As I Navigate These New Waters Of My Life…
Elemental Altar – Photo by Toni Roberts
Everything
Falls into place…
Perfectly...
Elemental Altar- (View Two) – Photo by Toni Roberts
With the help of my
Elemental
Friends…
Archive for the ‘The Orishas’ Category
Ode To The River…Ode To Oshun…
Moody River & Sound – Photo by Toni Roberts
Just took more photos of the river…
the river and sound have such a hypnotizing pull on me…
season after season
year after year…
day after day…
Distant Tugboat…Cloudy Sky – Photo by Toni Roberts
my son says
“but ma…
you keeping on taking the same photo
over and over again…”
he does not see the subtle changes from photo to photo
from day to day…
season to season…
the shifting shadows…
the shimmering light…
seasons marked
by the
absence or presence of sailboats on the sound…
the stillness or gentle flow of the waters…
the tugboat far off in the distance…
the mood of the sky…
the shifting shapes of dancing clouds…
Oya Blowing Up A Storm Over The Long Island Sound, NYC – Photo by Toni Roberts
no…
he does not see the subtle differences
from year to year…
for he sees only with eyes
while I see with heart and soul
this river and sound that are kin to me…
this river that has held-rocked-soothed-nourished-and-healed-me
through twenty-four years of
pain
sorrow
loss
agony
and the
deepest-of-soul-stirring
joy...
Storm Clouds Over The Wetlands & Sound – Photo by Toni Roberts
no…
he does not see this
gift-from-the-“GODS”-view
with
eyes-of-love
as I do…
for it is
my
life itself
that is
reflected in the waters below…
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http://www.cafepress.com/orishatreasures
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FREEDOM:
Window Altar – Photo by Toni Roberts
no longer seeking from the
world
what only
“God“
can give…
Rainy Days And Sundays…
Poder Feminina Africana* – Photo by Toni Roberts
always wake me up!
*African Feminine Power
Reacting VS Responding…
Yemaya At Work – Photo by Toni Roberts
Today
For the first time…
I saw the choice so clearly:
I can continue
Reacting to negative people…events and circumstances
From my place of
OLD…UNHEALED…EMOTIONAL WOUNDS…
In that so
HUMAN WAY…
or…
I can rise above the residue of pain from events long past
And
CHOOSE
to lift up my
CONSCIOUSNESS…
ALLOWING
An
EVER-PRESENT…
APPROPRIATE…
And
HEALING RESPONSE
To
Unfold
Naturally…
On ITS own…
In…
As…
And
Through…
My every
Thought…
Word…
Action…
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…
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…
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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
of
Your Love…
Toni Roberts’ Artwork and Photography are available at:
http://www.cafepress.com/DaughtersofGaia
http://www.cafepress.com/orishatreasures
That Paris Shit Yesterday Has Really Done It!!!
Awakened Goddess
we have finally awakened the
GODDESS
and
SHE
is
PISSED
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Ode to Oya…
Blow, Wind, Blow
Clear the land
Sweep away the mental debris
Which clogs my mind
Clear away the poisonous thoughts
The lies and other man-made falsehoods
That fill my consciousness
And direct my actions
Free me, Oya!
Transform my being
That I may dance the dance of Prayer with You
Swaying to the Divine Rhythms of Life
Clear the way, Oya!
Make entrance within
So that I may receive
Our fiery Lover, Chango
Who comes in
Riding
Waves
of
Wind
Photo-journal of a woman's transformational journey from breast cancer to wholeness.