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Are You a Good Ancestor?

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Are You a Good Ancaster?

Creating Conscious Connection

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

Ancestors are important.  They have passed down genes and beliefs and expectations that we have responded to, knowingly and unknowingly, all our lives.  In ceremony, we honor our ancestors. We offer gratitude for their wisdom and their insights and their continued guidance. I stopped to think and ask myself what kind of an ancestor am I?  We have a responsibility to leave a strong legacy. 

There are three things we can actively do to be a good ancestor – take care of the present, leave wisdom for the future, and continue to raise the vibration of the collective awareness. 

As future ancestors, we must take care of the present

When we rises above survival mode, we are aware that we need to take steps to preserve things for the future. Like the environment. We need to make the world safe for people to be in and grow up in and work in and live in. We need to be creative and inventive and protective of all that is.  

As good ancestors, we are to leave wisdom for the future.

We get to invent new ways of doing things.  We get to explore new possibilities for the collective.  We must be forward-thinking in our choices.

The older I get the more imperative it seems to for me to write things down, to teach, to leave my legacy. I have an extremely strong calling to explore and share what I discover. 

One of the things I do is write all these ideas that keep coming up in my head and share them with you. I have no idea what you do with them. But somehow, you are taking some of these ideas and putting them in your life. Therefore everything I am doing has an impact and I have no idea what it is.  The same holds true for you.

Be aware of the changes and learn from them and be grateful for them.

It’s interesting to be old and look back over a lot of years and see what has changed. Opportunities for women are still an on-going process but it was pretty much nonexistent when I started out. Tolerance about sexual orientation and spiritual beliefs is still evolving and again was nonexistent when I was  young.

Pause to look back over your life at the changes in the collective that have taken place in your lifetime. We are on an ongoing journey together and we each have contributions to make. 

One of the things that happens when you age, is that you have a really good overview because there’s so much to look over. You can see the patterns and trends, you can see the mistakes and the wins. A lot of my less-than-stellar choices were made from a places of not being aware enough – of what I really wanted, or what the long term impact would be.  You don’t have much conscious  over-view when you are in the midst of making life choices. 

We get to invent new ways of doing things.  We get to explore new possibilities for the collective.  We must be forward-thinking in our choices.

We are guardians and guides – we are to help raise the collective consciousness.

As a definite elder, my work seems to be strongly internal.  I’ve recently come to the conclusion that we are in fact already the highest consciousness, we are just not aware of it. So our path, our role, our action here on the planet, is to remember that we are oneness. And help others be more aware of that.  

The seeds I plant today are the crops of the future. The ideas that I explore and share today sprout and grow and bloom and are harvested wherever they are harvested. I have no idea. I’ll just have to be responsible for planting the best seeds I can!

Like a pebble dropped in a pond, we watch the ripples of awarenss flow outward from it, not knowing where it lands or what it will touch.  I watch the ripples go on and on and on until it reaches the far shore. And then sometimes when the ripple hits the shore, it turns and comes back to me. Interesting idea.  You eat what you sow…

What are you doing for the future? What legacy are you leaving? How will your current choices impact those who come after you? It is a major responsibility. 

Our job is to live the most mindful life we can and be aware of our impact on the future. 

What kind of an ancestor are you?

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

I look for and identify the gifts I am carrying forward as an ancestor-to-be.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS 

-Look at your life and your legacy.  What are you passing on?

– Are there changes you want to make?

Deeper Song Explorations 

Step Beyond the Limits of Yourself

Our Destiny and Self Responsibility

Are You Aware of Others on Your Path?

See the Pattern and Then the Potential

 Can You Experience Your Boundlessness

Our Global Deeper 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!

===REFLECTIONS OF A DEEPRR SONG PODCAST===

Trust Your Inner Answers

An Exploration of the Unseen World

No one can interpret our lessons for us or they would no be our lessons, our inner voice, our inner nudges, our guidance leadiingnus in the direction that is meant for us in this place and time. Learn to listen and interpret and heed the suggestions of your inner wisdom.  

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

Trust Your Inner Answers

(18 minutes)

(Listen Here)

Listen to
Reflections of a Deeper Song Podcast on
Apple / Spotify /Google

and the 

Deeper Song Website

To Sing a Deeper Song Consider:

How to Cultivate Deep Listening

The Power of Your Still Point

Build a Strong Bridge to Your Invisible Self

Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

The Path We Choose

===INNER WORK===

Ceremony

Shaman Puma says he is in ceremony all the time.  Being in ceremony is to be aware of sacred time and sacred space as existing at all times. 

I have a morning ceremony that involves my flutes and playing to the elements and to nature.  I draw an oracle card each day to help me look more deeply into my own choices and examine my thinking. I have a blessing for the creative work that I put out into the world.  However,  I could pay more attention to expanding my sense of sacredness – of ceremony.  

Is it gratitude? No, it’s awareness. A sense that what I say and do and feel is sacred and has meaning and power. That means I must be selective in what I do and say and think. Live in ceremony with a sense of sacredness all day.

===OUTER  WORK===

Allow Time and Space for Evolution

As I watch this new direction rapidly unfold, I am very aware that I must give it time and space to evolve. To make itself known in a way I understand it. Time for me to explore and choose and experiment with the ideas that keep popping up and give thought to how I want to pass it forward.  And I get to let go of the way I used to do it.

Take a deep breath, go to your Still Point, and see what truly calls to you. Begin your work there. Begin by simply listening to your inner voice.

Keep an Eye Out for New Possibilities

As we move into this age of the feminine begining to express herself, we must begin to look at new possibilities. There are so many new ways we are to do everything. How do you go exploring? Or do you? I think the key is to be on the lookout for and responsive to ideas that resonate. Keep an eye on what technology is creating. With each new concept that shows up, begin to look at how you might use it, how you might apply it in what you do. What doors it opens up. The possibilities it means for an entirely new direction.

How open are you to new possibilities?

===DEEPEN  YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

Move to the Rhythm of What is Around You  

In my flute class, I learned to play to the horizon. When the mountain goes up, your tone goes up and where the mountain goes down your tones go down  – that sort of thing. Recently I played to a branch the wind was asking to dance in the spring breeze. In your spiritual practice find new ways to connect with nature. 

I love listening to silence. Letting myself go to my Still Point. Letting the world disappear.

Tune in to the nuances of your day and deepen your spiritual practice with the rhythms you find there.

===DISICOVERIES ===

Bird Calls

Minnesota Bird Calls – click on the bird and hear the call  Great for learning abut diversity and for  flute practice….! 

Dictation

Learning to dictate to my computer is allowing me to go deeper within to find the ideas I want to share.  It is rather remarkable.

===MY DEEPR SONG  ADVENTURES ===

Create and Adjust

Learning something new is very freeing. As dry macular degeneration continues in my eyes and my vision gets trickier, I’m getting creative about how I continue my work. I want to learn to record my podcasts from an outline rather than the scripts that I normally use to work my way through an idea. So this week I recorded a journey to the Red Ray and part of it came from an  outline. And I think it worked.

We develop skills as we need them and they change our potential. I dictate my journeys as I take them. Now I’m becoming comfortable with working from an outline for my podcast. When one door closes another opens. Here I go exploring.

===OUR EVOLVING FUURE===

Are You Equipped for the Future?

The Great Nothingness is very wise. It brings us into this lifetime equipped for the world that is evolving. So rather than sit here and think that  I’m not sure how I can make this next move, I get to look at the younger generations and know they have come in equipped to handle this evolution. So it may not be my job on the physical plane, but I can support you on the internal field,  on the spiritual plane. And I get to trust that the Great Nothingness has sent in all the right people to do all the right things to mov us forward into the future.  

It’s not that my job is over just because I’m old. It’s that what I can and should offer has changed a bit. Not just in form but in content.  As I mature, I have a broader base of experience and wisdom to draw upon.  But I get to adjust my wisdom. and adapt it to the changing times.  How I can repurpose and reposition what I know as valuable and offer it in a way that is meaningful to those who might choose to hear it? Our role is changing as individuals, but we also get to pay attention to the focus and energy, and accent of the younger generations. They are building their own world. And we are to help them.

Drones

They are  using drones to reseed the forests harmed by forest fires.  Yeah technology!!!

=== DEEpER SONG ORACLE MESSAGE===

Friction

Friction is how you move forward. If you don’t have traction between the wheel and the road,  the wheel cannot turn. That’s a form of friction. What kind of traction, what kind of foothold do you need to get in your life in order to take this next step? Do you need to learn something? Do you need to get better at something? Friction is two things rubbing together.   You rub your hands together to create friction to keep you warm. So friction is positive. It moves you forward. What are you rubbing up against? What is rubbing up against you? I want to interpret this as traction. Where are you going? What next steps do you need to take? And do you need a hand? Let’s see how far we can use friction to move forward.

From the Sacred Earth Cards

===CARA’S CORNER===

The Move from Telling to Showing

We’ll see how this plays out, but I have had a huge shift in my own realization of what I’m doing. Rather than teach by telling I will begin to  teach by showing. As  I move into preparing and recording these journeys to the Seven Sacred Rays, I see more potential for helping you have your own experience and awareness of each ray. As I seek to create intuitive experiences for you through these journeys to the Seven Sacred Rays one at the time,  I have made certain you haver your own experience before I share any part of what I discovered.  

Let’s go exploring together – not so much telling, but a whole lot of experiential showing. 

===SINGA DEEPER SONG ===

Change.  Evolution.  A step forward. 

Change, evolution, a step forward. Each day a new view.  

Change, evolution, a step forward. Each day a new view.  Each day a new adventure.  

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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Trust Your Inner Answers

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    Trust Your Inner Answers

    An Exploration of the Unseen World

    No one can interpret our lessons for us or they would no be our lesson, our inner voice, our inner nudges, our guidance leaned us in the direction that is meant for us in this pace and time 

    Lean to listen and interpret and heed the suggestions of your inner wisdom  

    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 how to

    Trust Your Inner Answers

    (18 minutes)

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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    Listen to
    Reflections of a Deeper Song Podcast on
    Apple / Spotify /Google

    and the 

    Deeper Song Website

    To Sing a Deeper Song Consider:

    How to Cultivate Deep Listening

    The Power of Your Still Point

    Build a Strong Bridge to Your Invisible Self

    Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

    The Path We Choose

    How the Universe Talks to Us

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    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

    Sign up for the Deeper Song Newsletter

    Listen to
    Reflections of a Deeper Song Podcast on
    Apple / Spotify /Google

    and

    www.deepersong.com 

    ===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.

    Get Your Free Copy Here

    ===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.

    Please forward this newsletter to a friend and suggest they
    Join the Deeper Song Community

    Your Role as a Visionary Harp

    By

    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 two 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

    (22 minutes)

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download

    Subscribe: RSS

    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

    Sign up for the Deeper Song Newsletter

    Listen to
    Reflections of a Deeper Song Podcast on
    Apple / Spotify /Google

    and

    www.deepersong.com 

    Autonomy – The New Freedom

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    Autonomy  – The New Freedom

    Creating Conscious Connection

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

    Autonomy is about self-governing.  Being independent. Taking responsibility for all your choices – and their outcome.  It is very freeing.  Autonomy is about being true to yourself. It is about having a sense of freedom and control in your life.  

    On the mental level I feel very free in my life.  I get to write about what calls to me and explore what beckons without any regard to trying to make a living. I truly can explore anything I want – mentally.  Physically not so much anymore. But my inner world is expanding…

    I have a very strong sense of purpose and the imagination and flexibility to allow my focus to shift as I expand my awareness and my horizon. I go exploring a lot.  And I listen to my inner voice all the time.  

    Autonomy is about your sense of purpose. I am exceedingly lucky to be 88 and have such a strong sense of purpose. It makes my days rich in exploration and discovery.

    Autonomy is also about what you refuse to put up with any longer. I made a very unusual decision 50 years ago to leave the Midwest and go to New York City.  It was life-changing.  My first week in NYC, I attended an event with a panel of achieving women saying they were more powerful because of having taken  “est” and that was the beginning –  est, Reiki Master Teacher Fourth Degree, Certified Bach Flower Counselor, Trager Practitioner.  I taught Reiki to young men when the AIDS epidemic was just beginning.  I read only philosophical books and took classes at the New School with powerful teachers and I immersed myself in a great city for discovery and expansion.  I explored things that were not yet in the mid-west I had left. 

    Even when I was working for someone else, I worked as a temp rather than commit.  I was an explorer on a roll!

    This is a fascinating time to reposition ourselves, to open up new paths to explore and potentially take.

    Pause to examine what you are tolerating now that you don’t want to do, don’t need to do, or seems not to be lining up for you right now.  What can you release?

    What is your passion?  Your primary gifts? Are you using them?

    Cultivate a new community of like-minded friends online and support each other in moving along your similar paths together. 

    What do you want to manifest in your life right now?   Choose one and find creative ways to make it happen. 

    How are you expressing your autonomy – your individuality – your sacred calling? 

    DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

    I make choices that are true to my gifts and my purpose. 

    DEEPER SONG PROCESS

    • This is a time of great change. Look back at your life and see what unused or unexplored gifts you have that you would love to explore.
    • Do that. 

    OUR GLOBAL DEEPER 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===

    Our Destiny and Self Responsibility

    An Exploration of the Unseen World

    We are in an era of profound change.  How we form our “next”, our future, is up to us and the choices we make today – in each moment.  

    The world seems so chaotic. There is so much going on, that it is easy to feel helpless, like a small pebble in a very large ocean. But we have great power and it lies in each choice, each thought, each belief. 

    Our destiny is up to us. We must take self-responsibility for what we think, the words we speak, the actions we take, the choices we make and the beliefs we hold. That’s how we manifest our “next.”  Our destiny.

    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

    Our Destiny and Self Responsibility

    (17 Minutes)

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    To Sing a Deeper Song Consider:

    What Do You Need to Leave Behind?

    Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

    The Vibration behind Your Beliefs

    The Magical Power of an Affirmation

    How to Build a Launching Pad for Your Inner work

    How to Partner with the Energy of the Universe  

    ===INNER WORK===

    Centered Serenity – Ready but Waiting

    I’ve drawn the Oracle card “Ready but Waiting” a lot the past few months. How we wait is important.  “Centered Serenity” came up for me.  I can be expectant or excited but the best place for waiting for something to unfold is in centered serenity.  A peaceful place of being present in the now. An aware place of listening deep within. There is nothing to do – you are ready and you are to wait for your next step to unfold.

    As I learn to wait with centered serenity,  I use my breath to move into my Still Point, drop my shoulders, relax my body, and immerse myself  in the silence around me. I am in a moment of being nothing – of being everything. As I allow my body to merge with and dissolve into the unseen world, I experience myself as part of a grand scheme, a larger purpose.  And I know and trust that when I wait with open willingness, my next step will be shown to me in the perfect tine. 

    Make Room for Change

    Change can take its time unfolding and it can also happen in an instant. We get to be both patient and alert. And don’t overthink the nudges and ideas and circumstances that show up. Let it unfold and chose in the moment.   

    When a new idea or circumstance presents itself, center yourself and examine it from an overview perspective of where you are and where you want to go.  

    These months of cutting back on content have given me space to rebalance, to explore new ideas, to adjust what I am doing  All because I made space – the space of nothing to do except what I felt called to do in the moment.  If that was thinking, fine. If it was a nap, fine.  If it was an idea to explore, even better.  Immerse yourself in a large chunk of nothingness and see what shows up.

    ===OUTER  WORK===

    See the Bigger Picture 

    It’s so easy to get caught up in detail and lose sight of our bigger vision.  I’m watching this new vision for process podcasts unfold and because it is unfolding I need to stay loose, I need to be flexible.  I need to be patient.  I need to give myself room for this vision to unfold – allow time for the concepts to evolve and mature.  So each step I take is leading me into a broader view of what is possible.  

    Give up on the details and raise your gaze to see where you are headed.

    ===DEEPEN  YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

    The Huge Impact of our Word Choices 

    We are not always conscious of our word choices and the affirmation they give us.  “I can’t” is the first one that comes to mind.  That’s a show-stopper.  Feel the difference in these words: That’s easy.  That’s too far.  That’s hard.   That’s exciting. That’s fun.  I love this. That is beautiful.  My heart is open.  I feel the connection. All is well in my world.  

    Just notice the words you say to yourself and others as you move through your day.  And perhaps rethink some of your word choices…

    Where is Your Sanctuary?

    A sanctuary is a place for refuge, a place of safety.  Where is your sanctuary?

    Sometimes we find sanctuary in nature.  Sometimes we find sanctuary in music.   Sometimes we find sanctuary in family or friends. 

    I have a pretty even life going on so the idea of seeking sanctuary is a bit odd for me but what promoted this was the idea of a “garden as refuge.” To me that means a place of serenity, tranquility, contemplation.  

    My entire home is a sanctuary, a place of nurturing and restoration, a place of creativity and discovery.  And every day in ceremony, I set up protection and raise its vibration.

    Sanctuary means a place where you can be alone – with just you and your thoughts and feelings. You might find sanctuary in the ring support of others, but the sanctuary I’m thinking of is where you go to be with yourself. Do you set aside time to do that?

    I have a morning ceremony in which I sit and look out at nature and play my flutes and drums and tuning forks and offer my intentions for the day and draw my oracle card.  That is a sacred time for me – a meaningful time –  and it sets the tone for my day.  

    Where is your sanctuary and how do you use it?     

    ===DEEPER SONG  INSIGHTS ===

    Dictation

    Have you learned to dictate to your computer yet? It is a most freeing and amazing technique to master.  

    On a Mac Choose Edit > Start Dictation (from the Edit menu at the top of your screen).

    Tip: If dictation is set up, you can also press the Function key (fn) on your keyboard twice to start dictation.

    This is super fast.  That function key is in the lower left hand corner so it’s very handy.  When the microphone appears, start talking.  And be sure to speak the punctuation like “period” or you will have one doozy of a run-on sentence….

    (Sorry, can’t help you on a PC.)

    I’ve begun to dictate a lot and I love it!  It also spells better than I do….

    ===MY DEEPER SONG  ADVENTURES ===

    The Seven Sacred Rays – A New Offering

    I am still tingling as I write to share this.  I am taking shamanic class from Puma Fredy Quispe Singona and we are studying the Seven Sacred Rays.  We began with the red and orange ray.  I took a journey to the Red Ray yesterday but today I took a journey to the Orange Ray and I am still tingling all over as I write this. After my journey, I immediately begin to write the first draft of a guided meditation journey I will share with you in a future podcast. I wrote the first Deeper Song Guided Meditation to the Orange Ray.  It is very powerful and I will record a guided journey/meditation for each of the Seven Sacred Rays.  But meanwhile, I have just written a first draft and allowed myself to be deeply guided as I did.  There are many steps to take before I share it with you – journey for guidance, writing the script, recording, editing, but this series is a high priority. So here we go adventuring – together.

    More on the Seven Ray Journeys

    I have just begun my work with the Seven Sacred Rays but the message I am receiving is that the Seven Rays are portals to the Unseen World. They are our connection, our bridge.  We must simply expand our awareness, raise our sights, and journey on. This is incredibly powerful work and it has just begun.

    === MY BOOKS ON AMAZON===

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    I Want to Sing a Deeper Song

    The Art of Wholing: Creative Consciousness for Change

    Shape Your Journey, Clarify Your Calling: A Deeper Song

    Do  You Need a New Tribe?

    How to Read the Signs and Signals that Help You Build Your Business From Your Inside Out

    Metaphysics and the Art of Dying

    ===OUR EVOLVING FUTURE===

    What Do You Need to Leave Behind?

    I think I even misread the concept.  The post said to rethink our services page from the standpoint of a visitor.  I like the idea of reviewing my website but since I only offer podcasts and newsletters I have no services page and I went to my About page.  I made some major changes that sharpened my focus. 

    If you have a website, I suggest you review it yearly to see if it still reflects what you are doing and where you are heading.  

    I’m going to do fewer personal growth posts and move more deeply into the Unseen World. I very much need to shorten my newsletter but I get excited and want to share.  

    Whether you are an entrepreneur or have a job, write your who-and-do-what statement to get a handle on where you are and where you would like to go.

    I help (the people you help)

    To do (what you help them to do)

    So that (what your work teaches/frees them to do. 

    If that is your goal, how are you delivering that result?  Do you need to update your offerings? How do you need to redefine and reposition in today’s new and unfolding energy?

    == MESSAGES FOR THE DEEPER SONG COMMUNITY FROM THE SACRED EARTH ORACLE CARDS===

    Revision

    “Revision” is the oracle card I drew for us. We are constantly revising our direction as we change our choices. We are consciously and constantly revising our conclusions as we gain more information. So does revision mean new information? Does revision mean leaving some things out? I like the idea of revising my thinking. As these new process podcasts emerge, I am  revising my thinking about what they should be like, what they should contain, what the order is. So new information and new viewpoints are some of the qualities that go into making a revision. 

    What do you need to revise? What do you need to let go?  Revision can be about a total rearranging and it can also be revising one word. One phrase. What are you going to revise in your life and how are you going to do it? Oh yes, and when are you going to do it???

    Sacred Earth Cards

    ===CARA’S CORNER===

    Give Yourself Time

    It isn’t that I haven’t been getting the messages, it’s that I hadn’t been heeding the messages.  I thought I had a huge breakthrough.  I re-wrote my who-and-do-what statement and it allowed many ideas to simply drop away and I felt myself rise into my new place of service. 

    But in looking back over my notes from both my shamanic journeys and my notes from my daily oracle card drawings, the ideas for this change in direction have been hammering me on the head until I finally got the message.  The clues and suggestions were there – again and again, and again.  And yet the day it all came together for me was like being shot out of a cannon.  Many ideas and possibilities dropped away because they were not included in this new mission statement, this new definition of my purpose. They were no longer a part of my Grand Plan.

    And it has taken months.  

    And yet the day it all came together, it was like feeling myself rise to the surface ad begin to swim in strong sure strokes.  I knew my new purpose and my destination.  It feels great 

    The Universe is talking to you. The Universe is showing you.  And each nudge takes you closer to where you are to do next. 

    Notice what you need to free up in order to make room or this new awareness to unfold.  It has been important for me to make space to ask myself what I feel like doing – and then do that.  I was too crowded with have-to’s that I had made up to have time for many feel-like times. 

    I also had to accept an idea that has bothered me since I first heard it. Last year Shamanist Ingerman said some of us were going into a new level of consciousness and it was our job to help others find the bridge and cross it or not.  Not everyone would come over and that really bothered me.  And yet, as I do a reality check on what I can and cannot do at 88, there is not much I can do on the physical plane to address physical plane needs, but I can do a lot on the inner planes.  I take a reality check to see where my choices have led me, see how aligned I am with my overarching goal, and chose my next steps that I can and will joyously do. Then I clarify my over-arching purpose. I’m like a helium balloon being let go to soar off into the sky.  

    So here’s my updated who-and–do-what statement.  In many ways, it’s not new, except for the final step which allows me to stop doing some of what I was doing and focus on the adventures into the unseen world that I cherish.  

    “I help those of us who are aware of our role as vibrational beings
    To raise our vibration, elevate our expectations, and move into a higher level of conscious participatio
    So that we can cross the bridge to a new dimension and bring others along with us.n
    I do that by offering experiences that deepen our awareness of ourselves as pure vibration.”

    How has your purpose changed?  What will you let go?  What does that free you to focus on?

    A DEEPER SONG

    I lift the anchor of beliefs and expectations. 

    I lift the anchor of beliefs and expectations that have been holding me back. 

    I lift the anchor of beliefs and expectations that have been holding me back and raise my sails to catch the wind!!!!!

    I am off on an adventure. 

    I am off on an adventure and I trust the winds of change to guide me well.  

    I am off on an adventure and I trust the winds of change to guide me well.  I skim the Ocean of Perennial Promise and keep my eye on the emerging horizon. 

    Yeah adventuring. 

    – Cara Lumen March 2021

    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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