

 

I thank

You

Goddess Mother…

Gaia…

Creatress

of

all

there

   is…

for the

soul-stirring beauty

that only

YOU

can create…

and

for the

peace of mind

and

stillness of heart

that the

MAJESTY

of

YOUR CREATON

imparts…

 

   this

  daughter

most

humbly

thanks

   YOU…

 

http://toniroberts.imagekind.com

http://www.fineartamerica.com/artist/toni+roberts

https://www.facebook.com/gaiadaughters

Advertisements

Category:

"Dark days of the soul", clouds, Daughters of Gaia, depression, Divine Mother, divine surrender, Gaia, Mother Earth, Mother Nature, photography, photography by toni roberts, poetry, Religion and spirituality, self-direction, self-healing, self-help, self-understanding, soul, soul nourishment, spiritual cleansing, spiritual contemplation, spiritual portal, spiritual practice, spiritual quest, spiritual surrender, spiritual transformation, storm clouds over the Long Island Sound, NYC, summer sky, toni roberts fineartamerica photography, toniroberts'photojournal, Women's Spirituality, women's wisdom

Tagged with:

Was This Not…

rainy day 021

Rainy Day Altar – Photo by Toni Roberts

an even more delicious day

   than the sunshine and calm blue skies of yesterday?

rainy day 030

Indoors On A Rainy Day – Photo by Toni Roberts

this

glorious

today

with

noisy splatters of raindrops

and

boisterous winds

intruding upon the

SILENCE

of  my

   SACRED SPACE…

blow!

Oya

clear away the debris that clogs the mind and soul

whip up the waters!

cleanse this vessel!

ready it for the

Holy Work

   for which the Soul has come…

Category:

African American women, African Feminine Power, African orishas, altars, Altars of African Orishas, Altars to the African Orishas, Goddess, goddess art, goddess as creator, Goddess Lore, Goddess religions, Goddess Warriors, looking through a different window, mother goddess, Mother-Goddess, Oshun River Goddess, Oya, photography, photography by toni roberts, photojournal, Poder Femenina Africana, poetry, prayer, rain, rain clouds, Religion and spirituality, sacred inner path, sacred space, soul, soul nourishment, spiritual contemplation, spiritual evolution, spiritual journey, spiritual philosophy, spiritual portal, spiritual practice, spiritual purification, spiritual quest, spiritual realizations, spiritual rebirth, spiritual surrender, storm, stormy weather, sun, toni roberts fineartamerica photography, toniroberts'photojournal, Virgin Mary African Prototype, Wind, windows of the soul, Women's Spirituality

Tagged with:

I Am Learning To Lean Into…

Awakening; Artwork and Photo by Toni Roberts

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.cafepress.com/DaughtersofGaia

http://www.cafepress.com/orishatreasures

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

http://toniroberts.imagekind.com

Category:

"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

Tagged with:

In Other Words…

rehab grounds 8 30 15 038.JPG

Photo by Toni Roberts

the

question

is the

key

that

opens

the

   door…

once the question has been asked

the questioner must remain

   silent and alert…

so as not to miss the opportunity...

   once the door swings open…

to enter a heretofore

   dark…

   hidden…

   unexplored…

room

of

the

   mansion…

a room filled to capacity with

un-imagined

treasures…

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

Category:

Atonement, breast cancer, buddhist way, countryside, Daughters of Gaia, death and rebirth, disease as metaphor, Divine Feminine, divine path, divine surrender, Divine Tension, enlightened understanding, evolution of consciousness, evolutionary processes, fear, feminist philosophy, Goddess religions, higher consciousness, illumination, inner healing, journey to wholenss, Knowledge, life cycles, life journey, Life lessons, meditative contemplation, message from the soul, metaphysics, Mindful meditation, mindfulness meditation, modern Shaman, modern spirituality, Mother Earth, Mother God, mother goddess, Mother Nature, nature, new age thought, On being human, overcoming human imperfections, poetry, prayer life, psychological healing, radical trust, reason vs intuition, Religion and spirituality, religious philisophy, self-healing, shaman, soul nourishment, spiritual evolution, spiritual philosophy, spiritual realizations, spiritual surrender, spirituality, spritual awareness, submission to higher power, The Holy Mother, the nature of personal reality, Toni Roberts, toni roberts photo journal, understanding, Wisdom, Wise Woman, wise woman ways, Women's Spirituality, women's wisdom

Tagged with:

Gemini Moon…

full moon image stock photo

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

of

   Your Love…

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

Category:

cycles of the moon, dark matter vs the light, Daughters of Gaia, death and rebirth, Divine Feminine, Divine Light, Divine Mother, divine symphony of life, Divine Tension, Energy, energy frequencies, enlightened understanding, evolution of consciousness, feminine philosophy, Feminism, feminist philosophy, full moon, Gemini full moon, Goddess, goddess as creator, Goddess Lore, Goddess religions, Great Mother, Great mystery, healing arts, illumination, indigenous religions, inner guidance, inner healing, inner reflections, inner wisdom, inspiration, inspirational, light, light and dark, Light healing, mental health, Mindful meditation, mindfulness, mindfulness meditation, modern spirituality, modern thought, Mother God, Mother moon, Mother-Goddess, new age, new age religions, new age thought, Old religions, Pagan, Pagan religions, photography, photojournal, poetry, Religion and spirituality, Resurrection, secret knowledge, self-awareness, self-healing, self-understanding, shamanism, sky moon water, soul, soul nourishment, spiritual evolution, spiritual journey, spiritual philosophy, spiritual quest, spiritual realizations, spiritual rebirth, spiritual surrender, spirituality and religion, spritual awareness, submission to higher power, the heavens, The Holy Mother, The Orishas, Toni Roberts, toni roberts photo journal, transformation, Wicca, Wisdom, Wise Woman, wise woman ways, Witches, woman of God, womanist philosophy, Women's Spirituality

Tagged with:

I Am Slowly Learning…

river 9 16 14 008

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

to stop trying to push

the rivers of my life…

   to simply let them

flow

as

they

    will…

   arriving at their own destinations…

   unfolding in their own time…

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

Category:

adversity, conscious choice, consciousness, Daughters of Gaia, Divine Mother, divine path, Divine purpose, divine surrender, divine symphony of life, enlightened understanding, Goddess religions, higher calling, higher consciousness, Higher Power, Hutchinson River, inner wisdom, inspiration, inspirational, journey to wholenss, Life lessons, meditative contemplation, mental health, Mindful meditation, mindfulness, modern spirituality, modern thought, new age thought, Ochun river goddess, overcoming human imperfections, photojournal, poetry, river gazing, river goddess, rivers, self-healing, self-help, self-understanding, sky moon water, soul nourishment, spirituaity and religion, spiritual realizations, spiritual surrender, spritual awareness, submission to higher power, the new moon, the river, the rivers of life, transformation, water, water gazing, wise woman ways, womanpower, women's wisdom

Tagged with:

How To Fly…

1471

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.cafepress.com/DaughtersofGaia

http://www.cafepress.com/orishatreasures

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

http://toniroberts.imagekind.com

Category:

adversity, cafepress.com, Cenral Park NYC, conscious choice, consciousness, consejo de una consejera, creativity and consciousness, creativity and longevity, death and rebirth, depression, enlightened understanding, feminine philosophy, feminist philosophy, flying, healing, higher consciousness, how to fly, inner healing, inner wisdom, inspiration, inspirational, Knowledge, lessons in flying, Life lessons, manic depressive, mental disease, mental health, message from the soul, mindfulness, mindfulness meditation, new age religions, new age thought, nyc landmark, philosophy, photo journal, photography, poetry, psychological healing, Resurrection, self-healing, self-help, self-understanding, soul nourishment, spiritual journey, spiritual philosophy, spiritual rebirth, spirituality and religion, spritual awareness, telling our stories, the ego, Wisdom, Wise Woman, womanist philosophy, womanpower, world conflicts, world in turmoil, world security

Tagged with:

Bessie Smith…My Sister-Friend, Vera…And I…

Collage/photo by Toni Roberts

Collage/photo by Toni Roberts

Thank you
Sister-friend, Vera
For an evening of
Body-mind-soul nourishment
As we watched last eve
The HBO movie: Bessie Smith
Winner of the Toni Roberts’ Award for
The best beginning of many more movies to come that tell
Our Stories…

The varied…multi-faceted…multidimensional stories of
American-born-African-women
From Bessie Smith to Michelle Obama
And all those before…in-between…and after

Thank you, my beloved sister-friend
For the food that nourished my body
And for the deeply loving and abiding friendship
That nourishes my soul

You are indeed the sister I never had
The one to whom I may not have spoken in weeks…or months…
But who, after long absences welcomes me and sits with me
In comprehending silence
As we watch together a Bessie Smith made for HBO movie starring Queen Latifa
A movie that tells my story…your story…our story…
A universal tale of Life born in pain…
And lived in endless cycles of Death and Rebirth…

Thank you, my sister-friend…
Thank you for being there…
Thank you for your presence…
Thank you for your understanding silence…
Thank you for your generosity of spirit…

You, Vera,
Are a perfect and uniquely individualized manifestation of
Goddess-Love

May the Mother of us all
The Bringer of Life
Continue to ex-press
In…as…and through you
In ever-expanding ripples of
Healing Love…

Through all Space and Time…

Category:

African American women, art, Bessie Smith, Daughters of Gaia, HBO movies, Michelle Obama, photography, poetry, Queen Latifa, soul nourishment, Toni Roberts, vera alexander, women's friendships, Women's Spirituality

Tagged with:

Tag Cloud

%d bloggers like this: