My 2 cents worth.

Like all of you, I have been deeply distressed, offended and appalled by the current race situation. Having grown up in the dichotomy of being the child of the military (where I was taught equality of every life, religion and culture) vs deep family roots in the privilege of a white Mississippi upper middle class or the 'I'm in charge because I'm white and you're not' mind set, I have always been confused by (what I consider to be) the inane idea that one color is better or less than another. I am also appalled by the pomposity of one color/ethnicity, religion/belief system, class, and any other label of separation you care to use as being the only right one.

The fact that the overwhelm, conquer, then forcing the subdued to conform or die is, best I can tell from studying history from every perspective I can find, makes me think that is it hardwired in our human DNA as it is in the animals we watched to learn survival as we evolved over the centuries.

That said, my confusion comes with the understanding of knowledge, skills, technology mankind has acquired, the awakening and ensuing protests and whistle blowing about these things happening for so long, why the bloody hell are these things still the same? My conclusion is simple, AVARICE AND EGO.

So many oligarchs have proven over and over that this is a doable and sustainable way to control the masses that the collective has taken it to be the proper way of life. I call BS!!! When one group is pressed hard enough, long enough, just like a volcano is born, eruption is eminent. Why does this surprise the complacent...wake up doggone it!

With the abundance of the earth, no one life, animal vegetable or resource should not be supported and saved from abuse and overuse.

Even the planet has had enough. We have created the condition(s) that have paved the avenues for our own destruction to occur and planet is taking full advantage of them to say to us, “ONE MORE TIME, HEY, STUPID IGNORANT THINGS ABUSING ME AND EACH OTHER, WAKE UP AND STOP IT OR YOU'RE ALL GONE!!”

If the self-appointed and heretofore allowed supremacy folk would get off their notions, egos, wallets and share, the entire world would benefit. Yes, yes, I know that is expecting a lot but with people waking up to this and #callingoutthelie more and more I feel it is doable. Pollyanna-ish I admit HOWEVER I do not see why it cannot happen.

I hear a chorus of “Yeah right! How long is that going to take?” My answer is “How long is a piece of string?”

It will take as long as it takes but if we never start, we will never get there.

SO, protest intelligently, keep speaking out, share this idea of equality, support each other in this endeavor, VOTE intelligently and for the love of everything living do not give up!

Helen Keller said it best I think, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.”

Therefore, I say that I do not weep for the blind me I leave behind me. I will continue to evolve and advocate for this notion as long and in every way possible within my purview to accomplish.

Thanks for reading, I hope it has helped somehow. #DoPeaceBeLove

© 2025 C.S. Roberts

 

 

INTRODUCTION TO

STORIES FROM THE FRONT PORCH

By C. S. Roberts

 

                               Family Picture of the McMullans and Freemans

     Growing up in the 1950’s was a wonderful time of playing outside and sharing time with family and friends. When I was young, we didn’t have a television set, so the entertainment came from listening to the radio, enjoying stories from the memories and lives of our elders and our own imaginations.

     I was very fortunate to spend a lot of time with my maternal grandparents. Mom, my younger brother and I lived with them when Daddy was at a duty station where we couldn’t go (He was in the Navy). We got to learn about rural and city life when with the Grands and other cultures and countries when we traveled with Dad.

     This (soon to be a book) is a compilation of stories from several different generations. They are set in bygone years (as far back as just after the Civil War up to some of my grandchildren) and told in the vernacular and jargon of the time. Some of the phrases and references may sound foreign, harsh, raciest or mean however, I have attempted to hold the feel and sound of the time in which the stories were told without being overtly provocative. 

     All stories are from my personal collection and were gathered with the full knowledge of the person telling the tale to me. I have changed as little as possible to take the anecdote from the spoken word to print.

     I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed collecting them and putting them on paper to share with you.

C. S. Roberts copywrite 2025 all rights reserved

    

 

MEMAW’S PORCH

as told by Madelon to Peggie and Martin

     Memaw’s porch was truly a place of magic! Each time I visited, there was something new and interesting to investigate. She was a flower grower and had pots of flowers all around the porch and could tell me the names of every one of the plants. After I had been told several times, I began to remember them. Let’s see, that one was Pauline Periwinkle. Over there was Francis Fern. There was a whole row of Ginny Geraniums, some Woodsy Violets, there were violets galore, Lizzy the Gizzard Plant, Pepperomia, Sue-Linn Jade and huge pots of Benny Begonias in all colors.

     The plants were lovely but what was especially interesting about them was who inhabited each one. Memaw collected animals almost the way she collected plants. Ginny Wren nestled in the ferns and didn’t like it very much when I tried to peek into her nest, she was very fussy about who she allowed to look. Memaw could peek in any time, so I learned to squeeze under her elbow and peek too.

     Crocus Frog lived in the crown of thorns. He knew that he was protected because those thorns were very sharp as I found out, to my dismay. But if I sat very still and was very patient, he would pop out to snare an unwary fly. I gathered many flies for him by using the handy fly swatter. He seemed to enjoy them as much as the live ones he caught.

     Over in the geraniums there lived a family of chameleons. As they went from pot to pot and flower to flower, they changed colors to match whatever they were walking on. Once I took some construction paper of different colors and cut pieces to fit in the pots to see if that would make them change. Sure enough! It did! Wow!

     A philodendron vine grew up a trellis. In the vine, near the roof of the porch, a little sparrow had made her nest, and she didn’t mind people peeking. I could climb up and inspect her nest to watch her eggs and I got to see them hatch. I could check whenever I wanted too. She seemed proud of her babies.

     Oh yes, I forgot to mention the Elephant Ears. The big heart-shaped leaves concealed beautiful Calla-Lilly type blooms. If you watched them close enough and long enough you could see the flowers unwrapping themselves. The thing that made this pot so interesting, besides the fact that it took two people to move it, was that Papaw kept his fishing worms in it. Willie Wigglers could be called to the surface by putting a stick in the dirt and rubbing another stick across it, making a kind of grunting sound.  The Willies would soon appear, and Papaw would take a few with him to the fishing pond. That night we would have catfish and hushpuppies for dinner.

     Other animals played around the porch when anyone was sitting in the rocking chairs. Whee-hee the colt would come galloping around the corner hoping that someone would have a piece of apple for him. Of course, I always did. Grumpy the turtle would sometimes come creeping out from under the steps to say hi. Chatter the squirrel would race up and down from the tree to the porch and back to gather the peanuts we would throw him. Graykin, the cat and Betsy, the dog were always with us for our evening porch sits.  Both of them would visit each flowerpot to say a friendly hello to its occupants.

     When the sun westered and the late afternoon breeze began it was so nice to sit on the porch among all those animal and plant friends until Old Blue, our head bull, with his big bass bell ringing, would lead the cows up from the pasture for milking time. Any time I got the chance to visit, I would look forward to Memaw’s magic porch.

More installments to follow.

                                               I'm Awake So What's Holding Me Back?

C. S; Roberts (C) 2025

  I had someone ask this question of me a few days ago and it occurred to me that the mundane stuff of life will and does keep us distracted from our divine purpose; if we allow it too.

   What do I mean by that you might ask. It's exactly what I said. Life, everyday life is a distraction. Things like your job/career, memories, feelings, old programs running in the background of your mind, triggers/ things that you use to make you feel special or different, labels that you feel you need to define you as a person, that make you stand out in a crowd. This can include politics, religion, health issues (chronic or otherwise), anything you do with an agenda. anything done automatically, without conscious, aware thought. These things can be thought of as Anchors. 

   As humans, we drag things with us unconsciously. Note that I am making the distinction here between Karma and  Anchors. The things that we create to say look at me! I'm different; just like everyone else. As we awaken and become aware of our selves as having a higher purpose and begin to look for it, we go to great lengths to cut the karmic chords and chains, but we continue to drag these unidentified Anchors along with us. We treat them as though they are important things by which to define us as us. 

   In truth, they don't define anything but our ego. Herein lies the problem. They anchor us in our human form, in our human brain. They cloud the mind and fool it into thinking that they are all we are. They drag us down and hold us back from our Asencion. They pull our attention in the wrong direction. 

   In the grand scheme of things all here (on Earth and in this incarnation) is fleeting; is an illusion. Our Anchors hold us in this stage much longer than we need to be there. However, as I have said many times, we don't know until we know, so now you know. 

   Yes, each of us needs to find their own way home [back to Source] and, yes, we are all headed there. But, as Mya Angelou said “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

 " Identifying your Anchors as such and treating them accordingly will assist your reach for enlightenment to happen faster, smoother and with more clarity as well as with less emotional pain than if you don't.

  Most of these Anchors, in truth, no longer serve your higher purposes, they don't lift you in any way. All they do is massage your ego and that doesn't help/ They actually drag you back, hold you down and delay enlightenment, keeping you struggling to find your Light, your Divine Purpose. 

   It came to me in a flash of insight several days ago that we can cut these Anchor chains just as we cut our Karmic ones. First thing to do is to recognize them. As I pointed out in the opening they come in many forms. Things your parents wrongly called you/told you. Things your playmates (online people) have wrongly said or taunted you with. Deep rooted thoughts and feeling you hold about yourself. Things that have happened to or around you that you have eternalized. There are more but you get the picture. Things inside that NO LONGER DEFINE who/what you are now. The easiest way to think about it is consider ANYTHING in your life that you feel defines you in anyway, either "good" or "bad" or :"interferent" Those are your Anchors. 

   As you recognize them, take them one at the time. Be truthful but not hurtful and examine it separately with conscious awareness and discernment and ask yourself, "What purpose does it serve in your life at this point?" "Does it lift you toward your goal of finding your Divine Purpose?" "Does it serve your highest good and best outcome?" "Is it helpful in anyway?" "Does it broaden your outlook?" "Do you need it at all?" "Will it continue to hold you back?"

   After deep thoughtful consideration (I suggest you write it all down, the Anchor , the questions and their answers) If you choose to let it go, burn the paper and allow your innermost self to do that, LET IT GO. If it turns out to be something that truly serves your highest good and best outcome in that moment, keep it until it stops serving you. Repeat the process until you feel cleansed of all those pesky holdbacks. As you do this, you will see/feel the futility of holding on to thoughts and feelings that hold you in a place those that you no longer need to be able to reach for your HIGHEST PURPOSE AND BEST OUTCOME. 

                                                   Do Peace, Be Love,  

THE TWO MOST POWERFUL WORDS

THE TWO MOST POWERFUL WORDS IN THE LANGUAGE
©Chessie Roberts 2010 all rights reserved

Do you find yourself becoming argumentative and defensive over the slightest thing? Does it seem to you that others are not getting with your program? Could it be that you are attempting to exercise control over something you can’t or should not be controlling?

If these issues are in your life, you need to learn about the two most powerful words in any language, “Let go.” I f you will ask yourself a few questions you will see very quickly how and where to use these wonderful words.

When you are pressing a point ask if the point is truly important. Will it be important in ten minutes? How about one month? A Year? If the subject is so trivial as to be lost in the next ten minutes, why waste time, energy, and frustration on it in the first place? Let it go. If in a months time the point is not something worth remembering, then why pursue it? See how that works?

Secondly ask yourself why it is important to you to be the ‘winner’ of this particular argument/difference of opinion? Is the subject of the argument important enough to agree to disagree? If not, it is not important enough to argue about in the first place. Remember that everyone has an opinion and rarely are two just alike and that is ok but to have to be correct all of the time about everything (no matter how trivial) sais that there deeper issues of control that need to occupying you time.

As you learn how to let go of the small things and be OK with that, the larger things will be easier to let go of as well. Letting go will de-clutter your life and make the more important things (those truly important) clearer so that you can take care of them in a positive and balanced way.
Bright Blessings, Chessie

What are Your Chakras and What Can They Do For You

Chakras are wheels of energy that are located along your physical spine. Like your nerves and blood vessels feed your physical body, your chakras feed your energetic body. For them to do this efficiently they should be aligned and free spinning. You keep them that way by your awareness of them and how they feel when they are misaligned or blocked.

What misalignes them? Stress is the biggest factor. You hear of “good stress” and “bad stress” but the truth of the matter is that stress is stress, there is no good or bad. Your idea and notion about whether it is good or bad can and does add to the intensity so you may want to consider changing you paradigm around this subject. A neutral attitude about stress will make it easier for you to detach your emotions about  the subject that is stressing you and allow you to calm down, thus helping lower the stress.

As you learn more about these wonderful things in your body/mind system the more fascinating they become. They can let you know something is amiss before you feel bad or sick. They can give you guidance about whether a food or product is beneficial to you before you buy it. As you become more adept at using your energetic system you will be able to make better judgments and choices that impact your life.

In this series of articles, I will tell you a bit about each chakra area, what it affects and other information about it. The series will begin with the first chakra and rise to the seventh. To get you started, I have compiled a list of  them with some of their lesser known attributes. Having never seen the mantras written, and only heard them chanted, I have taken the liberty of using (my version) phonetic spellings of the Sanskrit words  so that they can pronounced. The Sanskrit is in the parenthesizes.

CHAKRA ONE ; “mu-la-dara” (Muladhara)
LAW                  ; Law of Karma
MANTRA          ;  Om kree om ne-ma
MEANING        ; My actions are in alignment with cosmic law.
NA                      ; Earth
FINGER             ; Ring
CHARGE           ; Neutral

CHAKRA TWO ; “saf-ris-tina”  (Svadhisthana)
LAW                   ; Law of Least Effort
MANTRA           ; Om dack-sham ne-ma
MEANING         ; My actions achieve maximum benefit with minimum effort.
MA                      ; Water
FINGER              ; Pinky
CHARGE            ; Negative

CHAKRA THREE ;”Mauny-poura” (Mamipura)
LAW                       ; Law of Intent and Desire
MANTRA               ; Om re-tam ne-ma
MEANING      ; My intentions and desires are supported by Nature's intelligence.
SHI                  ; Fire
FINGER          ; Thumb
CHARGE        ; Positive
                             

CHAKRA FOUR   ; “Ana-har/ta”  (Anahata)
LAW                       ; Law of Giving and receiving
MANTRA               ; Om var-tam ne-ma
MEANING             ; I nourish the Universe and the Universe nourishes me.
VA                           ; Air
FINGER                  ; Pointer
CHARGE                ; Positive

CHAKRA FIVE      ; “Vish-u-da” (Vishuddha)
LAW                        ; Law of Detachment
MANTRA                ; Om aun-dum ne-ma
MEANING              ; My actions are blissfully free from outcome.
YA                            ; Space / Ether (where magic happens)
FINGER                   ; Middle
CHARGE                 ; Negative


CHAKRA SIX         ; “Azsah- na” (Ajna)
LAW                      ; Law of Dharma
MANTRA                ; Var-u-num ne-ma
MEANING              ; My life is in harmony with cosmic law.

CHAKRA SEVEN   ; “Sha-swar-a”  (Sahasrara)
LAW                         ; Law of Pure Potentiality
MANTRA                 ; Om bawan ne-ma
MEANING               ; I am absolute existence. I am a field of all possibilities.  

To your enlightenment and wellness, Bright Blessings, Chessie.

© Chessie Roberts 2012 all rights reserved
Chessie Roberts is a Singer/song Writer, Spiritual Teacher, Mind-set Mentor, Meditation Coach, Author, Lecturer and  the Founder/Creator of Evolution of Self; Journey into Body, Mind, Spirit Balance. Her experience with severe,crippling arthritis was her catalyst to share her healing, experiential self improvement program with those who wish to rediscover their balance of Body, Mind, Spirit. Her ability to put things into an easy to learn package allows participants to fine tune their healing intentions, identify personal goals and clarify the path they wish to devise in order to heal themselves and grow into their own Spiritual Evolution

THE 2012 SHIFT; WHAT’S GOING ON? MY TWO CENTS WORTH

THE 2012 SHIFT; WHAT’S GOING ON? MY TWO CENTS WORTH

“Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change; the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. The world is not yet exhausted; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw be.” (Samuel Johnson, English poet, critic and writer)

“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.” (Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher)

I get asked about this 2012 shift all of the time. I have done extensive reading about and listening to different ideas about this most interesting subject and have seen every thing from aliens coming to help/take over to the total end of everything BUT… I have the feeling that it is something else.

Maybe this is just the next stage of life. Maybe it is our wake up call to become more in tune with the planet on which we depend for ABSOUTLEY EVERYTHING and with each other. If we are not in vibrational harmony with either ourselves as the human animal and the other life forms that share our home, and we systematically destroy where we are living, something will change (probably not for the better). The planet, our home, is a living, breathing, changing being. It is older that we are and has existed in harmony with itself for a long time. Then we come along and start ‘improving’ things to our supposed benefit. Think about the building in which you live; if you don’t maintain it, vibrate with it, love it what happens? OK now taking that one step further, if you were actively tearing down the walls to build something else, using its resources to the detriment of the structure and foundation, how long would you have a place to live? Well, what have we done to our sustaining earth?

If we are not in vibrational harmony with the energies around us we will continue to rape and deconstruct our very habitat, as we’ve already done that to species after species, and are now doing to ourselves, causing us be blindsided by any change that happens. Everything is energy and so is constantly moving, changing, ebbing and flowing. If you try to not be in this energy flow, to stop it, hold it in stasis, to be out of harmony with it you live in chaos, pain and confusion and quite possibly destruction within both your world and your personal energy field(s).

OK, fine, what can we do to ‘go with the flow’? Have you ever heard of the “7Ps”? It is a business term I learned many years ago that seems appropriate here. “Proper Prior Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance.” So, 1) tune into the energies around and within you. Do everything you can to live ‘green’ It may be too little too late but if we don’t start, nothing will be accomplished. Recycle, reduce, support appropriate legislature etc. 2) Get ready. Develop your conscious awareness and have a real, solid belief system. Plant, nourish both yourself and your planet. 3) Cleanse your self, energetically and spiritually. Connect with your light body. Live cleanly with a lowered impact on the earth. How long can you stand to be abused? Then why ask it of your home? 4) Integrate your body, mind and spirit and awareness, and 5) Rid yourself of fear, all of it. Don’t anticipate bad things; step out in love and trust.

In actuality the shift has already started and there are those among us who have been charged by their Guidance to become the light workers, guides, gatekeepers, and spiritual leaders (notice I did not say religious) to step into the role of beacons to show the way. The ones who have been saying, “Wake up and see how we are abusing our resources!” were some of the first and for the most part, we didn’t listen, maybe now is a good time?

Now this is a fact that I find most wonderful; Conscious Awareness of the shift is spontaneously happening and growing. As more and more of us wake up and reconnect to Source energy (the energy of the divine, soul to soul, life to planet) we are creating a harmonic resonance that spreads across the planet and universe. People are trying harder to work with rather than against Nature. Because like attracts like, this new resonance pulls the shifting energy closer to the enlightened who are raising their vibrations higher and faster in order to meet and join with the new energy. Blending our personal vibrations with what is changing, vibrating over, under, around and through our existence and our planet, we find that, much like floating down a river, we become one with the change. If on the other hand we choose to fight against the energetic flow, we will find the disastrous results that we were afraid of in the first place. (Because of lower, fear-filled vibrations that do not fit within the shift)

When we change our thoughts, perceptions, attitudes and open ourselves to new patterns, information and ways of thinking about what we encounter daily, we begin to change, become aware of damage that we create both to ourselves and our earth. Things around us begin to change. We become more and more aware of the things that raise us, enlighten us, feed us and lift us to what some call unconditional love; the love of the forth chakra; the love that unites all things with all things; the love which is Source Energy. This is the energy that is shifting and so, by vibrating with it, we shift too, easily, effortlessly, spontaneously; all without fear, resistance or catastrophe.

As I close I leave you with enlightenment, raised vibrations, new awareness, love and bright blessings. Chessie

© Chessie Roberts 2011, all rights reserved

 Hail and welcome to the newest version of my blog. I have returned to Blogspot to share insights and information about our ever increasing desire to reconnect with our Divine Selves. 

I was on break while writing The Browyn Graham Saga Books that may be found at Amazon.com: C S Roberts: books, biography, latest update

Please free to comment and ask questions and I will endeavor to answer them to your highest good and best outcome, DO PEACE, BE LOVE

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