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My Three Words for 2021 – Deep Listening, Exploration, Unfolding

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My Three Words for 2021 – Deep Listening, Exploration, Unfolding

Creating Conscious Connection

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

Goals are good and goals can be overwhelming.  I’m a go-with-the-flow person. I rely almost exclusively on my inner voice to guide me in the moment.

However, identifying an over-arching theme might be a good idea.  Chris Brogan suggests we choose three words for the year.   I have done that for a lot of years. Here are the three words I have chosen for this year.

Deep Listening. Since my work is unfolding, the first focus for the coming year that I choose is Deep Listening.  That means moving to my Still Point multiple times throughout my day to let go of my human thoughts and sit in silent serenity.  I am learning that I don’t have to make decisions other than in the moment. I just let my inner nudges show up and I explore where they take me. 

Exploration is my second word for the year.  I feel pretty certain that most of what I offer is going to come from my inner work, my journeys, and my unexpected insights. That means I am to stay aware, move into deep listening, and when a nudge shows up, I am to take time to examine and explore – a little or a lot, depending on how I feel about the topic of the moment.  Here I go adventuring…

Unfolding.  I started to chose “change” but this is such a huge period of change. Then I considered “evolution” which seems huge. But in this dramatic and rapidly changing world, I can only sit in thoughtful awareness and listen to my inner voice guide me to my next steps.  I let life unfold and shape things as they come. 

Deep Listening, Exploration, Unfolding.

What three words will you chose to open up new portals for you this year?

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

I move into deep listening and choose three words to guide me this coming year. 

DEEPER SONG PROCESS

Here are my three words from the past:

My Three Words for 2020  – Strength, Intention, Explore

My Three Words for 2019 – Vibration, Nature, Portal

My Three Words for 2018 – Invisible, Radiate, Journey

My Three Words for 2017 – Broaden, Deepen, Change

My Three Words for 2016 – Determination, Trust, Explore

My Three Words for 2015 – Impact, Connection, Flexibility 

How ChrisBrogan Changed My Life– 2014

OUR GLOBAL DEEPR SONG COMMUNITY 

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

DEEPER SONGS I EXPLORED THIS MONTH

Life Lessons from a Lump of Clay

Sometimes it seems like there is no rhyme nor reason why our lives are the way they are or how we turned out the way we did.  But there is.  There are choices and beliefs and interactions that created our path, our journey. We are exactly where we should be considering what we thought and did. 

There are many circumstances that are pushing and shoving and moving and shaping our lives.  It helps to think about some of them and where they might lead.

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

Life Lessons from a Lump of Clay

(17 minutes)

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To Sing a Deeper Song Consider:

Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

Stand Steady in Your Own Truth

The Path We Choose

Build a Strong Bridge to Your Invisible Self

The Power of Your Still Point

Life Lessons from a Spider

***INNER WORK***

Rediscovery

I drew the oracle card “Rediscovery” on the first of this new year and I am thinking about what that might mean.  I will look for gifts I have that I have left by the wayside.  I will look for ideas that organically fell into second place along the road.  And I’m going to look at what I can repurpose in this rapidly changing new world. In this moment, I only have a vague feeling about what that will be. And it may not be a tangible step.  It may be introspective work, an expanded spiritual practice, even a review of something I used to do from my present viewpoint of what is unfolding.  

What will you rediscover?  Go exploring and look in all the corners….

Our Inner Strength

“When things fall apart around you, you’re really left with what you’ve developed inside you.”- Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

I stopped to consider what I have developed inside me that keeps me moving inward and upward.   

I have a deep and varied pattern of spiritual practices.  I am mindfully moving to my Still Point more often during my day to encourage moments of deep tranquility and introspection.

I have taken what may be an intuitive proactive step as I become clear what my role is in humanity today.  I am not an in-person, interactive contributor to the well-being of our world. My work is to help us raise our vibration.  My work is in the inner world, where I explore and interpret and share what I figure out.  But my main job, my core work is with vibration – learning to raise our vibration with conscious awareness and encouraging those who can hear the message to do the same.  Not everyone will hear this call, but as we each move more deeply into our role as Light Beings, others will recognize it in themselves and make the choice to consciously join us. 

There are many things I cannot and am not meant to do on the physical plane.  So I focus on what I have developed inside and share that. 

What have you got going for you?  What do you need to add to your life pattern that would expand and elevate your experience and your place of service?  What is not yours to do? Let that go.  Keep building your strength within and rely on your inner voice.

***OUTER WORK***

How are you Nurturing Yourself and What do you Need to Change?

We slip into destructive patterns without realizing it.  I have been watching too much news and it finally caught up with me.  I very much enjoy the fabulous minds and incredible vocabulary of cable news, but the subject matter has been like watching a horror movie.  Even with change in sight, and hope on the horizon, I was being drawn deeper and deeper into despair. It even manifested a feeling of depression over the holidays – and I have never been depressed in my life.   

Finally, I made a major change.  There are wonderful music channels on my TV.  I love both classical music and New Age and my life has been woefully short on both.  Until now.  

What kind of habits have you fallen into that you need to break?

It easy to identify habits you would like to create. But what habits do you have that are doing you harm? And how will you change that?

Use Music to Heal 

Music is a powerful vibration.  It can soothe you and challenge you and lift you up.  Music comes from the soul of the composer and the musician – a gift from them to you. Go exploring into musical venues you have only dabbled in before and see where it leads you.  I will explore jazz more.  I like it very much but it seems to be third on my list.  There is a difference between light classical music and classical music. Composers really give it to you in classical music.  It can be very demanding. And stirring. And motivating.  It makes you feel like you should rise up and go take on something big. Light classical feels a bit more joyous and less demanding.  I get to choose to fit my mood and my need. 

Focus on an instrument you love to hear. I’m a cello fan and a saxophone fan – both low, mellow sounds.  I play the native flute and have played the piano in the past.  And I have sung in lots of quartets and choral groups.  Odd that I let music slip out of my life. 

I have 8 drums but seem focused on two, a buffalo drum I made in a workshop 30 years ago and a small djembe from Africa.  There is something very freeing and releasing about drumming. 

Notice the vibrations you allow into your life. Notice what you listen to and how it affects you.  Silence is good too. It has a healing sound of its own.  Humming as a focused vibration is healing. Making up songs is liberating and creative.  

Make a rattle out of popcorn in an empty spice jar.  Make a drum out of the bottom of an empty plastic container and experiment with your own rhythms. There is a way to play two spoons!

How are you spending your downtime and are you aware  of how it affects you?

Make conscious changes that include adding more sound experience to your life and notice the difference it makes. 

Make Room for Change and then Wait for It!

There is nothing more powerful than making room for change and then waiting to see what shows up.  I eased up on my publication schedule and in the space that was cleared by that choice I continue to find new ideas and opportunities now that they have room to make themselves known.  

How do you invite change in?  Sitting in silence with no expectation is a powerful place to begin. 

***DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE***

Deepen Your Spiritual Practice Through Art

We get so caught up in our words that we get tangled up in them and ultimately find we are limited by them.  Sometimes real clarity comes when we use art to explore our feelings, our thoughts, our inner world. What words cannot describe, drawing can.  

I do pencil drawings of my journeys. Not all of them, but when I do take time to draw images from what I see, it clarifies and broadens my understanding of my journey.  And when I revisit the drawing, the whole journey pops back into my mind. I keep my drawings in sheet protectors in a binder.  

You could use art to describe your feelings or to explore an idea for a project. My drawings have stick figures and signs that point to wavy lined paths.  When in doubt about what the image is meant to be, I add a label…! Drawing your idea provides a new way to look at it and explore its possibilities. 

You could doodle or paint, cut out paper figures, use clay or finger painting or crayons.  Every color has a message, just choose colors that call to you and perhaps write words on your paper that pull up the images from your experience of the thought you want to capture. 

Find other ways to explore your thoughts besides words. It will open up new depths of understanding. 

***DEEPER SONG  INSIGHTS ***

The Question that Heals

“How are you doing?” my friend inquired in an email.  I sat down to answer her and uncovered insights and awareness that helped me heal myself. All because my friend knew I had had a rough time and cared enough to ask how I was doing.

When you listen, when you offer other people the gift of your caring presence, it opens up space for them to go within and find the core of their imbalance.  Through their self-awareness, self-healing occurs. 

How are you doing? I’m listening.

Purpose and Intention versus Unfolding 

The article said, “Begin the year with purpose and intention.” And it immediately felt forced to me.  I’m an unfolding kind of gal.  Now that doesn’t mean I don’t set objectives for myself, I do, but they are broad, not detailed and I’m just not very attached to them – I let them unfold. I go with the flow.  I’m pretty relaxed about when I do them or if I do them.  I tune in to what I am in the mood to do and then do that.   

That’s pretty casual, right?  How do I get things done? I listen to my inner voice and respond in the moment.  And I am aware of the results of my choices and change those choices as seems appropriate. 

Choose, act, evaluate.  Repeat. That’s how I let things unfold.  

***OUR EVOLVING FUTURE***

What is Your Role?

I’ve been listing to a lot of classical music lately and it makes me think of the long path to becoming a professional musician.  

There are very few solos in an orchestra. But the ones I have been hearing are heart-stirringly beautiful.  That means that person has spent hours and hours and hours learning to play that well. 

What is your role?  Are you to be a core member of a group?  A soloist in an orchestra?  A performing artist in your own right?  Or do you just love to play music?  What is your role in life – soloist, conductor, member of the ensemble or a joyful player of music for yourself?  Whatever level you are, you bring with it joy, commitment and love of music.  

Looking back over my life, I have been in ensemble groups that created an experience I could not have done alone – quartets, choirs, the cast of a play.  And I have worked diligently and consistently to hone my own individual skills. 

But my role now is as a member of a much larger group –  the growing ensemble of conscious seekers who are working together to raise the  vibration of our planet. 

This is a time of change.  Our role is changing.  The opportunities are changing.  

Look back over your life for the signs and signals and the opportunities you did or did not take, and notice the choices that led you to where you are now.  You have the power to change direction by changing your choices. 

I have spent a large portion of my life writing – both professionally and perennially.  What gift weaves its message throughout your life?

Know what is driving your life and your life choices. What is your role and how are you going to fulfill it?

Message from the Sacred Earth Cards

Revolution

I drew this card “Revolution” for myself this week and had to go to the oracle book that came with the cards in order to discover it is about cycles.  Revolving cycles. Expanding and waning cycles. We are always in some stage in multiple cycles.  They intertwine, and ebb and flow, and our life changes.  On the card, a woman is holding a lotus in a globe.  A lotus is rooted in mud below the surface, and its awesome flower rises to the surface to share its beauty with the world.  Be aware of the mud that nurtures you.  Be aware of the multiple cycles you are in and see if you can understand and take advantage of where you are in each cycle.  

I am in a cycle that is changing my offerings.  It is affecting the frequency, the form, and what I write about.  I am in another cycle with my body – a sort of uncomfortable  straightening of my body as I release something I have not identified.  I am in a cycle of introspection, focused on raising my vibration and understanding my next steps. All three cycles are underway simultaneously.

Let your life unfold, but pay attention to the revolving stages of increase and decline in each cycle.  Allow yourself to evolve into the New Consciousness.

Sacred Earth Cards

CARA’S CORNER

Follow Your Nudges

Amazing answers show up when you stay still and listen.  

As suddenly as I got interested in Astrology, I am just as suddenly putting it aside. Or, at least not exploring it more deeply and giving it a lesser role in my own exploration. I have an over-arching intention.  I will follow that and it will show me what I need to do, what I need to consider next. 

A shift happened when I was writing the opening article. The Deeper Song Process became a list of podcasts and posts that depend on the experience of the topic of the article, and I understood that is another way to help you explore more deeply, that it enriches what I offer.  

I created a slightly different format for this newsletter and it is helping me focus on what I offer. It up-levels the content and helps me make more focused choices about what to include.

We are to go exploring more deeply together.  I have no real idea what that will look like, but I know I can go deeper and explore further afield and we will expand our consciousness together. 

What I invite you to do is to follow your inner voice, your nudges, and explore what calls to you.  Be selective, be aware of what is calling you, and when you start exploring, notice how what you are learning and experiencing resonates.  Use your response to guide your steps. 

We are taking a turn in the path here. We will end up in a new place, a new space of opportunity.  We just have to pay attention to the guideposts along our path – and choose each step with awareness. 

A DEEPER SONG

It is time to take a step. 

It is time to take a step further. 
The Unseen World embraces me with open arms.

It is time to take a step further. 
The Unseen World embraces me with open arms.
Here I go adventuring!

– Cara Lumen

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

Namaste,

Cara

Come Sing a Deeper Song  

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

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Huge Positive Change Begins at the Winter Solstice

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Huge Positive Change Begins at the Winter Solstice





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





I have begun to study Astrology in order to understand the overarching energy flow of our universe and how it affects our planet and our expression as humans. It gives me hope.  And I am both relieved that we are ending this era and excited about what this new era will unfold. 





We are entering into a time of major change. The Winter Solstice, December 21, marks a major shift for the new year and years to come as two planets pair up in a new way.  





The major news for change comes this month as two major planets join forces to help us move into a new age and a new vision. On December 21 – Winter Solstice – Jupiter conjuncts Saturn in Aquarius AND we move from the many-year influence of Earth into the influence of Air. 





So here’s what has gotten me excited.  I see our “next”, our pathway up and out of this chaos we are experiencing.  It gives me not just hope, but a positive expectation of how we are going to rebuild our world.  





Jupiter Conjunct Saturn In Aquarius – that means Co-Creation With The Universe “Together, they are the architects of our solar system.
When they join forces, they create a structure that has coherence (Jupiter) and that is built to last (Saturn). And while Jupiter and Saturn are great architects… in Aquarius, they will build a different type of structure.” – Astrobuterfly 





Sagittarius sets the vision.
Aquarius brings in information from the higher mind of the Universe.





Because of Aquarius, this new order is nothing like we expect it to be. It is truly “Aquarius”: innovative, people-oriented, bottom-up, and YES, different. 





That gives me great hope for what is unfolding.  





Dr. Martha Lacy shares this insight with us. Notice the timelines…





“There is a Saturn/Jupiter conjunction in Aquarius on the winter solstice. Saturn and Jupiter meet up every 20 years. 





It starts a 200-year cycle of these two having their conjunction in air signs. These past 200 years their conjunctions have been in earth signs, coinciding with the rise of colonialism, the industrial age, the personal ownership of property, and the pillaging of Mother Earth. 





Many say it is the official dawning of the age of Aquarius. Last time there was a Saturn and Jupiter conjunction in Aquarius was 800 years ago and coincided with the Magna Carta. That marked the first time in western culture that the common people asserted their sovereignty. They stated the authority of kings is not conferred by God, but by the will of the people. 





Saturn represents structure and Jupiter represents expansion. This coming 200 years could be another inflection point, a time for humans to pick a new way of relating to each other and refine our governing structures. This conjunction starts a new cycle and sets the tone for the next 200 years. 





Astrologers look to 2021 as a time when planetary energies will change and it will be an opportunity for remarkable innovation. 





Aquarius is an air sign. It governs the nervous system.  This means it is the time for rapid transmission of new ideas and global communications. It is the rebel, the sign of change. It embraces community, social consciousness, and social justice. 





Since the planets involved represent structure and expansion, I am hopeful this conjunction will help us build bridges between people, approaching one another with curiosity rather than judgment.”





It looks like we have a lot of evolving to do.  Let’s get to it!





Deeper Song Process





  • Sagittarius sets the vision. What is your vision for the coming year?  Where do you want your life to be like in five years? Do a bit of daydreaming and see what paths you want to explore. 
  • Aquarius brings in information from the higher mind of the Universe. Once you identify a few possibilities, choose one and visualize how it would feel.  Meditate with it, try it on for size in your vision.  Notice what ideas show up, how they would change your life and your expectations.  Don’t look at how you achieve that vision,  just imagine yourself as having attained it.  How does that feel?  What would you change? Our visioning creates our reality. 
  • Watch for the nudges from the Universe that opens doors on that particular pathway. 





A TURN IN MY PATH FORWARD





I have felt this change coming for several months but I have not known the exact form. it would take.  I just knew I was moving toward a major change.  Well, it opened up this week. I have had a major shift and am have changed my direction slightly. I feel this new path will take us higher in our exploration and understanding of the Unseen World. 





I have felt this change coming on and could only wait for it to reveal itself.  And it certainly has begun to do just that. 










I have given myself permission to produce content less often.  That frees up some time for me to study and delve more deeply into this next part of my path.  It takes some pressure off, pressure I made up for myself. Interesting lesson.  





I am going to produce only two podcasts a month and only one newsletter a month.  That gives me time to study and learn more.  





This will not an astrology newsletter, it is a how do we change our focus and energy to take advantage of the energy being offered by nature.  We will listen more deeply to the insights and guidance of nature. 





Here’s the unfolding format for the newsletter:





TRANSLATING THE GUIDANCE OF THE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE





Each month I will explore the energy moving in and around our lives.  How we might take advantage of planetary movements. For instance, I’m going to see what lessons and insights the movement of the planets suggest I write about as I take baby steps into astrology and frame that powerful energy shift as an insight for the coming month.  





ENERGY LESSONS AND INSIGHTS FROM THIS PAST MOTH





In this segment, I will look back at the over-arching energy theme (based partly on the planets and last month’s theme and partly on our rapidly chaining world) and see how that energy manifested in our world and our lives and what lessons they offered us. 





Here’s what to consider for the  month of November: 





FUOLL MOON & LUNAR ECLIPSE





“On November 30th, 2020 we have a Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse at 8° Gemini. The Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse in Gemini is our opportunity to open our minds and have the courage to think differently. Pay attention to what it has to say, because it may change your life.” – Astro Butterfly (Astro-butterfly) 





Do some visioning. Use your imagination to try on some new adventures. 





DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE





Another section will be Deepen  Your Spiritual Practice. The spiritual practices I am receiving as I journey are very powerful.  I will share them with you so you can explore them for your own practice. 





Begin here:  





How to Create a transformative Energy Shield for Protection





The Gaia Gateway and the Soul Star 





OUR EVOLVING FUTURE





I will keep Our Evolving Future because we’re all wondering about that. 





And I’ll keep 





CARA’S CORNER





This slight shift opens the door for new adventures.  It does lift me out of repeating the lessons I have learned about living life and move into a more philosophical exploration.  I fully expect my upcoming course with Shaman Puma to take us both to an entirely new level and I want to clear room for that.  





I will put out this newsletter on the last Sunday of the month with a focus on the energy we have to work within the coming month.   





This also makes it easier if and when I have to hire help for editing because of my eyesight. 





This kind of a major shift happened to me once before a few years ago when I was clear I did not want to write any more about Spirituality 101. I had outgrown that level of inquiry. I guess I just feel compete with Spirituality 202 and am going to move on to Spirituality 303 whatever that turns out to be. 





It also lifts this newsletter to a different teaching level. More philosophical and experiential.





This sight adjustment will also free up more time for personal inner exploration and study.  The processes I have been taught in my journeys are very powerful. I want to make room to learn more from my guides.  I will also work more deeply with what I have already been given. 





It’s odd how we get ourselves caught up in a schedule of our own making.  I feel like I am a prairie dog peeking out from my hole in the ground, standing on my hind legs and looking around the open landscape to see what opportunities and insights I can gather. It’s very freeing – a pause to consider what to explore next.





It’s odd how decisions are made. I have felt a change coming on for several months.   I have known it was a shift in my path.  And here it is, showing up in nudges and insight over the past week. I listened and I heard. And now I act.





SING A DEEPER SONG





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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A Question is a Place of Embarkation.


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A Question is a Place of Embarkation.





Insights From a Deeper Song






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





When a question arises it is an invitation to go exploring. It is a beginning place, a place of embarkation. A question is not abut being stuck, it is about looking for new opportunities.  And from that exploration evolves a new direction. 





As we sit here watching our lives shift dramatically, it is not about the question “Why is this happening”, the question we are to ask is “What are my new choices?” The question is a place of embarkation. It directs my exploration.  It becomes my compass. 





What does a life look like with all solar driven cars? How does our life expand when we can get on Zoom with people all over the world for free. New friends, new cultures, new experiences, new awareness.  





Artificial Intelligence will eliminate some current jobs and create some challenging new ones.  





How can I do this differently?  What are m choices? Do I want to do this or that? Ask a question, explore a bit, and learn to listen to your inner guidance.   





I had done 50 podcasts when I stopped four years ago.  I don’t remember why I stopped but a few months ago that platform called to me again.  I listened to my inner voice and went exploring to regain the skill set I had put aside. I have now immersed myself in podcasts rather than posts. Sometimes change comes when you are ready and sometimes it comes when you least expect it  But we must stay open to the nudges and opportunities the Unseen World gives us.   Listen to your inner voice.  And explore the doors that keep opening. 





Nudes and circumstances are strong guides.  Recently I started listening to classical music again – an “accidental” nudge prompted me to turn on that kind of music and I remembered how much I love it.  The shifting wold has led me to start exploring astrology more deeply to try to interpret the overarching shifts – so I can understand and anticipate and help others do the same. 





When you hit a place where you seem surrounded by questions, understand that is a door opening, a door to look through and maybe go in to explore a bit.  Check it out.  See how it feels.  See if it is something you want to explore further.  See how it would fit into your life.  Then take action – or not. 





I have some empty paces in my life right now and I’m looking around at what I want to bring in and how far in I want it to be.  I examine my life to see what is missing and what areas are over-full. I begin to identify my need. Then I go exploring.  When I find something that calls to me I try it on for size, I look at its potential.  I may choose it. I may resist it or I may explore it further. Keep exploring and be willing to change. 





How do you want to fill your life?  What new things do you want to explore?  And what things are you ready to leave behind? 





Those are a lot of questions.  Let them help you define what you bring into your life next.  





Ask a question and let it become your starting place for exploration.





DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION
I see my questions as guides for my next exploration.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS





  • Take a few days and look carefully at what is nurturing you and what is boring you and what is no longer serving you. 
  • Spend some quiet time to go within to let your inner voice give you some suggestions. 
  • What do you want?  What do you need?  What is showing up?  
  • Let those questions lead you to new explorations.  Then make choices that enhance your life. 





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MY DEEPER SONG THIS WEEK
The Power of Your Still Point





The still point is the entry to the Great nothingness, the Unseen World.  The still point is where you experience yourself as a field of energy. it is when your body disappears and ultimately your mind disappears and you become a point of light, you are a pinpoint of energy in the Great All That Is. 





It is from that place of stillness, that place of nothingness, that you begin to explore the World Within. The point of Stillness is a doorway, the open to a portal. An entry to the Unseen World. 





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
The Power of Your Still Point
(20 minutes)
(Listen Here)





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





To Sing a Deeper Song Consider:





Create Intentional Sacred Space
The Power Of Our Luminous Light
Build a Strong Bridge to Your Invisible Self
How to Direct Energy Outside of Time and Space
How to Align Your Vibration within our Collective Vibrational Core





For a complete list of podcasts go to
https://www.deepersong.com/deeper-song-podcasts/
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Inner Work
OPEN YOUR GIFTS





One thing about being old, I sure can see how my gifts played out.  How I was organically drawn to them all along my path, how I kept developing them until I have several well-developed gifts that I use to explore the Unseen World and share what I uncover there. 





I paused to see if there was a gift I was overlooking.  I was in my 40 ’s when I realized that being able to see the overview is a gift.  That doesn’t make me one for details, but I sure can organize. 





I’m making a gradual turn in my path, I have no idea to where. I just sense a subtle redirection.  So I paused to look for a neglected gift, something I used to do or love to or that I have left by the wayside.  





Music is coming up for me. I have sung in quartets and choirs and choruses along the line. I am writing songs with my flues and I have begun to welcome back the classical and the New Age music I love. 





What do you want to explore that you have been putting off? What do you want to learn more about?





A book I read 40 years ago is calling to me.  It is probably time to read Stephen Mitchel’s translation of the Tao Te Chin for the fifth time.  I want to go deeper and add those lessons more creatively to my life. 





It’s interesting what we leave behind.  My love of learning has taken me on many adventures. I don’t always apply what I learn for a particularly long period of time, but I do love to learn. 





As I sit here in this unfolding world, I am repositioning myself more deeply in the Unseen World. But I want to be a good translator for our body lives. For me, for you.  And I sure do love the exploring part. 





What gifts have you been neglecting?  Is it time to get them out and polish them up?





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Outer Work
THE FLOW OF  YOUR HOME





In the Asian art of Feng Shui the words “feng” and “shui” mean “wind” and “water.” Look at the arrangements in your home and imagine how these two elements would move through your space.   Wind and water are flowing energy.  Does your home reflect that?





My home is like a meandering stream with many boulders that turn the meandering flow of energy into a soft gentle flow with plenty of places to stop and explore.  But I have to watch that what is there does not turn into barriers that obstruct the flow of my life.





How do you want to feel in your home?  I love all my rocks and crystals but there sure are a lot of them. I could spend time to reposition those.  As I add new projects things build up. Some spaces are too full of items for them to be appreciated.  I sure could organize some odd blockages that have organically appeared.  





Make it easier to use a space.  I reran my kitchen countertops and the tasks I do there have become easier. Rearrange your closets and drawers – get real about what you need and what you could pass forward.  Pay attention to the energy flow of your space.





I had a powerful experience when I simplified my altar above my desk.  I would like to go through and rethink and repurpose some other areas in my home.  My mediation chair looks out the window and has its back to the room but I face nature when I sit in it.  What do need in the space and what do you NOT need in it? Arrange it with its purpose in mind.   Once you rearrange an area stop and feel the difference in the flow of energy. Move something slightly to see if it makes a difference. Ad something. Take something out. Play with the energy you are creating.  You are to tune in energetically to the space you are creating and experiment until you find the flow that most nurtures you.  Add one thing at a time and feel the shift in energy before you add another.  





Water and wind.  How do they flow through your space?  





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SING OUTLOUD!





Jt surprised me.  I was unexpectedly sitting here singing to my self.  Out loud.  It was pretty sounding.  It was unexpected and it felt great. 





When was the last time you sang out loud? Music is incredibly upliftings. Hum a lot. Make up words if it calls to you. I’m making up songs on my flutes but humming out loud is different, it engages my whole body with a happy vibration.  





Sing a happy song to yourself and see how you feel!





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OUR EVOLVING FUTURE





December 21 is the Winter solstice and a huge astrological shift takes place. It is said to the true beginning of the Age of Aquarius.  Aquarius loves to connect people and ideas.





But here’s the metaphor that intrigues me.  Instead of building this new whatever it is from the top down, it will evolve like a spider web.  





“A  spider’s web develops organically and takes into account its environment. The spider starts with small spreads, it seeks opportunities and finds the most natural way to move forward. The result? An organic, flexible, yet durable structure.’ (Astro-butterfly)





This was pointed out by a shaman: “Spider has a powerful message. She Only using material from within to build her world !!!!!!”





These are powerful insights for me.  How I will live my life.  How I will help as we restructure our changing world.  I will use my resources within and build organically on what shows upon my life.





What a great way to live!





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CARA’S CORNER
CEREMONIES AND RITUAL FOR A NEW CYCLE  





I wanted to honor my birthday this week, this new cycle that is beginning.  I wanted to offer gratitude and I wanted to set some intentions. And I simply wanted to celebrate my life!





I’m making up songs about my gifts and interpreting and playing them on m flute.  There are words which I can’t sing when I’m playing but the words are being sung in my mind. 





I want to add more mindful pauses of deep breaths to pull me back into my inner awareness throughout my day.  I began to practice that.





I blessed the year to come, whoever it unfolds.  I set some over-arching intonations like strengthen my body and being open to the path that is unfolding. 





I looked at what I would let go of.  Reluctance – to exercise, to do consistent housework.  I even found new ways to give myself acknowledgment and encouragement. 





Listen to more music.  Learn some chants.  Walk the hall each day.  Sit outside and play my flute on nice days. Find more ways to learn through listening.  I have some exploring to do. 





A new cycle.  I bring some things forward and leave some things behind. That’s how cycles work.  





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A DEEPER SONG
A poem is a spider web
Spun with words of wonder,
Woven lace held in place
By whispers made of thunder.
– Charles Ghigna





Keep singing a deeper song.





Namaste,





Cara





Come Sing a Deeper Song 





I help those seeking to sing a deeper song to expand their relationship with the Unseen world.





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Inclusiveness


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Inclusiveness





Insights From A Deeper Song





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





I am still stunned by the down-the-middle differences in the US.  I had no idea.  We have great healing to do.  





That means we must all – both sides – lay down our differences and stand shoulder to shoulder in order to move forward.  We must each compromise.  We must each explore the new viewpoints.  We must each question our own core beliefs. 





And find a middle ground – an inclusive path forward.





That means me, although I am very fond of my beliefs.  I don’t even have to wonder why others think the way they do, I just need to find our common ground, the path forward. The middle road.  The way we can walk along together.  It means compromise. Compromise means each side making concessions. 





I have a feeling a lot of people don’t feel that way.  





But I have only my life to live. My choices to make.  My beliefs to hold.  So I  blot out the consideration of division and move us all into unconditional love,  filled with the light of oneness, opening our hearts to incisiveness, and listening to each other as we thoughtfully and mindfully find a way forward – together.  A path that includes us all.  





It all begins with being with knowing and accepting that we are one energy and our individual actions affect the whole.  





DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION





I make choices for the highest good of all. 





DEEPER SONG PROCESS





  • Get over the idea that your ideas are right. They are right for you but probably not for the other person. 
  • Listen to identify the core needs of others. 
  • In a self-aware manner, look for the common ground and begin to build a partnership there. 
  • Always choose for the highest good of all.





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MY DEEPER SONG THIS WEEK
Heart Lessons from a Soul Star
An Exploration of the Unseen World





The concept of having your own personal Soul Star is amazing and reassuring. One star, for your soul, watching over you, guiding you, here to answer your questions. 





I asked.  I received answers that apply to any or all of us who walk this path of light and desire to serve our planet as she moves through these dramatic changes.  I share my experience in order to encourage you to go meet your own Soul Star.





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
Heart Lessons from a Soul Star
(Listen Here)





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





To Sing a Deeper Song Consider:
The Unseen World Needs Us
Build a Strong Bridge to Your Invisible Self
Metaphorical Messengers and the Unseen World
The Space of Inner Knowing
How to Cultivate Deep Listening





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Inner Work
RECONSIDER YOUR BELIEFS





I was a tad smug in feeling that my way was right.  It turns out half of my country does not think so.  I am really trying to have some clue as to why those who see the world so differently than I do, believe the way they do. 





We can get a little smug in our thinking.  We take comfortable, familiar positions, and move forward.  But we need to question our own beliefs and we need to make room for the beliefs of others, the needs of others.  Both sides need to move toward a center path for moving forward.  





Examine your beliefs.  Are they valid?  Do they reflect the current world? If you are older, talk to a young person so see what kind of world they want and need.  Then help them build it. 





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Outer Work
UNSUBSCRIBE





With so much moving online we seem to be bombarded with summits and classes and offerings from all angles.





We have grown and changed this year.  Our interests have expanded.  We have learned a lot.  As we exam the end of this year and the flow of the year to come, this is a perfect time to unsubscribe from a few things. 





If you are like me, you are begging to feel full up. So we have to establish some guidelines and set some boundaries and unsubscribe to things we have outgrown. 





I have listened to enough summits to know what my primary interests are and what were just moments of curiosity.   I need to let go of the sources I will truly not pursue this coming year. 





If you are not reading that post or listing to a particular podcast look to see why.  Is it something you want to explore? Or does it no longer address the path you have chosen? Is it something you had a passing interest in?  Unsubscribe.  If you are not sure, copy the URL on one document and unsubscribe for now.  





This is an amazing freeing step to take to open space for the new year. 





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KNOW HOW YOU WORK





I may have just solved a problem that has been bothering me for a long time.  Here’s the question, would you rather take on a task you are not wild about and do it in one focused effort and get it over?  Or do you want to have it nag at you in small bits until you get it done?





Some time ago I learned that when I am faced with something I would rather put off I say to myself, “Think how good it will feel when you do (whatever it is you’ve been putting off). I keep saying it until the task is done.  (Like all the way to the trash)





But I made the mistake of parceling out house cleaning elements in the belief that it won only take 15 minutes to do…. whatever task I had decided upon.  Just as I have selected one day each week to march back and forth to the laundry room, I decided to choose a day to do whatever cleaning I need to do.  Think how good it will feel when you…





It worked.  I seem to have chosen Thursday mornings and then it’s done for the week. 





How do you work?  Do you want to do a little bit every day or simply get it over in one focused effort? 





Understand how you like to work and do that.





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SMALL BUT PROFOUND CHANGES





It theoretically could be seen as an accident but a whole door has reopened. Aren’t surprises wonderful!





I was eating and decided to turn on some Classical Music on my TV. I had forgotten how much I love Classical music and how little of it I have listened to in the past few years.  A theme from the opera Carmen came on and I remembered as a high school student I was in the chorus of the college production of Carmen because I was taking voice lessons there. I sang along and had a great time remembering and reliving. 





I have a whole new classical music habit to get into.  





Was it an accident?  No, I think my helping spirits have been planning for this to happen so it is a lovely surprise. 





Music is energizing.  It is a mood changer. It is inspirational. 





Do you need music in your life?  Add it and see how your mood is lifted. 





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BRING YOURSELF TO CENTER





It only takes a moment – one deep inhale, one slow exhale, close your eye and let it all go.  That’s how you center yourself any time, anyplace.





Sprinkle centering pauses throughout our day and see what change.





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GOALS VESUS UNFOLDING





It’s a funny thing about unfolding, you can’t rush it.  That’s the point – to give circumstances and realization time to evolve.  





How do you do that?  





Reflection comes to mind.  Pausing to observe. Pausing to contemplate. Pausing to consider.  





Have an over-arching goal but keep it broad.  My goal is to touch people more deeply. That’s it.  I now get to simply let it unfold.  As ideas and nudges and circumstances appear, I get to try them on for size – I get to explore the ideas that resonate with me and let the others go.  





How do you move forward?  Are you fluid and open and flexible?  Go exploring and let life unfold.





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OUR EVOLVING FUTURE





As I look forward to thoughtful, intelligent, inclusive leadership in my country my relief is huge.  Our leadership lessons were painful and divisive and I’m not certain everyone recognized the danger. Many of us got to look deeply at the core beliefs of how we want to live on this planet and vote our conscience.





So much is changing in our world that we need to learn to be flexible. Fluid and flexible. The old way is gone.  We get to create new versions. We get to adjust. And any of us are.   





Look closely at what core beliefs are driving you. We need to work in new ways.  We get to learn in new ways. New opportunities show up and we get to go expiring.  





Let go of how it has been. That way is gone.  How do you want to contribute in this new world we are building?   





Keep refining your awareness and ideas until you have established a new vision for yourself.  Then build on that.  





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MY REFLECTING POOL
Next and Now





There is no next.





There is no next. There is only now. 





There is no next there is only now. I use now wisely.





– Cara Lumen





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CARA’S CORNER
88 and the Infinity Symbol





I turn 88 this week.  What a wonderful age!  I particularly love it that those eights are two infinity symbols.





The first thing I see in the symbol of infinity are the cycles of life.  How we build on our past and bring that wisdom to the future.  How we leave behind what we don’t need from the past cycles as we move into the new one. How some choices may be continuing as their impact circles both backward and forward but with different emphasis and discovery.  We live in a constant cycle of change. If I see myself as the point where the two circles converge, I pause to examine both my past and my future.  How I got here and where I would like to go. I am drawing wisdom from my past and using my presence in the moment to make choices that will draw to me the future I desire.  I am at that crossroads of the past and future, standing on what I have learned and experienced and choosing how to affect what is to come, what lies before me, by the choices I make right now, in this moment of ever-presence.





88 has two infinitive symbols  It feels like it may be an important year. 





Each moment is crossroads. An opportunity to examine the choices that got us here and the opportunity to choose a next step. We build on our experience of the past and make conscious choices that affect our future.  We mindfully leave behind the past and step into our “next”.  





I get philosophical about me being 88.  I see the results of all my past choices.  Some could have used more consideration but I particularly like the philosophical choices I have made. And I love how my gifts continue to develop and express themselves. 





I look at what I have gathered around me in this present moment, this crossroads in the conjoined cycles.  It is the wisdom I have, the skills I have developed, and the insights I have accumulated and it is the deep friendships I have formed. All is well in my world. 





As I move into the opening cycle of the year before me I feel its fullness, the easy way I now communicate with the Unseen World, the loud nudges of my Inner Voice, and the ideas I am called to explore and share with others.  I am having the best time of my life spiritually. I am doing exactly what I want to do and writing about exactly what I want to learn.  And I’m getting really good at staying centered in the present.





One of my guides in a recent shamanic journey said they were guiding me by putting in front of me the things I need to know for my “next”.  So I just trust the insights and nudges and my sudden use of intuition that pull me forward into deeper exploration.  





The more I listen the more I hear.  





I will sit mindfully and serenely at this crossroads of double infinite symbols with great joy and peace in my heart knowing I have traveled the road well and trusting the path that is unfolding before me to be exactly what I need to know and do next. 





All is well in my world  Happy 88th birthday to me!!!





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A DEEPER SONG





Wherever you stand be the soul of that place”  – Gibran





“What you seek is seeking you”  -Gibran





Keep singing a deeper song.





Namaste,





Cara





Come Sing a Deeper Song 





I help those seeking to sing a deeper song to expand their relationship with the Unseen world.





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The Choices We Make


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Insights From A Deeper Song





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





I have journeyed a lot lately to understand what I am to do in my “next”.  And each time I am given many choices.  I am standing on a point in time with man options open to me.  





Eileen Cady, Founder of Findhorn in her book Opening Doors Within said, “Expect the best.  Do not settle for second best.”  So I stand on my point in time and choose the best. 





What two or three things are most important to you at this point in time? If an idea like “money” comes up take a step further to see what you want money to secure for you – safety, health, adventure?  If it is “health” begin to picture yourself in your natural state of wellness. Focus on what you want to attract, not how it is to be attracted. 





Then do the work.  I want my body to be stronger and straighter and I have specific choices to make and work to do to help it make that change.





I want to see clearly within and within. I’m doing better with seeing within. Not sure what to do about the physical  change in “without.”





Take the steps you can and then get very creative about how you seek out the more elusive aspects of your choices.  





We are each standing on one point in time. Our next step creates a new path.  It takes us in the particular direction of our choice. There is no going back but there are new trails to follow.  





Take a step and see what new vistas open up for you.  Do you need to take another step in that direction or do you explore that side trail over there? Look at the view from where you stand now and see what is available to you.  Then chose what step to take. 





Where are you choosing to go next?  What path do you follow?





DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION





I pause to consider the possibilities of each choice before I take my next step.





DEEPER SONG PROCESS 





  • What are three basic elements you want in your life right now?
  • Choose one and from a place of centered focus, look over the possibilities that seem to be available.  
  • Listen to your heart, your inner wisdom and take a step. 
  • Check out the new options that have opened up with that one steep.   
  • Repeat as you will. 





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MY DEEPER SONG THIS WEEK





We Are One With the Whole





An Exploration of the Unseen World





We are all one interactive vibrational energy, but we forget that when  we become too immersed in our bodies.  It takes some focused actions to cultivate our continuing awareness of ourselves as One energy – with everything. 





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





We Are One With the Whole





(20 MINUTES)





(LISTEN HERE) 





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





To Sing a Deeper Song Consider:





 Can You Experience Your Boundlessness





How to Partner with the Energy of the Universe  





Metaphorical Messengers and the Unseen World





How to Align Your Vibration within our Collective Vibrational Core





The Space of Inner Knowing





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Inner Work





THE SUNCATCHER





I pulled out my paper calendar to look at the month that is unfolding and suddenly there were rainbows all over it. It was a sign, a sign of the month to come and its many blessings.  I have several sun-catchers in m window and rainbows often dance across my room. But these rainbows were on the month that is unfolding. Blessing it. Holding open portals for me to go through. 





What rainbows dance across your month?  What do you do with them?





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Outer Work





INCLUSIVENESS





I had no idea the US was as split in half as it is. It feels like it is me against we.  Not a good feeling. 





I journeyed in my dismay and was shown that my job right not is to monitor my thoughts because our thoughts create our reality.  Our most powerful change-maker is our thoughts.   





I begin to visualize our world as healing, coming together for the highest good of all. Learning to be more compassionate, more inclusive  All of is.  Each of us. 





I’m going to add more pauses in my day to simply breathe and be present and focus on our Oneness.  





Change your thinking, change your life. 





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OUR FOUNDATION





My body is making some changes as my hips organically realign and I realized how important our foundation is.  As  the foundation that is my hips changes, I can stand more upright.  My body is remembering how I once stood. 





What is the foundation you stand on now? Physically are you keeping your body strong?  Spiritually are you exploring new paths? How are you changing, rearranging, strengthening your foundation to carry you forward?





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HOW DO YOU ACCEPT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS?





Forty years ago in New York City in an est communication workshop, I was partnered with a young man I had never met before. We sat in chairs facing each other (as did the whole room) and took turns giving each other compliments. I felt myself energetically stopping each compliment before they even got to me. And that, of course, was the point of that exercise.  How we stop comments.  Is it because we don’t believe we desire them?  Is it because we are shy?  I began to watch how my friends did or did not accept a compliment.  Most of us flunked.  





Somewhere in m life in NYC , I began an acknowledgment journal. I wrote down what someone said, their name and  the date.  What I learned was what others saw in me that I did not. 





I now keep acknowledgements I receive on my computer and periodically it feels important for me to go read them – to reassure myself I’m on the right track and to see what I am doing that is working for others.  





Begin an acknowledgement page. This is not an ego thing it is an “I didn’t know that about thyself” thing. 





Discover what you do not see in yourself. Then act on it. 





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DEEPER SONGS I HEARD THIS WEEK





Black new anchor, Van Jones responds to US Election  Important.





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OUR EVOLVING FUTURE





When it feels like your fate lies in the hands of others you have to believe three are enough aware people to keep the world on a positive track. I write this the day before the US election where the fate of our entire democracy hinges on how this election goes.  





And I am one vote.  And it has been cast. 





Are there enough people who want to be unified again?  Are there enough people who are compassionate enough to want to equal the playing field and help everyone reach a level of sustainability?  Are there enough good people to correct our course?





So many new doors are opening to help us save the environment.  We just have to take them.  We have more power over this worldwide crisis that we fully grasp.  Countries like Australia and New Zealand have the virus under control.  There are examples of the steps to be taken.  We just have to take them.  As a whole country.  As a whole world.





In this evolving world, we are to learn from each other.  We are to listen and look and learn and follow those who are accomplishing what we want for our country.  And  that involves group consciousness. 





Our role is to raise our own vibration.  We do that with mindful intention and conscious choices.  That builds a higher vibration of positivity and attracts others who are ready to heed the call to oneness, to a world-wide community that turns its attention toward healing – healing the planet, healing its inhabitants. 





We must turn our gaze. We must focus on wholeness, on unanimity, or creating a world of equality.  That is what we are changing in the here and now.  We must heed the call. We must do the work. Here and now. 





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DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE





Breath is an extremely powerful centering tool for your spiritual practice.  Pause.  Take a deep breath and let go. Feel yourself settling into a more cheered, tranquil place.  





All because you paused to take a breath.  Sprinkle mindful breaths throughout your day. 





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THE REFLECTING POOL  





Sounds of my flute drift out of my open window.  





Sounds of my flute drift out of my open window to move thought nature to the world.   





Sounds of my flute drift out of my open window.  To move thought nature to the world  takes only a single breath.





– Cara Lumen





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CARA’S CORNER





RETHINK OUR HERE AND NOW





The US is more divided than I knew. My eyesight needs me to make specific changes in what I offer and how I do it. My body is doing good things but odd things. I have some adjustments to make in the here and now.  





Stop where you are and look around. How has it changed for you? What is working? What is not working?  Make some plans and take some steps to experiment.  





Begin with making room for the new.  That means clearing some things out, letting go.  Do that physically and mentally and emotionally. Let go of beliefs that turn out to be incorrect or uninformed.  Let go of those that are so ingrained that you barely notice them.  Look at every aspect of or life and make new choices. 





Invite change into your life. 





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A DEEPER SONG





Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.  – Wayne Dyer





Keep singing a deeper song.





Namaste,





Cara





Come Sing a Deeper Song 





I help those seeking to sing a deeper song to expand their relationship with the Unseen world.





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