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J-1 Foundation For The Journey Within – Create Your Sacred Garden

January 31, 2018 By Cara Lumen

REFLECTIONS OF A DEEPER SONG
An Inner World Exploration

J-1 – Foundation For The Journey Within –
Create Your Sacred GArden

Within the inner world of your invisible self is a personal place of power and healing. It is a sanctuary for guidance, introspection, and spiritual deepening. It is available to everyone.

Your Sacred Garden in your personal sanctuary. It is a place of self-healing. It is the starting place for meditation, for shamanic journeys.

It this episode, Cara Lumen, spiritual explorer and founder of the Deeper Song Community, leads you on a guided meditation to create this inner sanctuary for your own spiritual practice.

Using the ancient introspective method of shamanic mediations called “journeying”, Cara guides you to the inner realms where you create your personal place of refuge. Everything you find in your Sacred Garden is an aspect of you, a symbolic, metaphoric message from your inner self.

Whether you want to mediate for self-healing, a deeper understanding of your soul purpose, the well-being of our world, or insights and wisdom for your daily life, you begin your meditative journey in the sanctuary of your Sacred Garden.

In this episode. Cara will guide you in building a transpersonal bridge between the inner and outer world and help you uncover the treasures of your inner self.

In this episode:

1. Discover the purpose of Your Sacred Garden. What is it, why you want to use it, how to create it.

2, Journey to your invisible worlds to create this sacred inner retreat.

3. Learn how to immediately add the Sacred Garden to your own spiritual practice.

Resources:

Drumming Recording: For your personal practice, this drumming tape by Shamanist Sandra Ingerman will help you move gently into a receptive state for your journey. Your journey can be as long or as short as it turns out to be.

In this episode Cara use a Tibetan Hand Bell / Meditation & Prayer Bells / Dorje / Vajra – Medium. There is a variety of these available.

Further Study: If you want to learn more about shamanism I suggest you begin with the book Awakening to the SpiritWorld, the Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation by Sandra Ingerman and Hank Wesselman, both of whom I have studied with.

You can also take courses from both Sandy and Hank at The Shift Network.

THE JOURNEY TO THE INNER WORLD SERIES

The first three podcasts should be listened to in order. They lay the foundation.

J-1 Foundation For The Journey Within – Create Your Sacred Garden

NEXT: J-2 Connecting with your Power Animal

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Reflections of a Deeper Song

Nurture the Garden Of Self

August 21, 2019 By Cara Lumen

Nurture the Garden Of Self
An Inner-world Exploration

Our strength comes from within. Our ideas come from within. Our entire life expression comes from within. Within you, accessible by your imagination, there’s a Garden of Self and we are each responsible for planning, cultivating, and harvesting our own crops.

Intention plants the seed

Starting your Garden of Self is as simple as setting an intention.

Today I plant the seed of Serenity in my Garden of Self and I will water it with patience, nurture it with silence, and harvest it throughout my day.

Well, wow! Let’s do more of that.

Today I plant the seed of Wisdom in my Garden of Self. I nurture it with contemplation and mindfully harvest it throughout my day, picking one succulent berry at a time and savoring it.

More?

In my Garden of Self, I planted an acorn called “Cara” and it immediately grew into a giant oak complete with a bird’s nest, a rainbow parrot, a squirrel and a bunch of acorns that are future Cara trees.

It’s a mature tree, as I am mature, but it has a lot of life and a great deal still to offer. Insights, wisdom, hope.

What will you plant in your Garden of Self?

The Fountain of Love

In your Garden of Self create a water source. In the Sacred Garden where I begin each shamanic journey, I have three separate water sources: a reflecting pond, a bubbling brook, and a waterfall. So I was surprised to find a different water source in my Garden of Self, which is down the road from my Sacred Garden. But a fountain showed up, a happy, bumbling, spray-sharing laughing fountain. It is from this Fountain of Love and Joy that I am to nurture the crops I plant.

Build the support you need

You may need to provide a trellis for some of your crops. A support system that encourages growth and the space to expand or elevate above the ground. What in your life needs support?

You may need to prune a plant in your Garden of Self in order to encourage the growth of one strong central plant. Don’t be afraid to prune and let go. It will make the core stronger.

My Cara tree has obviously been around for a while. Do I need to prune it? Support a branch here or there? Drop a few more acorns of wisdom?

Cultivate, encourage and support whatever you grow in your Garden of Self.

Share your harvest

In the Garden of Self, you plant the things you need in order to elevate the vibration of your Body Suit.

At some point, you are going to share your harvest. Perhaps you will share a little. Perhaps you will share a lot. Who will you share it with? How will you take it to market? Who needs what you have to offer?

I’m dropping acorns of wisdom like a wild woman. Sometimes the wind helps me and carries them farther afield. Sometimes they just drop to the ground and take root. Sometimes they go to feed a bit of nature like a squirrel. I just keep dropping seeds of Insight and Wisdom and let them fall wherever they may. What seeds are your sharing from the plant that is you?

Allow the cycles to unfold

Gardens go through cycles. Their needs change. Sometimes they take. Sometimes they give. It’s all part of the process of nature’s cycles. Know where you are in the cycle and what you need to do/provide next.

You may need rest in order to restore. You may be harvesting the best crop you ever produced. You may be simply looking over the seed catalog to see what you want to plant. Each stage is perfect. Immerse yourself in it.

Plant some experimental crops

You won’t know whether you like the crop until you harvest it and put it to use. You don’t have to grow a lot of an experimental crop, but do plant enough so you can understand its needs, its demands, its preferences and how the final harvest nurtures you. Even planting one seed and following it through its process can provide the information you need to make a decision on whether or not to plant more.

Keep the Garden of Self nurtured

What does our Garden of Self need right now? Where are you in the cycle? Not all crops will be in the same stages of readiness. Give them what they need. And remember one cycle leads to the next. So while one field is allowed to lie dormant in order to restore and replenish, another will provide multiple harvests. Be aware of the difference and honor the process and the cycles.

Intention provides direction and growth

Each day, pause to consider the intention you have for your Garden of Self. That pause to balance and gain awareness will help you set an intention that will carry you forward in the most positive and productive manner. Set an intention and let it unfold. Then follow the path that opens up.

Deeper Song Affirmation

I tend my Garden of Self with conscious intention every day.

Deeper Song Process

In a state of meditation, journey to find your Garden of Self and begin to explore.
See what crops need to be planted. What do you want to grow and encourage in your garden of Self?
Plant some staples, but perhaps start a few experiments crops.
Tend your Garden of Self every day.
Harvest when ready and share what you have grown.
Look over the seed catalogs and plant some experimental crops….!

To Sing a Deeper Song, Consider:

Unleash the power of your Sacred Garden

What Seeds Do You Allow to Grow in Your Garden?

What Seeds Do You Plant for the Future?

What are the Foundations Stones Upon Which Your Build Your Life?

The Power of a Releasing Ceremony

Raise Your Vibration and Change the World.

I help transformational thinkers
raise their personal vibration so that we, collectively,
can raise the consciousness of our planet.

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The Secret Garden

June 10, 2017 By Cara Lumen

As we begin to expand our inner work, this exploration of our Invisible Self, the Great Mystery, we want to create a launch pad, a Secret Garden from which we begin our exploration. It is part of our inner world, our Invisible Self.

Cara Lumen, spiritual philosopher, explorer, map-maker and founder of the Deeper Song Transformational Community help us sing a deeper song. In this episode she explains how to create and use a secret garden of your imagination as a safe space for contemplation and exploration.

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all of yourself. – Rumi

(7:35) In this episode we consider:

1 – The Purpose of the Secret Garden

2 – The meaning of the elements in the Secret Garden

3- The Sacred Garden and healing

For Deeper Insights Consider:

Deepening Our Connection

How to Find Your Spirit Guides

Power Journaling

Your Body Suit and Invisible Self

Important Links & Mentions From This Episode

“Awakening to the Spirit World, The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation” Sandra Ingerman and Hank Wasserman

Members of the Deeper Song Transformational Community are Light Holders, Hope Shiners and Gatherers to our heart. Will you join us?

How the Universe Talks to Us

April 3, 2021 By Cara Lumen

How the Universe Talks to Us

Creating Conscious Connection

Ashe
(“Ah-Shay”)
The Creative in me honors the Creative in you!

Are you listening? Are you looking? Do you see the signs and signals the Universe gives you? Pay attention.

Sometimes we think of it as a coincidence. Sometimes we think of it as our intuition. There are many ways the universe talks to us, shows us what we are to do, and invites us to explore new possibilities.

We are all one universal energy, a collective consciousness. So it makes great sense that what happens way over there I can experience and feel over here. At the same time, what I do over here affects you way over there. Psychiatrist Carl Jung called the term synchronicity believing strongly that we are all intimately connected via a collective universal consciousness. So these nudges, these insights, this knowing, is a form of conversation with the universe. We need to listen. We need to pay attention.

What do the signs and signals mean? Do they mean we are headed in the right direction? We are aligned? We are on the right track? Or do they mean we are headed in the wrong direction? We have to go exploring, notice the signs that show up, notice the feelings that we have, and notice the ideas that keep developing into form. Listen to your inside world and let it guide you.

You may or may not have consciously asked a question. It may be that the universe sort of nudges you and prompts you by giving you ideas and insights that lead you in the right direction. At other times you choose to ask the meaning of what is showing up to determine if there is an action to take. Ask the universe for guidance. Asked for insights. It’s not about receiving specific answers, it’s about an awareness, a sense of knowing what is the right choice for you. It’s not even about understanding. It’s about a feeling of it being aligned. Use your inner guidance, your inner knowing, to help you choose the path you are to be on. As you move along the path, keep feeling, keep listening, keep watching for the universe to support your journey, to guide your path to help you make that turn in the road. Are you listening? Do you understand the questions you need to ask and the answer you have received? Perhaps journal the nudges that you get in order to clarify them for yourself. Perhaps you just learn to pay attention to the nudges and let them guide you in the right direction.

I am now so tuned into listening to my inner voice that a single phrase can shift my awareness and even change my direction. I turn to my computer to write and explore and expand on that concept to either share with you or apply to my own life. A phrase may come from the television. It could be from an email, or a book, or the news. I explore the ideas the come from many forms but I always go exploring.

Are you listening? The universe is speaking to you and it is speaking rather loudly. Pay attention.

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

I learn to listen to the insights of the universe.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS

1 – Pay attention. Is it a coincidence? Is it a repeated phrase? Is it the same idea suggested by several people at different times? Those are nudges from the universe.

2 – Explore the synchronicity. Look for the message Look for the guidance from the Universe.

Deeper Song Explorations

The Vibration behind Your Beliefs

See the Pattern and Then the Potential

Curiosity Alone is Transformative

Can You Experience Your Boundlessness

Metaphorical Messengers and the Unseen World

OUR GLOBAL DEEPR SONG COMMUNITY

Our Deeper Song Community extends throughout the planet Welcome new Deeper Song Explorers. I’d love to hear of your experiences – caralumen@gmail.com or let’s have a discussion on the Deeper Song Explorers!

DEEPER SONGS I EXPLORED THIS MONTH

Your Role as a Visionary Harp

An Exploration of the Unseen World

I have always stood on my own. So much so that when I could use some support I don’t know how to get it. It wasn’t until I found the Circle of Light Beings in a Shamanic Journey that I began to understand how to remain a strong individual and also be a strong member of a group. I was taught a large lesson on this journey, one that empowers me and strengthens my ability to stand alone. I’d like to share this journey with you.

Cara Lumen, spiritual philosopher and founder of the Deeper Song Community is a cosmic explorer who consciously travels into the unseen world to serve as a bridge to help us expand our relationship with the spiritual world. She shares what she learns and guides us to the next level so we can sing a deeper song.

In this episode we explore
Your Role as a Visionary Harp
(Listen Here)

(22 minutes)

To Sing a Deeper Song Consider:

Unleash the power of your Sacred Garden

Metaphorical Messengers and the Unseen World

Where Do You Find Your Inner Circle of Light Beings?

When I See Myself As Light

How to Interpret the Messages Within

How to Partner with the Energy of the Universe

The Space of Inner Knowing

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===INNER WORK===

Keep Listening

Change has been coming for me for quite a while. And I recently understood what that change was to be in one huge rush of awareness. It was a breakthrough so great I could not have imagined it. It is a door opening so far beyond what I was looking for that I still don’t know what to do with it. I have already begun work to make it happen. We are really going to go adventuring now. Hang onto your hat.

===OUTER WORK===

Enterprising

To me “enterprising” means resourceful. It also means creative and original. We need to be all of those in this changing world. We need to approach all aspects of our life from a fresh and inquisitive perspective. Enterprising means to re-purpose. How do we do that? Give some thought to how you will be enterprising in your life. Then do more of that.

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

End Each Day with Mindful Gratitude

There are many ways to close out your day but finding a way to reflect back and to offer gratitude clears your path to a healing night’s sleep.

I have created a small ceremony of closure in which I release what is no longer needed and offer gratitude for what I received, gratitude for what I did do, gratitude for what I came to understand.

I have begun to journal as a way to end my day. It makes me look back over my day and acknowledge the many gifts I revived.

I started a little journal on my computer. At the end of each day I write a little acknowledgment for the gifts I received and a few highlights about what I learned or experienced. Then next week on that day, I get to remember the blessings I received ad how I have progressed over the week. Then I replace it with whatever happened that day. So every day I get to look at my day the week before and noticed how those insights and changes evolved. Then I look back over my day and write down what I experienced. I make it a point to look to see what I should release. It could be a concern. It could be scolding myself for not doing something. Release worry. Release whatever you need to let go of. And then look back over your day in gratitude. You can make this releasing ceremony more elaborate if you want to. I could play my flutes, for instance. But I like this idea of keeping a short daily journal to reflect back over my day and I notice where I was a week ago and how those choices played out. Experiment with the form, but whatever form your offering of gratitude takes, create a conscious end to your day.

===INSIGHTS===

The Power of Dictation

I am on a roll here with dictation. And I’m having a blast. As I dictate the newsletter, as I dictate the script for a podcast, I am waving my arms and energetically raising my voice in emphasis, and putting great passion in everything I say. It is extremely freeing and I know that it is influencing my work. Have you begun to dictate yet? Give it a try.

=== DEEPR SONG ADVENTURES ===

Greater Heights – The Seven Rays and Beyond

I am studying with the Peruvian Shaman Puma Fredy Quispe Singona and am gradually learning about the Seven Sacred Rays of the Pleiades and that has thrown open the door to a new level of my work.I am being rapidly propelled to heights I had never imagined. The information is pouring in like a floodgate has been opened. I am sitting here taking journeys to the seven sacred rays as fast as I can in order to get their message to share with you. But about three journeys in to my exploration of the seven ray I had this tremendous aha moment that has just thrown open the door to a whole new adventure for all of us. Never before in my life have I felt such a big shift in conscious awareness. It’s exciting! It’s new for me! And we’re going to go adventuring together!

So I’m writing seven Ray journeys and I am writing about this new realization. I have to finish at least the drafts of all seven rays before I can start recording the series because I’m learning as I go. But this new pathway is like throwing open a door to a place I’ve never been before. And I’m taking you with me!

The core purpose of these Deeper Song explorations is to deepen our understanding that we are a center of natural wholeness and organic universality. We are pure energy. We are the universe and we are to consistently com from that place of interconnected, interactive wholeness.

You know, simple stuff….

I don’t even know where we’re going. But we are going. We are going together. Stay tuned.

FREE GIFT – Getting Your Feet Wet in Science of Mind PDF

I wrote Getting Your Feet in Science of Mind in 1998. It was a gift for the members of my Foundations class at the Science of Mind Church in Santa Rosa, California where Reverend Edward Viljoen was my pastor. It was the first in a series of small booklets I wrote about metaphysical principles. By 2000 I was a licensed Spiritual Practitioner and began service as a teacher in Science of Mind. Those churches are now known as Centers for Spiritual Living.

This booklet went on to have a life of its own. It was sold in the church book store. It has been published in Spanish and Russian and excerpts appear on many websites of Centers for Spiritual Living. I have created this PDF of the original booklet as a gift to all of you who are drawn to explore its message.

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===OUR EVOLVING FUURE===

Take Responsibility For Your Destiny

You are where you are because you chose what you chose. Bummer. Or not. How is your life working out for you? Are you doing what you love to do? Do you have friends that support and encourage and nurture you? How’s your body doing? How’s your health? I personally have some work to do. My body is grouchy. And I’m the one that got it here and I’m the one that has to take care of it and make the changes I need to make. Only me. My responsibility. My results. My destiny. I am the cause and I am the cure. You are where you are because of the choices you made. Where you go next is caused by the choices you make. Choose wisely. Take responsibility for your destiny and make conscoius choices. You are creating your “next.” How do you want that to be?

===MESSAGE FROMT EH SACREE EARTH ORACLE CARDS===

Patterns

I drew the Oracle card “patterns’”for us. Patterns show where we’ve been. And patterns can show where we’re going. Look around at what you have created. Look for the similarities. Look for the differences. Look for what calls do you. Look for where that pattern seems to be leading you. Look for the patterns that guide you to your next step. And be patient. For when it comes together it comes in with a roar. Watch the patterns. Let them guide you.

Sacred Earth Cards

===CARA’S CORNER===

When the Student is Ready the Teacher Appears

I feel like I’ve been shot out of a cannon – the doors have been thrown open and my net path is not only clear, it is filled with exciting opposites and projects.

I am taking my second online classes with Peruvian Shaman Puma Fredy Quispe Singona and I am eager to translate some of what he is teaching me to share with you in some form.

For someone who has been waiting for a major change to be made clear, I feel like I’m in a racing sailboat with my full sails catching the wind in the best possible manner.

I am creating a series of recorded Deeper Song Guided Journeys that will explore the Seven Sacred Rays and some of the Dimensions and also provide guided experiences for self-healing and change.

The change is just beginning but I know where I am going — for now….

Be open to change and when the doors open go for it!!!!

A DEEPER SONG

Adventure. New Awareness

Adventure. New Awareness. The portal opened and I step through.

Adventure. New Awareness. The portal opened and I step through. And I am transformed!!!!

– Cara Lumen

We create our future with every thought we think, every action we take. Move forward mindfully as you sing your Deeper Song.

Namaste,

Cara

Come Sing a Deeper Song

I help spiritual adventurers explore the Unseen World so that we broaden and deepen our personal journey and turn to share our discoveries with others. We are guides and way-showers with our light held high.

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Your Role as a Visionary Harp

March 27, 2021 By Cara Lumen

Your Role as a Visionary Harp

An Exploration of the Unseen World

I was taught a large lesson on this journey, one that empowers me and strengthens my ability to stand alone. I’d like two share this journey with you.

In this episode we explore

Your Role as a Visionary Harp

(22 minutes)