The HEALING…
(“African Rising – Pencil Drawing/Collage/Photography by Toni Roberts)
The Wisdom…
The Knowledge…
The Way…
Is not found in the world…
But in the SELF…
Toni Roberts
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Food For Thought…
Morning Light – Altar Arrangement/Photograph by Toni Roberts
A REACTION is emotional...
It is usually fear or anger-based…
It is spontaneous...lower brain...primitive…
Whereas…
A RESPONSE is intelligent…balanced…unemotional…
And usually well thought-out…
For the most part…HUMANITY appears to be REACTING to COVID 19…
Instead of RESPONDING to it….
In which camp do you fall?
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Wounded People…
“Third Eye” – Colored Pencil Drawing/Photograph by Toni Roberts
raising wounded people…
giving us generation…
after generation…
of wounded people…
each wondering why s/he is so misused by
Life…
the world…
other people…
treated as if we were not people…
but objects for target practice…
disrespect…
and
abominable
acts
of
inhumanity…
my
People…
it is long past TIME for a Healing…
Healing
of
Self…
from the individual to the collective…Healing from the generational wounds that date to the Kidnapping from the MotherLand to the Middle Passage to an Enslavement in a “new world…” the savage cruelty of which humanity had never before known…
it is Time for a Healing from wounds we do not know we have…
but from which we suffer still…
unknowingly…
but
no
less
tragically…
come…
my
People…
let
us
turn
Inward…
where the Ancestors wait to guide us…one by one by one…through a Process of Self-Healing…to Wholeness of Being…to Knowledge of Who and What we are…and our Rightful Place on Planet Earth…
come…
my
People…
let us change the projection of our Destiny…
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To Know True Freedom…
Realizations At The Altar – Altar Arrangement/Photograph by Toni Roberts
is to
release oneself
from the
tyrannical preoccupation
with
SELF…
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Healing…TRUE Healing…
Opening the Ancestral Gates – Lighting the Cauldron Fires of Transformation – Altar Arrangement/Photograph by Toni Roberts
of body...soul…or mind…
is…
and always has been…
from the inside…
the Goddess-side…
out…
all other externally applied efforts can only result in temporary “cures…”
at best…
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Let Us Lay Our Collective Pain At The Altar Of Love…
Altar of Love – Photograph by Toni Roberts
This Path I’ve chosen to walk is indeed, a “straight and narrow “one!
No longer can I stray onto the familiar side streets of anger and sarcasm: my old defenses…my old way of covering up hurt, disappointment, or emotional pain. All of those feelings that strong “Black” women (and women of any hue…truly…) have been conditioned to swallow. From childhood we become experts in covering up…in camouflaging our emotional pain. We swallow it until we are choking with a rage and anger that must be released lest we burst into a million pieces.
***
I have learned to take ‘time out” when I feel that inner volcano getting ready to explode. I then explore what lies below the rage. Ultimately, I discover hurt feelings or suppressed emotional pain. I then give myself permission to be human and vulnerable without the shame of feeling weak. I allow my heart to hold both pain and righteous anger. For each is both justified and valid. I then lay them both at the Altar of Mother Wisdom…Lady Peace…and Sister Harmony.
***
Ultimately, words of wisdom…love…compassion…understanding…forgiveness and kindness…begin to flow into consciousness; words that wash away any residue of pain or anger that might still lay hidden in the secret recesses of my heart. Thus, instead of wounding words born of anger, my response becomes a healing balm to the heart of whoever wounded me. For underneath the attacker’s anger and harsh words or actions was her/his own hidden pain. For s/he too has been acculturated just as I; and has learned that it is safer to go into attack mode than to show the weakness of one’s human vulnerability.
***
It’s time to break this vicious cycle. Let us be courageous enough to feel our pain—individual and collective. Let us weep together. Let us acknowledge to ourselves and to each other our human fears and vulnerabilities. Let us stop and think before uttering those hurtful words or otherwise inflicting pain upon each other.
Let us lay our collective pain at the Altar of Love.
(copyright: 2019 – Toni Roberts)
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Like Any Good Surfer…
CHAKRA BALANCING – Artwork & Photography by Toni Roberts
I am learning to remain balanced and upright…
As I ride the crest of building-high-waves-of-emotion…
Which carry me from the land of Devastation…
To the far shores of Peace…
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Where The MIND Goes…
New Life Altar & Photograph by Toni Roberts
the body follows…
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Living With Gratitude…
A Gathering of Spirit Power – Artwork & Photography by Toni Roberts
I am finally learning to live truly
in
humble gratitude
100%…
24/7…
in
total
OBEDIENCE
to
WHATEVER-IT-IS
that is proving
ITSELF to be far GREATER…
more
POWERFUL and LOVING
than
“i“
could ever be…
I
am
finally
conscious…
or
“WOKE…”
as this new generation says…
my
life
has
purpose and meaning
beyond
what shall I eat…where shall I lay my weary head…with what shall I clothe this naked body…how shall I earn my daily bread…this day?
I know that I shall be
clothed…sheltered…protected…guided...
and
lovingly cared
for
by
a
POWER
I
cannot
see…touch…taste…hear…
or
smell…
but which takes care of me far better than my human…flesh parents ever did…
or
could…
and for all of
that
and
more…
I AM SO VERY GRATEFUL…
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A Bit of I Ching Wisdom for These Trying Days of Our Lives…
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(From Hexagram 33: RETREAT)
“…the behavior of the superior (wo/)man toward a climbing inferior; (s/)he retreats into (her/)his own thoughts as the inferior…comes forward. (S/)he does not hate…for hatred is a form of subjective involvement by which we are bound to the hated object. The superior (wo/)man shows strength in that (s/)he brings the inferior to a standstill by (her) his dignified reserve.
(Note: italics are mine)
The I Ching has become a wise and dependable guide on this lifelong Journey to Wholeness. Those interested in learning (remotely) how to use this ancient Chinese oracle in their own spiritual growth and development may contact Toni Roberts, via “message” on her Facebook Page: https//:www.facebook.com/gaiadaughters
May our hearts fill with love and our souls remain peacefully connected with the Divine as we follow that deep and ancient Inner Knowledge that knows from whence we came and why.
I send Peace and Love out to my troubled world.
Toni Roberts
Photo-journal of a woman's transformational journey from breast cancer to wholeness.
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