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Honor Your Role

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Honor Your Role

Living Our Deeper Song

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

It’s important to not only understand your role but to honor it and be content with it. For instance, I’m studying a lot of Qigong and I watch these teachers teach the fundamentals over and over and over as they reach out to more and more people. I can’t do that, I can’t repeat the fundamentals. I’m an explorer and I will teach you as long as I am learning but once I own it, I move on. That’s very important to know so I don’t beat myself up for not teaching fundamentals. I’m an explorer. And I stay with a topic until I learn what I need to know in order to move forward. 

Do not compare yourself with anyone else because you are unique. Your role is unique. Your place of service is unique. And your role changes throughout your life as your foundation expands. I can look back and see how my roles changed because I was learning and building on what I knew. My choices and the experiences they brought me created future choices and designed my ever-changing path. I am very grateful for all those who are willing to teach foundational classes in any topic. They reach out and bring in more people and introduce them to a new path. I’m more like a butterfly moving from topic to topic exploring and savoring and moving on to take my version of the message to the next flower. Honor your role. It is as it should be.

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

I examine my way of serving and honor it as being perfect for me and for those I serve.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS 

  • See where you are on the scale of teaching and learning. Do you love to teach people the foundational core concepts? Or do you have a strong need to go exploring on your own and share what you find in the moment? Both are valid. Honor what you discover.

===INNER WORK===

Identify Your Consciousness Group

When we have a passion, when we have a special interest, we gravitate toward people with similar interests. Whether we realize it or not, we have consciousness groups that we continually interact with. It may be one person. It may be a group of people. But we are drawn to like-minded individuals walking a similar path and exploring related options.

Pause and notice where you are. Who are you sharing your ideas with? Who are you listening to? Who are you learning from? What are you learning? 

Periodically pause to look at the pattern of your path. Make certain you are on a path of your choosing. Make certain you are not lost on some detour. Rise above your life and look for what’s calling to you. What has changed and what new ideas and possibilities resonate now and how will you explore them and examine them and judge them to be or not to be for you? Be open to new ideas. When you take time to examine them, be aware of your conscious overall objective. Perhaps you redefine your direction. Perhaps you deepen your direction. Always take time to see the overview and any changes that are calling to you. 

Who is in your consciousness group? Who are you hanging out with? Where are you getting your information? Are you on the right path?

A Zen Approach to Unfolding 

The Zen approach to unfolding is to simply allow things to unfold in their own organic time. You observe. You make choices. You explore the results of that choice. But you don’t push it, you don’t rush it. You stay with the process of unfolding.

A friend of mine is building a new house. She said she’s taking a very Zen approach to how it is unfolding, as in when the plans are ready, when the prices of supplies come down, when whatever steps are to be taken can be taken. She’s just allowing it to happen. I’m not sure I can do that but I think it’s going to be a lot easier for her to move forward from that Zen approach to unfolding since there are so many pieces that need to come together. 

What are you pushing? What are you shoving into place? What can you simply allow to happen? Take a Zen approach and simply allow your life to unfold.

The Master allows things to happen. 

She shapes events as they come. 

She steps out of the way and 

lets the Tao speak for itself.

   -Tao Te Ching, Stephen

Reset Button

First you have to notice that you’ve gotten off course and then you have to stop and press the reset button. 

Change can be sneaky. It can be a subtle slide into negativity or a slightly off kilter direction that sends you down the wrong path. First you notice it and then you rethink your overall objective and make new choices. Press the reset button as often as needed during your day. 

===SELF-HEALING===

Notice Small Changes

If you saw me in person you would think nothing has changed for the better. But there is constant change going on in my self-healing process. Notice the small changes. Notice what you are doing that is helping. Do more of that. Notice what you were doing that is not helping. Do less of that. Explore and experiment to find the solutions you need.

My focus is to find things that strengthen my body. I’m always watching for the small nudges the universe gives me that sends me off to explore new directions. I may or may not go very far down the path but at least go take a look. Notice small changes and explore their potential. 

===OUTER WORK===

Repurpose Your Gifts

What are the major gifts you have cultivated in your lifetime? My top gift is that of being able to see the overview. That is leading me on many adventures. I am not a detail person. Another gift is my wonderful mind that creates conscious change out of an incident or circumstance. And I’m a communicator. I have a strong need to share what I learn. I pretty much build what I do around those three gifts.

This is a good time, in this changing world, to look to see how you can repurpose your gifts. See how you’ve been using them and then go exploring to see how you might expand their use and change their impact.

I follow my personal interests. For instance, right now I’m into self-healing. So I keep sharing what I’m discovering on that journey. I’m also carefully watching what I believe I deserve and what I believe is possible. And I am adjusting those beliefs and expectations to create a more positive outcome.

I might be able to undertake larger projects using my gifts differently. I could focus my gifts in a different direction considering the changing world. That might be a good idea. I could look at some neglected gifts and bring those out to play. I am composing new songs for my spiritual work, but that’s for me. I’m behind in reading several books that I really would like to read. Look closely at the gifts you’ve been given and the gifts you enjoy using and see how you can repurpose them in this rapidly changing world to make an even greater impact and create a greater change.

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

Make Up Songs

A long time ago I made up songs to sing to the directions to begin my daily spiritual practice. I did that by drumming and singing whatever showed up. Ultimately I had songs that I liked. I have some new altar pieces and I’m in the process of making up songs for them. I have a small Bodhran drum (Irish Drum) and I let it set the tone for whatever song I’ve decided to compose. 

Do you have music in your spiritual practice? It’s fun to make up your own songs for your spiritual journey. 

===HOW TO BE A STRONG CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE DIVERSE CIRCLE OF LIGHT BEINGS===

Little Helper or Big Helper

I have two kinds of helpers in my life and each are vitally important. And I realized that we play different types of helping roles with different people. For instance, my daughter will help with the big things, like getting to the doctor or helping me clear areas of my home. And then there are the wonderful little helpers. The ones that step in and do one little thing you were having a hard time with that makes such a big difference. I have Shelley every week in some form or another. I pay her, but she puts stuff away that I can’t reach or helps plug in a plug I can’t get to as well as helps me keep my home clean. But I wish I had made a friend here that I could easily ask to step in and help me pick something up off the floor, as an example. Floors are out of reach for me now. I did ask a neighbor to come in and turn on my air conditioning which I have never learned to do. She was very gracious about it. But I have not established a relationship in which I exchange small helping moves with her. But you don’t have to give back to the person you received from. It isn’t really feasible. You get to keep giving forward in some form that you can manage. And trust that giving goes round and round and round and it’s part of what will be returned to you. Keep the circle of giving going. Reach out and support a friend and keep passing it forward. 

===BROADEN YOUR HORIZON – EXPAND YOUR VIEW===

Adventures in Psychometry

I’ve been talking to rocks for 50 years. It began in New York City when my friend Debbie told me to put a crystal in my left hand and see what shows up. I got feelings in parts of my body and as I learned to interpret then. I learned to talk to crystals. It’s called psychometry.

I talk to my crystals every day. I will pick one up and find it immediately resonates with my eyes while another speaks to my heart. Trust the energy and the images you get. Hold the rock in your left hand and trust what you feel.

Use muscle testing to find out what food you should eat next or what actions you should or should not take. The first time I saw muscle testing was in New York City when a friend held out one arm and said push down and when I did, it was very sturdy.  Then  he put a packet of sugar in his other hand and told me to push down again and his arm collapsed. It was a sign that sugar was not what he needed.

I started to write that I have not ever talked to fabric, but I am currently keeping a shawl around my shoulders for warmth but also for affection. It hugs me. And I didn’t realize that I was talking to fabric until I wrote this. Go exploring. Talk to a plant. See where it wants to be in your house, or if it wants food or water. Tune in to your pets. Trust the images you get when you ask to speak to them. Psychometry – the messages from what we think of as inanimate objects. Go exploring.

===OUR EVOLVING FUTURE===

We Create Our Future in the Now

My future is created by what I do today, which means in this moment there is a very large responsibility to make positive choices that create and manifest what I want. Some of it is obvious. One of my arms is a bit sore from playing too much spider solitaire. I get to stop doing that and do something else. My hips are better because I’m sitting in a different chair. It’s good to know what’s working so you can do more of that. What’s not working? What needs to change? Do that. We create our future in the now. What are you creating?

===REFLECTIONS OF A DEEPER SONG PODCAST===

Expanding Awareness

Journey to Our Ancestors to Expand Our Consciousness

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and the 

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===CARA’S CORNER===

Do You Leave Room For Change?

In the natural flow of our own unfolding life, we need to leave room for change in both ourselves and those around us. That means we get to question our expectations of ourselves and others. That means we get to examine our choices to make certain that they’re taking us in the direction that we now want to go. 

One of the things that I have learned over the years of being single for most of it is that because I am not in a relationship, I have room to change as I desire. As I watch people who are in relationships, I see a lot of compromise is necessary. There’s a lot of give-and-take that’s necessary in growing yourself and balancing a relationship. It’s about honoring what you need but it’s also about honoring what the other person needs too. When you’re alone you don’t have to compromise. And at the same time, you are alone and totally responsible for yourself. It’s a trade-off.

If you take time to examine your life and pay attention to the nudges and bops on the head from the universe, you will see that you were being asked to change. You have a choice. You can choose to change or not change. You can choose how much to change. You can choose what to change. We are always changing. And hopefully it’s in a direction of positive growth and expanded awareness. Examine your path. Examine your choices. And examine what you ask of your friends and relationships. Adjust for the highest good of all. Leave room for lots of creative change. It will lead you down a positive path.

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===

Room to Change

My Voice Within says “get ready to change”. To where and how I have no idea.

My Voice Within says “get ready to change”. To where and how I have no idea. I sit in silent contemplation and feel and examine the possibilities.

My Voice Within says “get ready to change”. To where and how I have no idea. I sit in silent contemplation and feel and examine the possibilities. From this place of self-awareness I make my choice and choose my path. It takes me in the right direction – for now.

Cara Lumen, June 2022

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 adventurers who are ready to explore the new possibilities in the emerging energy of the Divine Feminine to align their dreams and choices with what is emerging as possible today so that they go beyond their own expectations.

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Where Your Mind Goes Qi Goes

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Where Your Mind Goes Qi Goes

Living Our Deeper Song

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

I was struggling to do the moves in Robert Peng’s qigong class when he said, “Where your mind goes the Qi goes.” I was already tingling all over with the moves even though I was only halfway able to do some of the standing exercises. What a powerful gift to know that my mind directs the Qi energy. So even as I work to self-heal using Qigong moves, my intention is doing a lot of the work too. 

So I get to start looking at my life choices from a different viewpoint. Where is my mind focusing my energy in this chaotic world? Big question. Not a good answer for me. I’m too focused on what is not working. What you focus on you get. So I really get to examine what I am focused on. What I expect for myself. What I expect for the world, for where your mind goes the Qi goes. I get to monitor my thoughts and my intentions. I get to picture Qi energy going in and fixing things in my body. And in my life. Intention and focus and action. Where are you directing your attention? Where are you directing the Qi energy that exists everywhere? What are you expecting? We get what we expect we deserve and what we believe is possible. That’s a sneaky one. And can get us stuck in odd places that we are not aware of. The Qi energy will go wherever your mind goes. Send it to the places that are not working and watch change happen.

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

I use my mind to direct Qi energy for self-healing.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS

  • Perhaps do some study of Qigong and acupressure points to become more aware of the interconnection of every part of our body and how easy it is to access a meridian and focus Qi energy towards wholeness. Two sources are Robert Penn and Grandmaster Chuny Lin

===INNER WORK===

The Waxing and Waning of Cycles

Life is one continuing mixture of changing cycles. Some are waxing. Some are waning. Some are on the physical plane. Some are on the emotional plane. Some are on the spiritual plane. You don’t have to know where you are in the cycle. The waning cycle is meant to be a time to regroup and restore and rethink and re-choose. The waxing cycles is when you get to work. You make stuff happen. You take action and explore. Different aspects of your life are in different phases of the waxing and waning cycle. And yet there is a general overview flow to your life. Know when it is time to change cycles and rethink and re-examine and heal and mend before starting out again. Know when it is time to step forward and take a new path, find a new adventure, seek answers for your path. Begin to notice the guidance of the cycles of your life – both inner and outer. 

The Power of Introspection

It is important to take time to understand why you feel the way you do and why you do what you do. The more you understand the reasoning or impulses behind any action, the more control you have over it. Look over the choices you make each week. Take time to understand why you see things the way you do, why you think the way you do, why you respond the way you do, why you react the way you do. That will help you make more informed choices. Spend time in introspection not to be critical but to understand and perhaps make new choices.

===SELF-HEALING===

It’s Never Too Late to Self-Correct

Part of this is a pep talk for me. It is never too late to self-correct. I eat a lot of chocolate chips and said to my friend Shelley that I was perhaps eating too many and she said, “There comes a time when it doesn’t make any difference.” But that’s not true. How you care for your body always makes a difference.

I have come across three men in their 70s who are not doing anything to keep their bodies moving. We’re talking 20 more years here of not moving. And it gets worse if you don’t self-correct now. This is a warning. Keep your body strong! And yes, it gets a tad harder as you get older. You have to find a version of movement that works for you.

Now I will tell you that I am doing Qigong moves even while barely being able to stand in my walker and it is making a difference. I wish I had begun to do it before I couldn’t stand up very well. There are gentle forms of movement that will keep you going. Qigong, Tai Chi, and if you have a tool like yoga in place, don’t neglect it. Keep doing it as you age. I can’t emphasize this enough. It is no fun to not be able to walk very well or get up out of a chair very well or get in and out of bed easily. And those everyday things are what will begin to get difficult if you do not continue to cultivate the strength in your own body.

It is never too late to self-correct. Do something! And do it today.

===OUTER  WORK===

Look on the Bright Side

What you see you get. So when you consciously choose to look for the positive that’s what you find. When you choose to look for the doom and gloom that’s what you find. So we have a very strong choice every moment. We can look at the gifts that were brought by any circumstance and we can look at the challenges as opportunities to learn. How do you view the circumstances of your life and can you change them into seeing the bright side?

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

Personal Fulfillment

What have you done recently that makes you feel really good or nourished by what you experienced? What are you learning? That’s personal fulfillment and we get to pay attention to the choices we make and how it unfolds because we have choice in how we sprinkle it throughout our day. 

I cheer myself on when I do a Qigong move better or longer than I have before. I write on this newsletter every day and each time there is a sense of joy and fulfillment at being able to discover something to share with you. What makes you feel fulfilled in the course of your day and how can you put more into your life experience? 

===HOW TO BE A STRONG CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE DIVERSE CIRCLE OF LIGHT BEINGs===

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A Free Online Seminar with Sandra Ingerman, MA

I think Sandra Ingerman has a better handle on how to work through the chaos in the world than just about anybody. I’m for sure going to listen to this introductory offering. And I may even take the class even though I’ve studied with her quite a few times before. I just need a new approach to the planet right now. FYI. 

Sign up for the intro here: Shamanic Journeying for Community Healing Now

===BROADEN YOUR HORIZON – EXPAND YOUR VIEW===

Examine It From Several Viewpoints

Things look different from the inside than they do from the outside. Circumstances seem different when you’re in the middle of them than they do when you are an observer. Change your viewpoint and gain new understanding of a circumstance. Perhaps you gain a new view of the circumstances that came to pass by stepping into the other person’s shoes to see it from their point of you. It will open up new facets and intuition, new opportunities and informed directions. Notice what your viewpoint is and then shift it. Are you an insider looking out or an outsider looking in? The more viewpoints you get on a particular aspect of your life, the greater diversity you can encourage in your response. Keep looking from different viewpoints. 

===OUR EVOLVING FUTURE===

Leave Space for the Future to Unfold

Are you a planner? Do you like to know what’s going to happen next? What if you backed off and left space for the future to unfold? What would happen? What would that feel like? What would you stop doing?

I love to let the future unfold. It gives me room to listen to the small nudges and the big bumps on the head the universe provides that say – check this one out, see if you like this one, go here, perhaps this is what you want. The universe gives us many options. It is up to us to stay flexible and curious and look at what is unfolding from where we are right now. Not where we plan to be or where we hope to be, but where we are right now.

Sit right here in your day and don’t have a plan. And see what your inner self, your inner wisdom suggests are possibilities for exploration. Then from the same place of stillness, see what you want to do. Don’t think about what it will lead you to or show you how you might get there. Simply be present and experience the idea. That’s how you leave space for your life to unfold.

Balancing Life’s Chaos With Qigong 
with Daisy Lee

This is an ancient, never before offered in the US form of Qigong with my favorite Qigong teacher. I’ve enrolled. Intro :Saturday, June 18, 11:00AM Daisy Lee Event Page
Click here to access the event. If the following two broadcasts have already occurred, this link will give you access to the event recording as well as any further live events that may be scheduled.

===REFLECTIONS OF A DEEPER SONG PODCAST===

Expanding Awareness

Journey to the Sacred Feminine

Journey to the Sacred Masculine

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===CARA’S CORNER===

Too Much – Too Little

I’m falling into some ruts and I need to not only identify them but to change them. What unhealthy habits have you fallen into? What are you doing too much of? What are you doing too little of?

I’m sitting too much. I need to get creative about where I stand up and how long I stand up and whether I walk or stand or do Qigong or whatever I need to do to change this lack of movement. It’s easy to unconsciously fall into a habit that becomes too much of one thing. Seek balance as you make your choices to keep your body and your mind and your emotions and your spiritual life healthy and expanding. If you don’t want to go for a walk – dance. If you’re watching too much television, go read something that’s less sedentary or more enlightening. 

Question your daily choices. Are you doing enough? Are you doing too little? But more importantly are you getting the results that you want and deserve? If I want my body to get stronger there are choices I need to make to make that happen. Look at the result you are achieving and see what you need to do more of and less of.

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===

The Rhythm of Wholeness

Too much. Too little. Not enough. Am I getting the results I desire? 

Too much. Too little. Not enough. Am I getting the results I desire? What do I want? What do I need to change? What do I need to release? I alone can make those choices.

Too much. Too little. Not enough. Am I getting the results I desire? What do I want? What do I need to change? What do I need to release? I alone can make those choices. I am the designer of my life. I have created the outcomes by the choices I made. What do I want? And how do I get it? I make changes. I have choice.

Cara Lumen, June 2022

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 adventurers who are ready to explore the new possibilities in the emerging energy of the Divine Feminine to align their dreams and choices with what is emerging as possible today so that they go beyond their own expectations.

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

Past Issues of this newsletter are being curated on my site on a page called Insights.

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 discuss on the Deeper Song Explorers!

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Manifest What You Want

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Manifest What You Want

Living Our Deeper Song

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

In order to manifest what we want we have to continually make choices that are aligned with our goals. We have to be aware of what those choices are producing, and make adjustments. There are certain methods for doing this. Affirmations are powerful. A vision board is too. But I like the idea of a manifestation box. Or you could have an envelope with different topics in it, or a list or collection of photos on your computer. Whatever the form, it’s where you put your intentions, what you want to manifest in your life. 

So one segment might be about your living conditions. What do you want to change about that? What qualities do you want? What would that look like? Would a new plant help? Or a picture, or organizational help? Do you need to throw stuff away? 

Another might be for your work. What are the qualities you want in your career? Freedom of expression, acknowledgment, creativity? Make a list of the vibrational qualities you want in your work and then notice what happens. Perhaps make a note of how they manifest and how frequently they manifest. In other words, create and adjust, but always with an over-arching vision and intention. 

I want my relationships to have certain qualities, but I have to make certain that I’m manifesting those qualities myself. I must reflect those qualities in my own life.  Be aware of the vibrational energies you want in your life. Then make choices that support those qualities. You direct your life by your awareness of what is manifesting and your conscious choices to adjust what you see and experience. Hold your vision and use intention to direct your life and manifest what you want to have in it.

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

I create a manifestation container and begin to put my dreams and intentions in it.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS

  • Choose the form of your manifestation box. It can be an envelope, it can be a list, it can be slips of paper, whatever works for you. The point is to have the qualities you want to manifest in your life in a form that you can touch and feel and look at and contemplate and work with.
  • Then get to work. You might have an envelope for creativity, you might have an envelope for work, you might have an envelope for friendships. Keep adjusting the qualities that you want in each of those areas and watch what manifests as you do the work.

===INNER WORK===

Cultivate Tranquility

I like the word “tranquility” better than “serenity”. Somehow it’s like a quiet forest pool deep in contemplation. Tranquil to me means a quiet mind which is sometimes tricky to cultivate or acquire. Tranquility means being ready but being very centered in the waiting period. It is an active awareness. How do you cultivate tranquility? See if you can discern the difference between serenity and tranquility. You may prefer one over the other. There is a difference and it’s very subtle. Cultivate the one that draws you deeper into your spiritual practice. 

===SELF-HEALING===

Strengthen Your Spine

Your spine is very important and has lots of energy channels and nerve systems running through it. Keeping the channels open along your spine helps keep all the energy channels of your body open.  

A Qigong move to do that is very simple.  Standing or sitting, bend your elbows, raise your arms to shoulder height, palms facing the ground.  Begin to slightly rotate your arms from side to side and feel your spine flex and bend and straighten. Imagine the energy channels of your body opening and the Qi energy flowing through to replenish everything! Do this for three minutes several times throughout your day. (No. 31, Head-to-Toe Healing by Master Chuny Lin. You can get his book on Amazon or at springforestqigong.com or chunyilin.com.) 

Listen To Your Body

My body got pretty dramatic this week because I was not paying attention to how I was caring for it. It was actually kind of scary. But the lesson is that as hard as it is for me to walk and even stand, I must and have to do more of both to gain back my strength and flexibility. Use it or lose it. I’m losing it.

And I have a way to do that. I like Robert Peng’s Qigong series and I am practicing it so I own it – at least my version of what I can manage.  I can’t do it very well, but what I manage to do is very effective. So it is one major step in my self-healing. But I have to do the work – at least my version of it. Do not put off the care and nurturing and exercise of your human body. It will get grouchy on you and you will have to work really hard to get it to be un-grouchy. The exercises I have learned in my class are found below. Even when I don’t do these moves very well the movement of the Chi energy is huge. We’re talking 20 minutes a day here and it is something that I know you can do. I can’t stand up all the way and I’m doing them and Qi energy is just swirling around in me. I just have to do the work. As do you. Find the form of movement/exercise that appeals to you and do it regularly. Notice the results and adjust what you do to get better results. I make a conscious effort to stand up straighter when I’m at my kitchen sink or when I walk through a doorway. Make conscious choices that constantly strengthen your body. Make physical movement a core part of your life. You will not age well without it.

QIGONG 8 CYCLES VIDEO

8 Cycles is a series of gentle exercises that can be safely practiced by anyone to energize the body and calm the mind. Through the repetition of simple movements, energy centers are activated and internal organs are massaged, nourished, and invigorated. Over time, as the movements become familiar, they elicit a deep meditative state that transform the experience into a journey that opens into a vast and mysterious realm of joy and light. https://www.robertpeng.com https://www.robertpeng.com/store

A Powerful Qigong Move that Distributes Qi

This is an important, easy-to-do Qigong move that is simply about rubbing your ears to distribute the Chi energy. Get powerful results from Spring Forest Qigong Ear Qigong Move.

===OUTER  WORK===

Seek Simplicity

When I pick up a crystal to hold in meditation, it is a simple act that often leads to a powerful experience. I pick up a rock and I feel its energy move through my body. New ideas come to mind. I often pause to explore the experience and insights in writing that I later share with others. I absorb the bird song outside my window. I pat my cat’s head and rub behind his ears and feel the vibration of his purr. Slow, aware moments enrich my life. Seek out those small moments. Notice how you feel and what you were thinking and let them direct your thoughts and choice. Bless your choice as you make them. Bless your food as you prepare it. Be grateful for the lessons you learn, the teachers you have in your life, the insights you receive. Notice the little things. Seek the power and clarity of simplicity.

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

Create Songs for Your Spiritual Practice

It began with wanting to begin my daily meditations by honoring the directions. So I began to drum and I began to think of the element of fire. And I began to sing “Fire burning brightly all through my day, light the path before me all along my way.” I kept going until I had evolved a song for each of the directions. 

Make up songs as part of your spiritual practice. Perhaps start with a simple drumming rhythm and see what words show up. I have a song to all the directions and I am in the process of making of new songs for a new altar dish that my friend Martha Lacy made for me that honors the cycles of life in an infinity pattern. 

Let the phrases show up. As you drum you see what works or doesn’t work. Keep doing it till you have a song. I have a song I sing at the end of my day to myself and my cat, Sebastian that begins “Day is over, night has come, please watch over us.” Make up some songs to add to your spiritual practice. 

===HOW TO BE A STRONG CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE DIVERSE CIRCLE OF LIGHT BEINGs===

Take Your Warrior Stance

I need to take my warrior stance. I’ve been playing victim to all that’s been evolving in the world today.

A warrior is someone with the strength to stand up for what he or she believes, someone who perseveres in the face of challenges and obstacles, someone who speaks and acts in the service of an ideal, someone who protects those who are too weak to fight for themselves.

I have been content to walk my higher path, working to raise my vibration so others can experience it and choose it for themselves. I will keep doing that but I also want to turn and protect. 

Pick your battles.  I care about the environment, I care about wildlife.  But I have to make a mental shift around people, and what we are doing to ourselves. Because it’s very scary. And it feels overwhelming.

If my belief system says that I create my own reality, my work has to be in my mind, in my imagination, in my journey work, and my intentions. I have to shift my focus to see who is walking the path I want to walk, that higher path of inclusion and serenity. That leaves me walking my higher path and sending the energy back to the world in trouble. That works. It doesn’t feel very warrior–ish but it is an action. Whether you march in rallies, or give money, or actively campaign for a cause, or go help with your local food bank, or deepen your spiritual practice, or find a new place of service and do it with conviction. A warrior serves.

===BROADEN YOUR HORIZON – EXPAND YOUR VIEW===

What Gifts Has Aging Given You?

I love the wisdom that aging has brought to me. I love the experiences upon which I build that wisdom. I cherish the insights that have come from a life of exploration and experience. I am wiser with age. And I like that.  Yes, my body is grouchy but my mind is a blessing. It entertains me, it stimulates me, it takes me on adventures, and it helps me gain new wisdom. It’s a great mind and I love it. 

What wisdom has aging brought you? What strength of character, what insights, what depth of knowledge? Look at the blessings the years have brought you. Keep building on them.

===OUR EVOLVING FUTURE===

Tucked In and Safe

I have never been very good with money. And it’s only by happenstance that I’m balanced right now. But for that reason, I urge you to do a reality check about your retirement. My daughter and son-in-law recently paid off their home and are enjoying that phase of their financial planning, but I began talking about their “tucked in” home. The one that has no stairs, everything on one floor for an older person to get around on. One that does not have a big yard that needs maintenance. A tucked in home. 

If Social Security went away, I would be on the streets along with a lot of other people. What would I do as an old, crickety woman to make my way in the world? I’m not prepared to do it and I’m not sure I could do it.

Anticipate your aging process and its part in your limitations. And at some point, make the change that will tuck you in for that slowing down process. It’s great if you can keep hiking for miles as you age. But in case you can’t, it might be good to live someplace where another person mows the lawn.

I am tucked into a safe place. There is a staff of people who take care of it inside and out. They can fix and repair anything. There is a social worker to help me find resources. I am safe and I can afford it. And I am grateful.

It’s not about thinking doom and gloom around the aging process, but it is about being realistic about stairs and levels and grounds to keep. I like the word I am tucked in. Find a place to live in your old age in which you are tucked in safe and sound with the help you need to maintain it. It will be a good feeling when you do. 

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===CARA’S CORNER===

Believe the Messages

My friend, Christina Gerber, is a powerful healer and she is very generous with her skills when we talk on a regular basis. My left hip has been out of alignment. It will not hold its place steady and therefore it causes me pain. We did a healing on that hip this past weekend on Zoom and what I discovered truly surprised me. My left hip had an emotion, a strong one. It felt left out and unloved and she really wanted to be a unified part of the body. She wanted to belong to the whole. It was a very strong, emotional longing on the part of my left hip. So I hugged her and embraced her and welcomed her into our body, telling her that we really wanted her to be a part of the overall flow. I had to comfort her for some time. I hugged my left hip and comforted her and welcomed her into the whole. There was a lot of emotion stuck there.

Then I began to do infinity circles that wove both sides of my hips together, welcoming her into the overall pattern of standing and sitting and walking. I had to do that for quite a while until I felt that she was reassured, comforted and fully integrated. But the major surprise for me was that my hip felt such a strong emotion of being unwelcome and not a functioning part of the overall body. Who would have guessed that? Who would’ve gone in to give a healing based on that knowledge? No one. Trust your inner voice. Trust your body to tell you what it needs. Listen and trust what it says. Believe the messages and act on them. Your body knows.

Give it time to manifest.  Two days after my work with the emotion in my hip I had a very strong response to the Qigong work I was doing online with Robert Peng and the day after that I realized that my left hip had aligned! It was an organic sequence of healing events that built on each other. Be patient. Be aware. And keep doing the work. 

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===

The Voice Within

My body spoke to me. It was loud and clear. It surprised me but I listened. And I learned.

My body spoke to me. It was loud and clear. It surprised me but I listened. And I learned. I was startled by the clarity of the message. And I paid attention.

My body spoke to me. It was loud and clear. It surprised me but I listened. And I learned. I was startled by the clarity of the message. And I paid attention. I hugged it and welcomed it and reassured it and it responded. Your body knows what it needs and it will tell you. Keep listening. 

Cara Lumen, June 2022

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  

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Moments That Changed Your Life

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Moments That Changed Your Life

Living Our Deeper Song

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

Perhaps before you read this, stop and write down eight or nine decisions or choices or experiences that had a huge impact on your life. They changed the way you think or they changed the choices you made. Take a moment.

Moments of monumental shifts are often instantaneous, but they are always memorable. In college I was at a party where there was an ex-priest and I ask him, “If you believe that God is within yourself, when you get in trouble what do you do? And he said, “You dig deeper within yourself, you pull yourself up by your bootstraps.” That led me to a life of self-sufficiency, always depending on myself, always standing alone. It was one sentence shared 70 years ago.

Then there was my gay friend who decided to go to New York to be with his lover and since he was my only friend I suddenly decided to go too. It made a huge difference in my life because that’s where I got my foundational and extensive holistic education. It changed my life. And it broadened the sphere of those I affected during the course of my life. 

I knew nothing about making a living when I moved to New York, having been a suburban housewife for quite a while, but my friend said people make money by working as a temporary office worker. I was a writer and I could type. So I primarily temped my way through New York City. I got to work in a lot of interesting places. I learned about a lot of different businesses. One idea when acted upon, opened up a totally unexpected door.

Sometimes the universe simply provides the insight. I was organically teamed up with a fellow student in an early shamanic class and we have been friends who talk weekly for over five years. 

I loved the coast but I moved to the Midwest because my daughter was here and I was moving into the aging aspect of my life where I would need some family support. She was the one that knew about the wonderful Senior Center I live in now. 

What unexpected nudges or openings did you get along the line that were cornerstones that you built upon for the rest of your life?

It doesn’t have to be a decision, but it usually is at least a new insight or awareness or opportunity that propels you into an entirely different direction. 

What are some of the moments that changed your life and how did they change it? Keep looking for the new nudges.

Living Our Deeper Song

I continue to experience unexpected moments of awareness that change my life. I welcome them

DEEPER SONG PROCESS

  • What comes to mind when you think in terms of life-changing moments that you experienced? It could be a choice, it could be an awareness, they were perhaps small nudges that made a big difference.
  • Have you had a life-changing awareness recently? Where does it suggest you go?

===INNER WORK===

Trust Your Intuition

Go ahead test it. Test your intuition so you learn to trust it. You get an urge. Follow through on it. How did it work out? That was your intuition talking to you. Sometimes the nudges can be very subtle and sometimes it can be like a bop on the head. Learn to pay attention to both.

I trust my intuition to guide me to what I need now or next. I use my intuition all the time as I write this newsletter. I get a couple of words, or an idea, and I turn and write it. Trusting that what I dictate from my inner voice is useful for me and for you. Do some experimenting and learn to trust your intuition. 

===SELF-HEALING===

The Place of Stillness

The worse the world looks, the more frequently I need and want to go to my place of stillness. It is a place of love. It is a place of inclusion. It is a place of safety. I see my place of inner stillness as an invisible, impenetrable shield that I build around me as I sit in my meditation chair. It is a transformative shield because not only does it deflect any negative energy coming my way, it heals my own energy. Any of the worries or the fears or apprehensions that I have been cultivating because of my daily life experience can be transformed in this transformative shield. Into serenity. Into tranquility. Into peace, inner peace. It doesn’t take very long to move yourself from concern for the world around you into that place of wholeness and serenity. Go to your place of stillness often throughout your day and center yourself.

===OUTER WORK===

Balance Give and Take

I’ve been on the receiving end of a lot of giving recently as I established outside help for taking care of my home space. I’ve had to give up a lot because I can’t do it anymore and I depend very deeply on Shelley to take care of my home. So that’s me receiving, what am I giving?

I give you these newsletters which I add to every day because I’m always thinking of what I would like to learn and what I would like to share. I have a few friends I speak with regularly on Zoom and we are supportive of each other.

I do not have good balance between sitting and moving. I could work on that. I do not have a good balance between working and not working. My not working is more like wasting time with reruns and Spider Solitaire. That’s a huge chunk of time then I could enrich with new choices.

What do you need to change in order to balance the give and take in your life?

The Choices That Got Us Here

Who we are today, where we are today, and what condition we are in today are all the results of choices we made along the path. Some choices might have been better than others. But here’s the beautiful thing about choices, we get to change them. So if you are manifesting a grouchy body for instance, make some changes in how you treat it and what you ask it to do.

A friend of mine who is quite physically active in the work she does has also enrolled in a Pilates class and said that her husband doesn’t even walk. He says he walks around when he is on the phone. They are going to have different consequences with their bodies. Not that you have to go take Pilates but you do need to establish a positive pattern for the care and feeding of your body. And your emotions. And your mind. 

What have you created? What are you harvesting from the choices that you’ve made so far? If you’re not where you want to be in your life, how do you want it to be? Make new choices which result in new change. It’s your call. Take action. 

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

The Power of Not Knowing 

There is something magnificent about an unplanned day. You look out the window, you take a breath of fresh air and you see how you feel and what you want to do and then you do it. You stay in the moment and make your decision based on how you feel right then and there. Not knowing allows for surprises. You don’t plan ahead. You just are aware and observant and respond in the moment – not react – respond in the moment. How does it feel when I do this? Is this the direction I want to go? There is some contemplation to the change. Perhaps there is some trying on for size with an idea. Perhaps there is a look down the path that is involved in the choosing. But as a general guidance, be in the moment and make your choices based on the insight your inner voice offers you Trust your inner voice.

===HOW TO BE A STRONG CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE DIVERSE CIRCLE OF LIGHT BEINGS===

Role Models

One of the ways to change your perspective is to examine the role models you have chosen for yourself. And maybe find some new ones. For instance, Stacey Abrams is a woman with a mission. She is persistent, she is smart, she is determined and she knows what she wants. All good things. For me, Rachel Maddow is a master storyteller. She’s giving the news but she offers deep background that gives you an understanding of how it unfolds as in why it is what it is. A wise woman. A great storyteller. 

Reverend Edward Viljoen, who was my minister in the Center for Spiritual Living in Santa Rosa, California is a role model of a person who loves his work and continually expands his range of exploration. He is now the head of the entire Center for Spiritual Living. He is deeply devoted to his path. Another great role model. 

Michelle Obama is another strong role model as is Barack Obama. They are people committed to the path and doing the work well. And effectively. 

How are you doing on your path? How wide is your sphere of influence? Who are your role models?

I know that I’m a role model to a group of women who are in their 60s. I’m not a role model for my aging process but I am one for my curiosity and inquisitiveness and path. You are a role model for someone. Do you know who? What kind of example are you? Look around for people who are doing their lives the way you want to do yours and learn from them. 

Love Creates Love

I’m having such a hard time with the way people are acting in this world today that I have to work at feeling love. I have to practice putting out love. I have to practice inclusion. I have to – I want to use the word forgiveness but perhaps accept with compassion the choices that people are making out of fear or whatever reason they have. I don’t like those choices. I don’t want to live in a world with those choices and yet here I am.

I have to practice unconditional love. I’m not even sure I can come close. Maybe I start with the things that I can love and build on that. Once I recognize the feeling of unconditional love, perhaps I can cultivate it and apply it to the less likely places. Practice love. Be loved. You are loved. Love creates more love.

===BROADEN YOUR HORIZON – EXPAND YOUR VIEW===

Nurture Your Followers

If you have a website and a list of followers, you need to make certain to nurture those followers on a regular basis. It could be a blog post or a podcast or story. But make a point to continually support your followers. I write my newsletter for me because those are things that I need to anchor in my life, but I also know that some of it will reach and help others in their life. Everything in it is something I need to know. So maybe you benefit from knowing it too. How are you supporting the people that surround you and could benefit from your wisdom and awareness?

===OUR EVOLVING FUTURE===

Be a Living Example of Higher Consciousness

What kind of an example are you to others? Do you motivate and inspire them to walk a higher path as you do? Do you show an open heart and an inclusive consciousness? How we live our daily lives moment to moment can greatly influence those around us. They see a quality that they admire. They see an action that they would like to emulate. What kind of an example are you being to those around you? And does it need to shift?

I see so few people anymore that my impact is through the words that I write and the ideas that I share. I don’t always know how those impact others, but I do know how those ideas impact me. And I share what I discover and what I decide to do and how I choose to change. In case someone can see a reflection in themselves that gives them an idea of a turn in their path they would like to take. Be a positive source of inspiration for others. Be a living example of higher consciousness.

======THE UNFOLDING DIVINE FEMININE=== ===

Our Unfolding Role in the Emerging Feminine

Tale time to read Sandra Ingerman’s June Transmutation News. It is full of explanations and ideas for living in this chaotic and evolving time. It’s a most important read.

As the Divine Feminine grows in power, the Divine Masculine becomes more destructive to the feminine energy. Whether we actively counteract that on the physical plane or move within to continue to strengthen the emergence of the qualities of the Divine Feminine within all of us, is a choice. And we will do both. 

We are moving into a new consciousness and we must not only be aware of that but be active as we encourage that change to happen.

We may even have a new role in the emerging feminine but for certain we have to continue to expand our awareness of its clarion call for us to step forward into the qualities of compassion, inclusiveness, caring for others, and equality, all qualities the masculine is trying to stamp out. Keep expanding the power and reach and guidance of your feminine energy. Be aware of its role in the choices you make, in the actions you take, and the words that you say. This is a time of growth. It is a time of new birth as the feminine comes forward to add balance to our world. Do your part. 

=== DEEPER SONG PHILOSOPHIES ===

Our Body

When walking, the gait should be like that of a crane, and the body should move like an immortal floating with the winds.

When sitting, the body should be still as a rock.

When sleeping, it should be curved like a bow.

When standing, it should be like a tall pine.

Your body should be as flexible as a willow in the wind and as relaxed as the petals of a lotus.

— anonymous Taoist

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===CARA’S CORNER===

Self-Responsibility

I am deeply into self-healing. And I keep learning new self-healing Qigong moves and practicing them. That’s on the physical plane. But I also have to do self-healing on my mental and emotional plane as I find how I can serve in the bigger emerging picture. The overview. The over-arching change. 

I need to keep walking the highest path I can find. I need to do ceremony or ritual or affirmations or some sort of positive work to send out higher vibrations to strengthen and balance the energy in the world. It could be singing and drumming and playing my finger piano. Could be ceremony. It could be something I write and share. Make certain that any expectations you hold are for the highest level we as humans can possibly reach. Walk that high road. Hold the vision of the highest good for all. Be a helping hand to others who want to walk that high road. We must stay positive and hold our light high. We must. Others will see our light and raise theirs to join us.

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===

Holding My Torch

I hold my torch high. “Here, here is the higher path, here is the way,” I say.

I hold my torch high. “Here, here is the higher path, here is the way,” I say. Some see it and hear its call. Some don’t.

I hold my torch high. “Here, here is the higher path, here’s the way,” I say. Some see it and hear its call. Some don’t. I hold my torch high. “This way”, I say “This way.” Can you hear me?

Cara Lumen, June 2022

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 adventurers who are ready to explore the new possibilities in the emerging energy of the Divine Feminine to align their dreams and choices with what is emerging as possible today so that they go beyond their own expectations.

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

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The Universe Has A Plan For You

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The Universe Has A Plan For You

Living Our Deeper Song

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


The universe has a plan for each of us that is far bigger than anything we can imagine. It is that dream that unfolds as we grow and develop and make the choices that form our life. It also guides us and gives us opportunities and suggests choices that will alter our ultimate destination. We have to listen. We have to observe the nudges. We have to examine the opportunities. The universe builds on our choices. If I choose to emphasize a certain gift, the universe alters my ultimate direction to utilize that gift. We make a choice and the universe responds and gives us new opportunities based on that choice. 

The universe knows why we came into this lifetime. It responds as we make choices that expand and develop an alternate path. It is constantly guiding us. It provides us with new opportunities, new friends, new ideas, and interesting nudges. It is constantly adjusting to our choices in order to keep us going in the direction that it knows we are to travel.

Notice those nudges. Notice the synchronicity. Be present and aware as you make choices that alter your direction even a little. Check in with the universe. Show me how, show me where, show me when – it will answer. You just have to listen. The guidance will always be there. The universe knows your path and will show you the way.

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

I listened attentively to the nudges and guidance of the universe and trust the path that opens up.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS

  • Learn to interpret the support the universe constantly gives you. It could be insights, circumstances, and even actual knowing. Trust that.
  • Go exploring. Listen to the urge, take it a few steps and see where it leads you. Explore where the universe suggests. Ultimately you will learn to trust the guidance of the universe that is always there. 

===INNER WORK===

The Nudge Notebook

I’m going to create a Nudge Notebook. I’m going to look back over my life to identify important nudges I received in my life and how they impacted the rest of my life. Some of it will be a sentence or two that resonated so deeply that I built a great portion of my life on that concept. 

Others will be things that I was taught by others as I walked my path. I am interested in why I made the decision – either because of the circumstances, the timing, or what turned out to be a very fulfilling experience that I didn’t know to expect. 

I’m actually going to write them down. Partially because writing down one nudge will probably uncover another turning point of impact. There were some major decisions that I made. There were some major decisions made for me, like being divorced. You will probably identify a few key influencers in your life. For me it was 
the decision to move to New York in the 80s where I proceeded to build my metaphysical foundation. Including reiki. And finding the Center for Spiritual Living in California where I became a practitioner and begin to write small books. Then there was the TV salesman who told me as a copywriter to write myself into the commercial which I did. The commercial was about glasses and my first line was a close-up of my eyes and I said, “Your eyes are your most precious possession.” When I did that first spot, none of the crew helped me until I proved to them I could do it. The next time I did the spot they were very supportive. I went on to a modest career as a television talent as well as copywriter.

So many small instances are wrapped up in how I see myself as well as what I love to do and what I continue to choose to do – explore philosophically and write about what I discover. 

Look at the patterns in your life. I sang alto in the high school trio and quartet and my mother had me take voice lessons at the local college which was good. Except my voice got so big it doesn’t blend in with the other less mature voices. But it made me a good television talent later on and more recently a podcaster. It’s funny how choices like that impact our life further down the path. 

Did you follow your nudges? Eight or so years ago I immersed myself in shamanismand it is an integral part of my spiritual practice. Several years ago I began to practice Qigong even though I had studied Tai Chi and yoga years ago in New York City. It is a practice that is deeply incorporated in my daily life. So when did you make this choices, how did they change you, are they still in your life and in what form?

This is not about feeling sorry that you did or did not make a particular choice, but it is about the impact and lessons and influence those choices had on the rest of your life. I wonder what you’ll find in your nudge notebook? 

Sacred Awareness

I don’t do Sacred Awareness very well but I wish I did. I wish I could be more aware of how sacred every moment of my day is. The fact that I am here. The fact that I am breathing. The fact that I am contributing. The fact that I am learning. Those are sacred gifts the universe provides daily. I would like to be more aware. And give more gratitude.

Count your blessings. For me, it’s a simple as being tucked into a safe place that I can afford. And have the help that I need as my age. For me, it is about my mind and the great adventures it takes me on. And it is the constant discovery of new and deeper ways to feel the sacredness within me, to be that sacredness. How will you increase your sacred awareness today?

What Energy is Drawing You and Where Is It Taking You?

Can you feel the pull? Can you feel the attraction? Can you feel the energy urging you to go in a certain direction? We have to be aware of that. And we have to continue to make choices. For instance, the news has a very powerful negative energy right now. Everything you listen to pulls you into a state of helplessness and hopelessness and despair. We have a choice. We have to stay aware, but we have control over how deeply we immerse ourselves in the negative pull.

We have to pay attention to what we’re paying attention to. Where is the energy that you are focusing on taking you? Is it towards a positive solution? Is it to an answer? Is it worth taking time to listen to the whole idea? The more aware we are of how we are responding to a particularly negative energy, the greater control we have over our response. Notice what energy is drawing you, where it is taking you, and make a conscious choice to either follow or let go and change your focus. This is a tricky time. Understand your overall intention and evaluate the focus of the energy that shows up. Decide if you want to go where it is leading you. 

===SELF-HEALING===

Stress Relief – Chin Circles

I now have the book Head-to-Toe Healing by Master Chuny Lin and keep adding the simple moves to my life to move my qi energy into action and self-heal. 

I found the chin circle as I was looking for a move to share with a friend who said she had anxiety and trouble sleeping. It’s become one of my favorites. I just call it chin circles. It is a very powerful move to release stress. It can even be done in the middle of a meeting if you do it subtly because you’re simply moving your chin in a forward, down and around circle. 

Sit or stand straight. Stretch your neck forward, move the chin down, and then turn it back to toward your chest. Now guide your chin up your chest until your head is back at the starting point. This is done in a continuous circular motion and should only take a few minutes. Tone the sound KENE as you do it one minute any time as needed. There is number 28 and Head-to-Tie Healing.

I had an unexpected result when I began to practice it. My right shoulder experienced a major release. And I didn’t even know it was jammed up – until it released and greatly increased its range of motion.  These are very powerful moves.

The book is Head-to-Toe Healing by Master Chuny Lin. You can get it on Amazon or at springforestqigong.com or chunyilin.com.   I suggest you get on his mailing list in order to receive excerpts from this book on a weekly basis. The moves are simple to do and I have had amazing and instantaneous results from doing them. Highly recommend. 

Bottoms Up!

Reminder: the more water you drink, the less pain you will have. Drinking half of your body weight in ounces per day is recommended and helps your eyes and brain and lungs (all are mostly water!)

===OUTER   WORK===

What You Expect You Get

“I don’t think it’s gonna work but I’ll give it a try.” How much success do you have with an affirmation   like that? What do you expect to get? The extent of results or even if there are any results, all emerge from what you expect you’re going to get. “I’ll give it a try- but.” “This may not work -but.”

My biggest shift about being aware of what I expect has come recently as I use Qigong to self -heal. And it’s working. So in essence, I’m moving my arms in prescribed patterns and focusing my thoughts and physical changes are happening. The fact that change is happening strengthens my belief that it can happen. Expect the best, do not settle for second best. Expect the best and you will get it.

How Do You Plan Your Day?

Do you see a new day as a blank canvas with you as the artist? Can you feel you desires? Do you watch your day open up with all sorts of hard to miss need-to-do lists or soul-rewarding spiritual exploration? Which would you prefer?

Sure we have to get things done, but what if our to-do list is crowding out our dream list, our I-want-to-do list. It may be as simple as saying, “From one to two I’m going to work on my dreams, my passions, my expectations.” What would you do? Set aside time for dreaming and exploring and experiencing? Give it a try and see what expands and unfolds.

Write an Acknowledgment Note

Stop and think about someone whose presence makes a huge difference in your life. When was the last time you acknowledged them? Not just a general “thank you” but a thank you for a specific interaction, for being there, for calling on a regular basis, or simply being a friend. Write or call your friend up. Send an email. Create some form of acknowledgment for someone in your life who is so there for you, that it’s possible you haven’t thanked him/her for quite some time. Be aware of those who help you even in small ways and acknowledge them for their interaction.

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

Keep It Simple

It’s easy to make it more complicated. Keeping it simple is the hard part. For instance, I found an hour-long class on creating sacred ceremony that included things like sacred geometry. I’m not going to take it because I want to keep my ceremonies simple and meaningful to me. I know how to make a very complex spiritual ceremony. And for some people that’s perfect. But I like to keep it focused and simple – set an intention and do the work. Keep an eye out on how complicated or complex you have made your spiritual practice and perhaps consider simplifying it or alternating the elements as you move through the week. 

One purpose of a morning spiritual practice is to release the healing of the night and prepare for the day ahead. Let go.   Choose a focus. And step forward into your day. Every ceremony could be about reflection and gratitude. Keep it simple.

Mindful Living

Learn to live mindfully. When you prepare a meal do it with gratitude and appreciation for the source of the food. Eat mindfully. Eat thoughtfully and taste thoroughly. When you do your work do it from your heart. Begin with an intention and keep that higher awareness of that intention as you move through the work. Let that keep you in the high road as you proceed. 

Walk mindfully. As my body continues to shift and change, when I’m walking well I experience great appreciation for the smooth movement and the coordinated steps. Mindfulness deepens your appreciation for what exists. How will you be more mindful today? 

Expand Your Creativity

There are so many ways to be creative. It gives us an opportunity to express what is deep inside of us in a form that we normally don’t use. It can be poetry, it can be a drawing, it can be creating anything. Find a way to increase the creativity in your life whether it’s trying a new recipe or learning a new song, or writing a poem.   Be creative in your spiritual practice. Be creative in your daily interaction with people. Be creative in what you learn. And what you share. Shake it up again. And see what new ways you can offer yourself to the world. 

===HOW TO BE A STRONG CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE DIVERSE CIRCLE OF LIGHT BEINGS===

The Flow of Friends

When you look back over your life you see a flow of important friends. People who changed your life. People who taught you life-changing lessons. People who encouraged you. They came in and they went out. There was a cycle to their friendship. A time and place. Take a moment to remember the people who had a great impact on your life. Those who were your support or a catalyst for an impotent choice that you made.

Notice who is in your present cycle, what they are offering you. What you are offering them. It’s not important how long the exchange is. Very short exchanges can be life-changing. As can a long one. There’s a flow to friendship. Because you change and they change and you have to separate in order to go learn new things that take you along on your own individual path. There are people who changed my life that I no longer have any idea where they are. They were friends and they were important friends and they were part of a past cycle.

Notice the cycles. Notice the waxing and waning of a friendship, relationship, notice how you spend less or more time together or how sturdy and steady and deep the relationship continues to build. Friendships unfold. Let them guide you both as you journey alongside each other for a while. Friendships go in cycles just like everything else. Enjoy the flow.

Do Your Rock Routine

I have told this story before. We were walking across Central Park in New York City forty years ago when my friend said, “We are rocks, others depend on us.” I thought about that a minute and asked “Who do we depend on?” She said, “Other rocks.”

My friend Noralee, who lives in Canada and who graciously proofreads this newsletter for me each week, reminded me that in this time of stress she was looking at the solidarity of the mountains and she wrote “And I remember I am a rock. So are you. Perhaps if we just do our rock routine, we’ll teach by example :-)” So I’m writing this to figure out what my “rock routine” is….

It is about being independent, smart, strong, and creative. We make stuff up. We do stuff differently. We are independent and strong minded. Rocks find a way around and above and beyond and below. We just make things happen. There’s a strength about being a rock, a dependability, but there’s also a great amount of creativity.

The topic that brought about this reminder of our rock-ness was the state of the world – which is pretty scary at the moment. So my interpretation of being a rock today would include knowing my own value. You’re standing up for your values, but not imposing them on others – continually searching for the highest good for all. Being a rock is about being thoughtful and kind and strongly supportive.

I see rocks as strong stand-alone people who simply get the job done. It’s not a big deal, it’s just the way we are.

We stand strong in this world of change. We make the choices that are aligned with our goals and our integrity. And keep going in that direction, that higher road. What kind of a rock routine are you going to create?

===BROADEN YOUR HORIZON – EXPAND YOUR VIEW===

Many Paths

There are many ways to reach a destination. Over, above, around, and through. When you are considering a new step, take time to explore different paths that would get you there. One path may get you there very rapidly but without much depth and thoroughness. Another path may be way too detailed for what you want to do. Look for the path that has the right mixture of thoroughness, freedom of imagination, and effectiveness. Go partway down any of the paths that call to you to make sure that they are what you want or what you don’t want. Explore before you choose your path. Open yourself up to a variety of paths toward the solutions and outcomes you seek.

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===CARA’S CORNER===

Trust theProcess

There are some things that are not working well in my life. My body is one of them but I have to trust the process. I have to trust that the universe knows why I am in the condition I’m in. I know one thing, it is driving me to search out self-healing methods to go get a result. So maybe it had to be this dramatic in order to make me take the next steps. So I experiment. I observe the results. I keep a close eye on my morale. And I do the work. Not always happily. Not always well. But I do it with persistence.

I get to make choices. I get to do the work or not do the work. I notice the results. I’ve had easier times, by a lot. But the universe is giving me this opportunity to look deeply within, perhaps make new choices. I must pay attention and give it deep thought.

Trust the process. There are lessons to be learned in the doing. 

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===

Learning Can Hurt

New lessons can be painful. They are times of exploration and success and failure. A lesson may remain elusive.

New lessons can be painful. They are times of exploration and success and failure. A lesson may remain elusive. We must persist. We must keep exploring and experimenting to find the right balance for us.

New lessons can be painful. They are times of exploration and success and failure. A lesson may remain elusive. We must persist. We must keep exploring and experimenting to find the right balance for us. We will find the answer. We will find the right path. Be patient and keep exploring.

Cara Lumen, May 2022

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 adventurers who are ready to explore the new possibilities in the emerging energy of the Divine Feminine to align their dreams and choices with what is emerging as possible today so that they go beyond their own expectations.

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