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What is Unfolding?

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What is Unfolding?

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Namaste
(nah-mah-stay)
The Light in me honors the Light in you!

Astrology says we are moving into the Age of Aquarius for the next 200 years and two major planets, Jupiter and Saturn, are moving into conjunction for the next 200 years.  They are also moving from the element of Earth to the element of Air. Seems like a rather large shift to me. 

The Age of Aquarius is about people and communities and it has begun. 

The Element of Air is about action, ideas, and motion. Think of shape-shifting clouds, continually on the move, always changing shape.  That’s what our life in the Age of Aquarius will be like.  

What does that mean for us?  What kind of adjustment do we have to make?  It’s not like moving to a new outcry and having to get used to a new culture. We are evolving a new culture, a new way of intreating, and being. and it has just begun to unfold.  Think where we will be in 200 years!!!!

So here we are with two huge, huge changes to make, the move from the element of Earth to the Element of Air and the beginning of a new 200 year Astrological Age.  That’s pretty big stuff.

New groups, communities, connections, and alliances will form. These new networks will have one thing in common – they will be decentralized, self-regulated, and will allow for individual freedom of expression.

We have a lot of old ideas to set aside, a lot of changing to do both within and without. We have a lot of exploring to do in order to figure out how we are to do that.

Our physical world experience has already changed dramatically as the whole planetary population stays home and struggles to simply stay alive.

I experience great relief as I watch President-Elect Joe Biden assemble incredibly smart, wise, experienced people to serve in our government and know that positive change will happen effectively and steadily.

For instance, if we are all going to learn on the internet, then we have to get interconnect with all communities.  A few years ago Google Fiber came to the Greater Kansas City area and put in an internet connection for free in a lot of places.  It happened to include my senior center.  We get the service free for ten years and they have a customer for life. 

When you get ready to replace your tablet or laptop, find a child to give it to who needs it for their school work. Maybe you go in person to work with them to get them started.  What a lovely new friend to make.

The solar industry is not only going to provide jobs but will make all people- power secure.  You can put a solar power panel in your driveway that will power your entire house. They even have solar panels for apartments. Imagine, if everyone, all over the world could have power for cooking and warmth.  That’s a huge change. 

As large numbers of people work from home the sky is clearing as the pollution ends.  The birds are singing in response.  

We have learned that growing things vertically is more productive than horizontally.  That makes it possible for more people to grow some of their own food in very small spaces.  Someone has made building bricks out of growing mushrooms that are stronger than any other rebuilding material.  

Jobs will be different.  More jobs on the infrastructure in the US, putting in solar charging stations for the electric cars that companies are already beginning to build. There are lots of jobs there. We can build roads out of plastic and built a 3-D house in two weeks. Artificial Intelligence will take us on a whole new adventure and will replace much mundane and repetitious work. Service industries are getting creative and job needs are changing. Some jobs are disappearing forever but they are being replaced by new places of service that are just evolving. 

We have to create an educational system that helps train all people to earn their living. That calls for a creative, innovative, responsive curriculum.

But people themselves have to change – a lot. If we are to successfully inhabit this planet and care for her and nurture her, we must all do that together.  Each person must raise their awareness to one of conscious caring for our planet and each other.  And that’s challenging if you are just focused on trying to survive. 

What is our next step – those of us who are reading this?  We have to keep a lookout for the clues we will be given and we have to act for the highest good of all.

At 88 I’m a tad old for community service in person, but every day I raise my vibration and send it out to those who can see it and feel it and recognize it in themselves. Then they turn and pass if forward. As I explore and consider the new possibilities, I write about them to you and perhaps that sparks an idea for your expanded place of service.  

I’m not trying to predict here, but I can make us aware of the tools we have to work with.  A major shift in planetary energy that strengthens our community and our interaction and invitees us to reconsider – everything!

200 years and we are just beginning…!

Welcome to the beginning of the Age of Aquarius!

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION
I deepen my awareness of the chaining opportunities that lead us to more harmonious coexistence.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS

  • Start looking around at all the changes that are showing up and give thought to which ones you want to actively use or adapt.
  • Question all your beliefs to see if they are still relevant in this changing world. That includes beliefs about what is possible for you to accomplish.
  • Explore the changes offered to you and get to work!

MAJOR LESSONS AND INSIGHTS FROM THIS PAST MOTH

HONOR THE CYCLES

The Winter Solstice marks the beginning of a new cycle. At the point where we move from an old cycle into a new one, that moment contains parts of both – the cycle being left behind and the cycle you are beginning.  Release what you have outgrown to make room for what you are ready to experience next and be aware of where you are in the cycles of your life.    

USE CEREMONY TO EXPLORE YOUR INNER WORLD 

Our life is sacred and every choice we make is worthy of sacred awareness. Whether it is preparing and consuming food, or cleaning our body and our home it is a sacred choice.  Our work is sacred.  When we pause to honor that awareness, that experience of sacredness, our life will take on a deeper meaning.  

Each morning after the ritual of thing and dressing, I play my native flutes to the elements, to nature, to my day, to the well being of my body.  I sing the words in my heart as I play. 

When I sit at my computer to begin work I say: 

“I offer the intention of my heart and the vibration of my voice to heal, balance, deepen awareness, and illuminate those who hear.  The tone of my voice brings serenity and tranquility to those who listen. My chosen words offer insights, clarity, wisdom, and inspiration. I send my offerings forth through the power of my Indego Voice. 
We are one.  We are one. Namaste.”

When new items are brought into my home I offer a clearing.  The groceries that are delivered are cleared and blessed as I put them away.  Any items  I order delivered to my home is cleared and blessed before becoming part of my sacred space. 

Use an affirmation, a blessing, or a ceremony to center, create, release, choose, accept, and share each moment of sacredness with which you fill your day.

Create sacred moments of awareness and gratitude as you move through your sacred life.

DEEPER SONGS I EXPLORED THIS MONTH
The Ongoing Emergence of our Future

We are creating our future with every choice we make, every belief we hold, every step we take.  We can do it either consciously or unconsciously.

What is it going to be like once we move more fully into this New Consciousness, this new way of being?

Cara Lumen, spiritual philosopher, explorer, map-maker, and founder of the Deeper Song Community helps us sing a deeper song.  

In this episode we explore
THE ONGOING EMERGENCE OF OUR FUTURE
(15 minutes)
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To Sing a Deeper Song Consider:
Build a Strong Bridge to Your Invisible Self
How to Cultivate Deep Listening
What arre Your Beliefs about Your Future?
The Path We Choose
The Unseen World Needs Us

LIFE LESSONG FOMR A SPIDIER
An Exploration of the Unseen World

Have you ever had the privilege of watching a spider weave her web?  She begins in one small spot and adapts her web to what she finds around her.  That’s just one of the lessons we can learn from the spider. 

We are living in a world that is changing so rapidly that we have to broaden our view in order to figure out how we are going to make our next move. What we are going to do. How we are going to do it. Life is not going to be the same. Opportunities are not going to be the same. We have to change. The spider has some guidance for us. 

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 SPIDER
(12 minutes)
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Listen to 
Reflections of a Deeper Song Podcast on 
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and the Deeper Song Website

To Sing a Deeper Song Consider:
How to Open Space for Change
How to Partner with the Energy of the Universe
Build a Strong Bridge to Your Invisible Self
Stand Steady in Your Own Truth
How to Partner with the Energy of the Universe

MY CONVERSATION WITH THE PLANET  SATURN – GATEKEEPER TO THE UNCONSCIOUS WORLD

Bear in mind that I am a beginning astrologer and I am also an over-view person. I am not a detail person.  So I have been looking for the over-arching concept that I can carry forward with me into this new unfolding period in our lives. 

I’m picking on one planet to start – Saturn.  Partially because I seem to have just had a Saturn return in my chart which only happens every 29 years and also because Saturn has now joined forces with Jupiter and they are both are in Aquarius.  And already that is too many aspects for me to grasp.  It is a great time of change as the planets move from the element of earth to the element of air and that will offer a new perspective and a new way of being. 

But let’s stick with Saturn for now even though all those elements have influence over our unfolding.  

Saturn is the planet with the rings around it. Before they knew about the outer planets, the ancients thought it served as the gate between heaven and earth. It is therefore seen as a guide to the Unseen World. It is a gatekeeper and a powerful teacher. 

Saturn is the planet of boundaries that encourages you to develop the self-discipline that helps you achieve a level of self-mastery which in turn allows you to claim your own authority. It can be a Master Teacher for stepping into your own power.  

Jupiter and Saturn are the largest and most important planets in our solar system.

As I try to make sense of the many elements of astrology I’m just working with one planet at a time to try to “own”  it. I begin working with Saturn by using alliteration with the “S” of Saturn. Solitude, Self-Mastery, Self-Discipline,  Self Sufficiency, Spirituality (which is about our inner world).

I look at the rings around the planet and see them as looking both within and without. A good practice for life.  I am looking inward for guidance and expanding outward to share what I have discovered.  Like the rings of Saturn.

I journeyed to the planet Saturn to have a chat. I asked:  “I have a Saturn return on December 20  How are we to work together?” 

A Wise Messenger showed up, a friendly-looking man emitting iridescent bubbles.  He said, “You have begun and you are picking up the messages.  Now open your heart and let us fill you with insights you are to share.
Listen. You are to learn to listen.”

That’s a good place for all of us to begin this journey to “next.”

At another point in the journey, the Circle of Light Beings showed up. The Saturn Teacher says, “Play your individual harps but learn to harmonize. Raise your vibration. Deepen your connection and play from your soul. You are developing ways to raise your vibration, ways to open the portals and raise your vibration, and make a very deep connection to the earth, Gaia. It is the etheric string, the vibrational string that I am to tune all the other strings to. It will show me a raised way of being. That is what Saturn brings – that sounding note, that foundation note that you tune all else to.  Your job is to bring the elements of your life into tune with that higher vibration.

So, a foundation note is being sounded in the cosmos. We must listen and play in harmony with it. 

Just start listening.  

Sit each day in a quiet place and with a deep breath let go of your human awareness. Continue berthing and move more deeply into your inner world, the Unseen World.  Ask, what new awareness can you share with me today?  Then listen.  Just listen. 

OUR EVOLVING FUTURE

“The sacred act of setting the container for the intention.”  That’s a phrase I came across recently.  I am giving it a lot of thought as I begin to add more focused intention to my life.  But as I learned more about this huge planetary shift into the Age of Aquarius on December 21, it prompted me to contemplate what kind of container I could create for this new age.  For my own place and for our planetary evolvement.

I begin with myself  What kind of a container am I for moving forward?

I seemed to have moved from creating large volumes of work into studying so I am in an acquiring knowledge and wisdom mode.  That makes sense as this new era unfolds. 

M personal plan is to explore more of the world within me and within the unseen World.  That makes me very responsible for my choices and my interpretation of what I  find.   I do know that even though I often have an initial concept, I make plenty of room for that to change as I learn and understand more.

What kind of container will I become for this new unfolding era?

Flexible, absorbing, curious, willing to explore, and most of all I want to keep organizing what I learn – into cohesive patterns that we can all use to guide our expirations.

For now, I am in sponge mode – absorbing what shows up.  Exploring it, considering it, maybe even trying it out.  This is not a time for choosing for me, this is a time for exploring, to see what is showing up, what is evolving, what the new way of doing things are.  

Here we go adventuring…

MESSAGE FROM THE SACRED EARTH CARDS

I drew an oracle card from my new deck of Sacred Earth Cards.  I asked for a message for us to consider for the coming months  I drew “Preservation.” I had also drawn this card for me personally.  As I study the card I understand that we are to let go of – a lot – the year just completed, the era just completed.  And we must preserve what we value, the qualities we build our life upon.   We are to preserve and cultivate and expand our inner light while at the same time letting go of what no longer serves us – attitudes, beliefs, expectations. As we step into this newly forming Age of Aquarius it is a time for transformation – preserving what we cherish, leaving the rest behind.   

CARA’S CORNEr
MAKE ROOM FOR AWARE CHANGE

Between the powerful Winter Solstice marking the end of one season and the beginning of the next and the calendar end of the year and beginning of a new one, all things point to a fresh start, a new beginning. That means checking for unwanted and no longer useful beliefs and choice to leave behind. 

Examen and adjust the choices you made this month. 

Believe it or not, even I thought this newsletter was too long so I cut out a lot. That helped me recognize what fit my new direction and what was from the past.  I left the past behind 

At the core, the choice is a good one, cut back so I have more time to explore and learn.  Look at the choices you considered or made this month and do some tweaking – and even some letting go. l

Leave behind “I can’t”

The biggest thing I’m going to leave behind is “I Can’t.”  That sure is and was a phrase you pick up as you age. I can’t reach that, I can’t walk that far…. all are self-fulfilling affirmations that I must connote to reset.  I keep going back to “Think how good it will feel when I complete…” That seems to work for me – to experience the relief I will feel when the step is taken.  

What belief or habit do you want to to leave behind?

What experience do you want to add?

As you set about to examine how you are doing, new ideas may have shown up.  Explore them.  Consider them. Compare them.   

As I move along my new path the ease some things I will no longer write about. As I move through this transition, I have to be aware of what no longer serves this slightly new path I am on. 

With each cycle, we get to made choices. We select some things to bring with us or strengthen and expand something we are already doing. I’m really good at listening to my inner wisdom. I just want to keep getting better at asking for guidance and interpreting the answers I receive.  

Embrace change

As the planetary population continues to adjust in order to survive, I get to put aside pretty much the way it has been as I go exploring for how it is going to be from now on.  That is going to ask for some flexibility and curiosity from all of us. If we look upon this as a new adventure, it can be just that – an adventure of discovery and new ways of doing pretty much everything. 

One of my guides in a shamanic journey sad 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 sudden use of inspiration that pull me forward into deeper exploration.  

The more I listen the more I hear.  

Lighten up.  Lay down your beliefs about how it should or could be and let’s go create our new way of being!

A DEEPER SONG – 
“Wherever you stand be the soul of that place“ – Rumi

We create our future with every thothought 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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The Power of Your Still Point


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The Power of Your Still Point





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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





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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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An Exploration of the Unseen World





You have access to great wisdom when you cultivate deep listening.  It begins with your intuition, your hunches, your nudges, and moves into the deep listening of your inner voice and your imagination.  





It’s a journey of learning to trust.  It’s a skill of learning to interpret.  And it is the open portal 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.  





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How to Cultivate Deep Listening





An Exploration of the Unseen World





You have access to great wisdom when you cultivate deep listening.  It begins with your intuition, your hunches, your nudges, and moves into the deep listening of your inner voice and your imagination.  





It’s a journey of learning to trust.  It’s the skill of learning to interpret.  And it is the open portal to the Unseen World. 





95% of the world is Unseen, and even using hunches and visioning and inner voice listening, we’re going to miss a lot of the guidance being offered to us.





We just need to begin and once we cultivate the capacity for Deep Listening, the unseenWorld will find other ways to communicate with us, to offer us its gifts.  





But we begin with cultivation Deep Listening. 





I’m Cara Lumen, spiritual philosopher and founder of the Deeper Song Community. I am 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. I share what I learn and guide those who are ready to the next level so we can sing a deeper song.  





Thank you for being a part of this journey.





In this episode of Reflections of a Deeper Song, we discuss How to Cultivate Deep Listening





A number of years ago I became aware that sometimes when I wrung. some really great ideas seem to be coming in from someplace other them me. I pictured a trio of Shakespeare type men with feather pens over my right shoulder telling me what to write.  Ultimately I came to understand that it was only be listening to my inner voice and I was just writing some really good stuff. 





Give yourself credit for the guidance of your inner voice.  I’s you talking to you.  





It is important to cultivate the ability to listen deeply because the more we listen the more we hear. We just have to practice more 





There seem to be three levels to developing a Deep Listening practice. 





– First we have to learn to recognize the Hunches and Urges that seem almost accidental in nature. But they are not. 





– Then we begin to do more  Intentional Listening. Nut just trusting your intuition but actively calling on it for guidance.





– Ultiantely we begin to Cultivate a Deep Listening Practice and we come to rely on our inner guidance and wisdom  That’s the really fun part. 





The first step in developing a practice of Deep Listing is to learn to hear your inner voice. 





Think of a time when you had a hunch, followed it and it turned out to be right.  Were you surprised?  Were you pleased? Were you a bit amped?





Intuition is one way you Inner Voice speaks to you. 





Think of a hunch you had that turned out to be true.  That’s your Inner voice giving your nudge. Notice how many times your intuition or hunches are right and begin to trust them and follow them.





Years ago, I began getting flashes of ideas that I began to immediately write into fleshed-out articles. It would be a phrase on television, a phrase I read. I just suddenly knew I was to expand on that and share it with others.  So I did.  





Those flashes of inner knowing that I am to expand on a specific topic continue today and I pay attention. 





Flashes of Insight are a form of your inner voice speaking to you. 





As a writer, I listen to my inner voice and write down what it says. I am at the point that I literally feel myself get out of the way and let the words flow through my typing fingers. 





I consciously get my human mind out of the way and let her rip.  No human mind in there, only trust and deep listening to my inner voice. 





The unexpected flow of phrases and ideas grew until I knew I was generating them from a place of deep awareness –   far beyond the limitations of my human self.





Unexpected Inner Nudges are part of Deep Listening





How, then, do you cultivate Intentional Inner Listening? How do you purposefully talk to Your Inner Voice?





You begin to cultivate a habit of Intentional Inner Listening





You can begin with journaling.  When you write things down, your mind believes that information is safe and it moves on to access another layer, a deeper layer. So journaling is like peeling layers off to get to the core.





When I learned shamanic journeying,  a whole new world of intentional inner listening opened up. It is a form of meditation in which you set an intuition for your journey, go to your Sacred Garden within and wait to be given your answers in the form of metaphors – figures, natural objects. Whatever shows up is a metaphor that only you can interpret.  It’s rather imaginative with talking animals and shape-shifting rocks and helping spirits in many shapes.  





You begin with an intention and see what shows up.   





Once I learned that 94% of our experience is in the Unseen World I began to use shamanic journeying to intentionally go to the unseen world.  It is not a rapid process but I am persistent in my quest. I find myself sitting outside portals waiting for an invitation to enter, That may go on for several journeys before I am invited in.  





In order to receive guidance from the Unseen World, you wan tot develop a  practice of Deep Listening.





When I mediate, my body gradually disappears until I experience myself as pinpoint of consciousness in my third eye  I am no longer limited by the physical realm, I am in the unseen world and all things are possible  





Listen an you will receive answers.





Begin.  Perhaps you journal your thoughts because writing things down allows you access to a deeper layer.  Perhaps you draw with an intentional question to be answered and see what shows up.  Definitely meditate – use a mantra to quiet your mind.  Learn to do shamanic journeying if your like but as part of your spiritual practice is to give yourself space and time to explore the inner unseen world.  Listen deeply. There are messages just for you. 





I love my Inner voice.  I can be watching television and one phrase comes leaping across the room to me and I quickly write it down and later explore  it though writing for my newsletter or my podcast. 





I have Leonard to go even deeper in my shamanic meditative journeys. 





I continue to be amazed at the clarity and wisdom and insight that is offered through my inner voice.





There are more things I am going to do to cultivate a practice of Deep Listening. I play my native flutes every day and have begun to use them to talk to nature, the weeping birch outside my window, and her swaying branches. I use an intentional hum to move vibration throughout my body and listen. When I exercise, I notice what muscles need and compliment hem on the good work they are doing and how much stronger they are dieting. 





I journey every day and end up in amazing places in the unseen world. 





I am working to cultivate easier access to a Point of Deep Stillness





I listen to my inner voice as I begin to wake up.  I try to remember my dreams  





The Unseen world has many ways to speak to us.  We just have to learn to listen.  Speed time each day listening deeply.





  • I hope I brought you some new awareness, deeper ways to connect and insights and encouragement for your next steps. 
  • Pause to be with what we have explored.  See what portals have opened up for you.  Where you will go exploring next.  This is a Journey of Discovery and we walk this part of the path together. 
  • Ashe, The creative in me honors the creative in you. 
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  • Until next time, this is Cara Lumen inviting you to Come Sing a Deeper Song.