The Real WORK…
Night Altar – Arrangement/Photograph by Toni Roberts
is on the Self…
once you get that in order…
all else falls into place…
Toni Roberts
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Archive for the ‘The Orishas’ Category
With Each Breath…
Altar to Oya…Oshun…Shango – Arrangement/Photograph by Toni Roberts
I create the world anew…
Toni Roberts
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I Fly HIGHER and HIGHER Each Day…
As I allow…
the
DISINTEGRATION…
DECONSTRUCTION…
CRUMBLING…
and
RELEASE…
of
all
OLD…OUTMODED…USELESS STRUCTURES of THOUGHT…
originally
CONSTRUCTED on a FOUNDATION of FAULTY BELIEFS
about
the
TRUE NATURE OF REALITY…
I was blind…and now I can see…
May these eyes ever remain open…
Ashe
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As I Rapidly Approach Age 80…
Fall Altar – Healing Altars by Toni Roberts – Altar Arrangement & Photography by Toni Roberts
I watch from the sidelines…
As my contemporaries begin to drop…
One by one…
From the sheer exhaustion of life…
We have reached that stage…
Human culture calls:
“Old Age…”
As a participating observer in my own life…
I see clearly that these sunset years are merely a Time-In-Life…
In which we humans are presented with the choice TO DO or TO DIE…
The “DOING” requires a complete and total surrender…
An At-One-Ment…
With the Great Mystery from which all Existence flows…
The “DYING” is the consequence of not “DOING…”
It is a slow…and usually painful process…
In which the Soul withdraws from the human body…
Its temporary home…
To return to the SOURCE OF ALL THERE IS…
EVER WAS… and EVER SHALL BE…
I…of course…have chosen to DO…and look forward to whatever the “GODS” have in store for me in this re-birth…in this 8th chapter of the life of Toni Roberts…female…human…resident of a wild and crazy place called planet earth!
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Letting Go…
Grandfather Wisdom – Photography by Toni Roberts
Lead me
step by step…
breath by breath…
thought by thought…
The Many Guises of the Divine Feminine – Altar Arrangement & Photography by Toni Roberts
word by word…
action by action…
Crossing the Waters of Life – Artist Unknown – Photography by Toni Roberts
through
the
murky waters
of
my
life
to
the
Ultimate Fulfillment
of
my
Divine Purpose
in
being
Here-Now…
Ase!
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For Peace of Mind and Wholeness of Being…
My Man Marley & The Grandfather Hanging Out In My Sacred Space – Photo by Toni Roberts
unfurl
the
brow…
relax
the
gut…
breathe slowly…rhythmically…deeply
from
the
belly…
understand
that
it
is
not
your
job
to make shit happen…
chill…remain relaxed and attentive…
your next move will unfold naturally...organically…
in…as…
and
through
ALL
that
you
think…say...and do…
do…be…do…be…do…
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My Heart Is…
Woman At Crossroads – Artwork & Photography by Toni Roberts
the
meeting place
of my
brain
and
gut…
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“Woman At Crossroads”
Woman At Crossroads – Artwork/Photography by Toni Roberts
” Woman At Crossroads” –There are those times in all of our lives when we come to a Crossroad…do I go left or right? This job or that one? Chemo or no chemo? Live or die?
You would think that after 79 years of living this human drama, a woman would be spared life’s complexities and dilemmas. That one’s sunset years could be spent in play; drumming, dancing on the summer grass, experiencing only the joys of life…loving…simply being…
That’s not the way of this journey in the Third Dimension. And I am finally learning to embrace Life’s challenges; to welcome each Crossroad, regardless of how challenging a choice I must make as I continue on this twisting, winding journey of unexpected events, people and circumstances.
These days, when I reach that inevitable Fork In The Road, I find my Spirit Companions right there waiting for me. Mother Goddess, my Guardian Angel, my Orisha, Elegua…and Love ItSelf. Right there in the Silence of my heart…waiting for me to ask: Which Path is my path to Fulfillment of Purpose in being in this Here-Now? All it takes is the asking. The acknowledgement that I DO NOT KNOW. And in that surrender to a Wisdom higher than my human Ego, I am led; step by step, day by day, breath by breath into a new and expanded experience of being human on planet earth.
Let us never forget that the Ancestors are always here to guide us. We need only to stop pretending that we have the answers…and ASK. Ashe.
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Today, I Surrender…
Yemaya! Mother of the Fishes – Photo by Toni Roberts
my need to
UNDERSTAND…
my need to make
ORDER
out
of
CHAOS…
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Night Prayers
Night Prayers – Photo by Toni Roberts
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Photo-journal of a woman's transformational journey from breast cancer to wholeness.