how we think
the beliefs we create
from our experiences
become a complex overlay
of our consciously
and unconsciously
held trauma
unwinding the patterns
both somatically and emotionally
integrating our gained wisdom
aligned with our spiritual nature
is our liberation
Ruth Roberts
In starting from somewhere
be it
weighted failure
breaking until we collapse
seemingly unbearable defeat
we surrender to rest
breathing in to let go
giving space for a moment’s reprieve
and then we rise
lifting our eyes
we reach
turning
extending
our kinaesthetic sensing
met by
meeting
ground
knowing life
as it shapes and
moulds us
our hope
sculpted from the inside
like a marble’s artist
with intuitive wisdom
exposing its innate shape
being made ready
for the next passage
encountering
what feels to be
an unending valley
maybe a mountain
to unimaginable to climb
yet in reaching its peak
a multifold glory
a basking in the warmth
of all that is
before
being thrust back
into chaos’ storm
challenged yet again
to shake off that binds us
unravelling our mind’s restrictions
in the mystery of this unwinding
we discover a pristine lake
in the middle
of everywhere and nowhere
diving in
our body and soul
tingles with aliveness
a moment of being
a sacred cleansing
We Rise
Ruth Roberts
In arriving
in this form
our essential hardware is
always in the background
our software often suffers
broken linkages from
our ancestral lineage
outdated conscious and unconscious coding
limiting how see ourselves and each other
this conditioning
layers of
predetermined stories
can restrict
our ability to function
in this world
it is through entering
chaos’ apparent disorganization
patterning can be
recognized and interrupted
and occasionally met with a crash
giving space for
awareness
understanding
new vision
to arise
always undergirded
by the support of our hard drive
a universal relationship of ground
new programming can be installed
connections get rewired
fresh coding integrated
our system
instals the latest updates
reconfigures damaged links
while retaining historical data
as it accesses and informs
more congruent pathways of comprehension
in completing its tasks
all applications with all their collective complexities
become activated when their process is initiated
this correlates with
life’s conquest for
conflict resolution
routing clarified
updated synapses
freeing up storage space
to revise old versions
increased speed in performance functioning
with greater capacity to hold and retain past and current memories
a coordinated dialogue between all moving parts
supporting connectivity and embodiment
providing knowledge, skill and relationship
to the creative and illuminating source
an essence that governs all life
Ruth Roberts
each person
would take the time
to be
introspective
get support
to heal
their trauma
associated with the pain
behind the complaining
to repair through
rewiring
the linkages
not to forget the past
but to integrate its wisdom
being
met
seen
understood
then we would live
in a very different world
defences dissembled
boundaries redefined
shifting
the collective
conscious and
unconscious mind
Ruth Roberts
become embodied
a weighted density
or
a lifting up
reuniting with
reposing light
know that you carry the wounds
of our ancestors within
speaking for those who have left us
their voices beaten down
discredited and destroyed
by this world
have gratitude and
be empowered young women
now you
have a voice being heard
feel the strength of
acknowledgement and community
reverberate in everyone’s right
to be seen and believed
we are all with you
Ruth Roberts
Ruth Roberts
Divine process
expressing itself before
truth is recognized
unfolding
both story and
profound hope
a resounding resonance
waving through the words
meeting and caressing the
edges of my soul
I rest into the water’s wisdom
our rhythm matching and pulsing
in connection with all life
Ruth Roberts
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On June 9, 1960, at the age of twenty-eight, Ruth Roberts’ mother died in a tragic accident that made front page in the national newspapers. Ruth and her sibling were with their mother that day and were severely injured in the accident.
This eulogy and prayer describe a place Ruth came to after many years of struggle, feeling broken and finally healing.
When her father was dying in 2006, Ruth spent significant time with him the week before he died and was present through his passing. This was precious time together, when love superseded all else and dissolved lifelong wounds.
Not yet feeling complete, Ruth yearned for a way back to her faith. She found herself driving over three thousand miles to a Contemplative Prayer retreat in Dove Creek, Colorado, where with the support, patience and understanding of its spiritual director, Ruth reunited in a new relationship with God.
On June 9, 2008, forty-eight years after her loss, the director created and provided a beautiful ceremony to honour Ruth’s mother, for which Ruth wrote the following eulogy.
