What Do You Believe is Possible?

Living Our Deeper Song

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

We get what we believe we deserve and what we believe is possible. What do you believe is possible? It can be either a limiting belief or a very powerful freeing belief. For instance, I do not believe that my body can run a marathon because I never could at any point in my life (although walking all over New York City for 14 years has to count for something) but also because my body is old in this moment. But I do believe that my body can self-heal and restore some of its strength – enough to get back to normal things like standing up straight and walking perhaps without a walker. It’s very important that I have that belief. Or it won’t happen. So even though I am going through bumpy times with my body, I have to believe it is possible for it to restore and rebalance to some extent. No marathon running, but perhaps a comfortable walk down the hall. Or outside. 

How are your beliefs and expectations limiting you – particularly when it comes to what you believe is possible? Raise your sights. Raise your expectations and support the resulting change.

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

I examine and raise the expectations I hold for what is possible in my life.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS

• Notice an area where you are limiting yourself by what you believe is possible or not possible. See what you can change about those beliefs.

===INNER WORK===

Honor Your Daily Victories

You need to become your own cheerleading squad. You have to notice your daily wins and acknowledge yourself – no matter how small the win. One step at a time will get you there.

I’m trying to stand up more. It’s pretty boring to simply focus on standing up. I do notice muscle changes and posture changes as I work my body more. I look out the window and I sing a song of encouragement to my body. I just keep making up verses and listening to what my body tells me it needs and wants.

I want to make sure I learn Wuji Hundun Qigong and incorporate it into my daily practice. So each time I practice, each time I study the videos again, I get to acknowledge myself for a job well done, a step well taken. Notice your wins, notice your steps, acknowledge yourself. And keep doing the work. Honor your daily victories. 

The Power of Music

I love classical music. Not every day, but when I do listen I am fascinated by the imagination that not only created the themes but created the interlocking movement of the other instruments with amazing harmonies. I started to write that I didn’t have any idea how one’s mind did that except I do. Because that’s how I write. I get an idea and I turn and start dictating and out comes whatever wants to come out. I’m just not writing it down and creating harmonies and counter melodies with other instruments. 

I like soundscapes and I like jazz but listening to the intertwined intricacies of classical music is an amazing experience. A theme may be echoed by different instruments in solo places that show the true range of the instrument. I can hum along with the themes in a lot of classical music. 

Not too long ago I came across the online recording for the Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor by Camilla Wicks which has touched my heart for 50 years.  That led me to the recording/video by Hillary Hann of that same piece which is amazing to watch.  I want to look for videos of Yo-Yo Mah and his cello. 

What kind of music do you like to listen to and how does it make you feel when you do? Perhaps go exploring and go deeper into the style of music that calls to you. Be still and just listen. 

===SELF-HEALING===

The Inner Space You Live In

Everything we manifest comes from within. In order to change our lives, we need to work on the inside, our beliefs, our expectations, our choices. What is the framework you are building your life around? What beliefs are driving you forward or stopping you? All change begins within, in the universe of self-love. Notice what you get to appreciate about yourself, the gifts, the talents, the quirks. Notice what you’ve accomplished so far by the choices you’ve made. What changes do you need to make to enhance your future? What areas need to be improved?

I can’t tell whether I’m working on loneliness or depression but I’m basically an optimistic person so I need to simply focus on the things that excite me and challenge me and nurture me. Know yourself. Know what you need. Know what you have to give. Know what you want to do. And let your inner voice support you in taking the highest path. Lean to live in a space of grace, peace, serenity, balance and ever-deepening connection to self.

Maintain a Supple Spine

This is a most amazing, easy to do, and effective Qigong move. It was sent to me by my healer friend Christina Gerber: “I was watching a hip relaxing Qigong video and the way to keep the spine limber it is suggested, is to do the same move as we do for our necks.
Trace an egg in front of your pelvis. So you move down and back and up in front to trace the egg at your lower spine.”

It is easy to do and I found it really strengthens your abdominal muscles. Give it a try.

Free Your Shoulders

Here is a powerful move from Daisy Lee’s Wuji Hunan Qigong class. Cross your arms and place your palms over the lung points on the front of your shoulders. You are going to gradually rotate your head. Tilt your head to the right with your ear towards your shoulder. Then move your head back by lifting your chin. Put your ear toward your left shoulder. Then put your chin to your chest. Repeat this four times one way and four times the other way. Go slowly and gently as you stretch your neck. You’ll be surprised how your shoulders also free up in the process. 

To release your crossed hands from your shoulders, gently extend your arms forward with palms up in an offering of gratitude to the universe.    

Willingness

We have to do the work. We have to experiment and notice the results we get. Build on that insight. I got immediate and fairly dramatic results from moving my spine in an “S” movement. Notice the results and then make choices based on what you find. Whatever it is you’re trying to add to your life, make a conscious choice to do it, practice it, experience it for several days if not a week. Notice what changed or didn’t so you can make new decisions about how to place it into your daily life. Explore, be willing to experiment, and add what works to your life. 

===OUTER WORK===

Go Where Your Soul Feels Nurtured

With the unfolding of the chaos of today’s world, those of us who are sensitive and aware need to hang out where our soul feels nurtured. Where is that for you? Is it in nature? Is it in music? Is it in writing something? Know what nurtures you and do more of that. It is your job to place yourself in places and situations and conversations that support your highest vision and your expanded awareness of all that is truly possible. Hang out where your soul feels nurtured.

Know How You Learn

As I set about to learn these 18 moves of Wuji Hunan Qigong I try various methods of learning that I have developed over the years. Do you know how you learn? Do you know the steps it takes for you to own an idea or concept? Is it easier for you to understand the overview than remember the details? That certainly is the case for me.

I am determined to own this system so not only am I learning physical moves but I am remembering a sequence. I’m taking notes. I’m watching the videos a lot. I’m practicing several times a day. What steps do you take in order to own an idea or concept, a new way of doing something?

I have a friend who remembers everything and even how to spell everything that she learns. I am the overview guy and not into details, so I have to create systems and practices that help me draw the detail into my big picture so I can use it and work with it.

Know how you learn and develop creative ways to help you learn. It may be speaking out loud, it may be drawing a picture, it may be moving your body. Experiment with learning methods until it’s easy to incorporate something that you want to learn into your life. 

One Step at a Time

A road is traveled one step at a time. A home is built one brick at a time. What steps do you need to take that will move you closer to your goal?

Do the work even if you can’t do it exactly how you want to. I cannot yet stand up to do Qigong very much. But each day that I try I make it a little longer and it gets a little easier. One step at a time will get you there.

I have a friend who is evolving from a professional job into her healing business as she prepares to retire. Her healing business is evolving and changing but she can put up a website even if she changes it so that she can ask people to join her list and keep track of how her offerings are evolving.

The step doesn’t have to be perfect. It just needs to be a movement in the general direction. What new steps have you added recently that are guiding you toward your new goals? Do more of those. 

Offer, Let Go, and Trust

Do the work even if you can’t do it exactly how you want to. I cannot yet stand up to do Qigong very much. But each day that I try I make it a little longer and it gets a little easier. One step at a time will get you there.

I have a friend who is evolving from a professional job into her healing business as she prepares to retire. Her healing business is evolving and changing but she can put up a website even if she changes it so that she can ask people to join her list and keep track of how her offerings are evolving.

The step doesn’t have to be perfect. It just needs to be a movement in the general direction. What new steps have you added recently that are guiding you toward your new goals? Do more of those. 

First of all, I live in a senior center in the conservative Midwest so the idea of wanting to share Qigong practices with the seniors here may be really out of line and far-fetched or even of no interest. But I wrote the Complex Manager and the Social Services Director telling them about the book Head-to-Toe Healing by Master Chuny Lin and suggested they put it in the library. I have a hunch the idea will not resonate even though I know the simple acupressure moves are a powerful way to have input on how your body evolves as you age. Sometimes you just put out an idea and let go.

You can get Head-to-Toe Healing by Master Chuny Lin on Amazon or at springforestqigong.com or chunyilin.com. If you get on his mailing list, you will get one of the moves by email every week. 

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

Trust The Universe

The package arrived. I actually thought I had ordered three small Mookaite points, but here was one Mookaite Tower that was absolutely gorgeous with all the colors that Mookaite carries. It was fabulous. What also arrived in the package was a small quartz crystal in a purple net bag. It was a gift from the vendor. When I sat down to meditate with the Mookaite tower, I found it is a communicator – a very powerful one. It will guide me in expressing the ideas that surround me. When I picked up and held in my left hand this small half-inch quartz crystal I was blown away by its power. I have many powerful crystals but this one may be the most deeply powerful I’ve acquired in quite awhile. We’re talking half inch here. I’m going to keep it in its purple net bag so I don’t lose it. This is worldly wisdom and a depth that makes me want to cry. It is guidance in this time of turmoil. It is wisdom and intuition and sacred meaning. It is a small quartz crystal given as a gift by the vendor. I will figure out a way to wear it around my neck all day. It’s a reminder to me of the power of the small stuff, the power of the shifted gaze, the power of the high intention that will make more positive change happen. We’re talking a half-inch crystal here with a huge impactful message. Take your guidance where you find it. Trust it.  Act on it.

Listen To The Reassuring Sounds of Nature

There is something so reassuring about the rustling of leaves or the sound of a bird call or the steady rhythm of rain drops on the window. There is a calming rhythm in the sounds of nature. We should pause to listen more often. Listen to the silence. Quiet your mind and simply be.    

Sit in nature with your eyes closed and see what you can identify. I live in a part of the country where there are crickets at night although I haven’t been outside at night for a long time. And there are lightning bugs. And don’t forget the powerful phases of the moon. Notice the small leaf emerging from the bush. Is there the sound of water in the nature where you are? Close your eyes and listen. Feel the energy of nature. Feel the all-encompassing power of nature. Let it seep into your body and restore and replenish and heal you. Connect with nature, it has many gifts to offer you.

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

Hang Out With Like-Minded People

Are you aware of the people around you that pull you down? What do you do about it when you figure that out? Do you excuse yourself and go find happy people to be with? Do you turn off the news? Be aware of what brings you down and avoid it. Find your personal version of a happy pill.

Do Not Make Rules For Others

No one likes to be told what to do. We all want the ability to make our own choices and live our own lives. Besides that, your way is simply your way, it is not anyone else’s way. We each live our own life according to our individual consciousness. It is not the consciousness or beliefs of another person. So we have no right to tell someone else what to do and what you suggest will not fit with their version of their own life. Be aware of the structure you try to impose on others around you and ease up on them. We are each walking our own path in our own unique way. Honor that.

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

Build on the View From Each New Step

I added one lower spine straightening exercise and it brought such powerful and immediate results that a whole new view of what is possible has opened up. Self-healing really feels not just possible but closer to happening. 

Each step you take, each path you explore, changes the view, the outcome and the possibilities. Perhaps at the end of your day, take time to look back over the new choices you made and see if you can tell the difference they are making. Perhaps keep track of the changes you make during your week and at the end of that week, journal and notice what shifted and what changed. My experience with the spine-straightening exercise was so profound and so immediate that it changed my expectations of what is possible by a whole lot. And I, of course, am doing that exercise more often throughout the day.

Notice the effects of one small step. One shift. What changes? What new doors open? What path are you now going down? Notice change and be willing to build on the new possibilities it suggests. 

===OUR EVOLVING FUTURE===

Dismemberment

Dismemberment is a shamanic practice in which you go to your Sacred Garden and ask your guides to help you release what no longer serves you. They will lead you on a dismemberment journey. You may find yourself in an ocean where everything washes away. You may evaporate into thin air. Your guides help you release everything that you are. Then they help you make conscious choices about how you want to reassemble. Trust them. 

Sandra Ingerman recently pointed out that what is happening in today’s world is that we are going through a dismemberment. That means we have to be prepared to allow everything to cease to exist and a whole new version of ourselves and our world to reassemble. It would be a good thing. I wonder what that would look like. Guess we’ll find out given time.

It makes sense to release all that does not work and replace it with a new form that does. We are building a new world and first we have to clear the space. 

What would a new world look like? There will be great support for each other. There will be many people on the high road helping others to raise their sights and join them on the highroad. There will be kindness and inclusiveness. No harm will be done to anyone or anything. What will it feel like as a person living in that space? There would be less individual striving and more choices for the overall good of all. 

I’m a pretty self-focused, independent woman and I’m not sure how well I can do that. But I would definitely do no harm. And that’s a good place to start. Make certain that the choices you are making today harm no one. Begin there.

A Bigger and Broader Perspective

Try to see the overview. Try to see the brighter perspective, the path it is opening up, the journey we are on. Let go of how things were and how things are. And begin to look for how things could be, might be, will be, and set your sights there. Focus your work towards that expression of wholeness and oneness and inclusiveness.    Expand your vision to embrace a bigger and broader perspective.

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===CARA’S CRNER===

Embrace the Possibilities

I have made three new changes in my life this week and I’m getting very powerful results. I am practicing Wuji Hundun Qigong every day and I’m only on class one. I added five new crystals to my altar to work with – a Golden healer, Blue Kyanite, two Mookaite, and a small gift quartz. I added a new lower spine-straightening exercise. And I have walked the halls two days running. And amazing things are happening. 

What is working for you that is making a change that you need to do more of? Keep experimenting, keep doing the work, keep noticing results, expect positive change. 

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===

Build on the Small Changes  

The change was immediate. The step that created it was very small.

The change was immediate. The step that created it was very small. Notice change. Notice what prompted it.

The change was immediate. The step that created it was very small. Notice change. Notice what prompted it. Awareness + choice = change.

Cara Lumen, July 2022

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

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

It makes so much sense. The bigger the change you make the bigger the results you get. What are you doing in excess that is creating a result you do not want?

I was sitting too much and playing games on my computer too much until one day I realized that those choices were the cause of my not getting better physically. I have begun to find ways to stand up more. My current body problem is in my hips. It hurts me to go from sitting to standing. And it takes some time to get the hips in line to walk. 

One chair is more comfortable to get out of than the others and the day I realized that and began to use that chair more often, it created a major shift in my body. It was so simple. Look at the choices you have made and see if they are still viable and getting the results you want

Look at what you are doing in excess and stop doing that. In this one chair, which happens to be my meditation chair, I can move my body in ways that affect the hips in a positive way without pain. And I can sit and look out the window at nature rather than sit in one of the other chairs and watch TV. It was a major shift. In that relaxing chair I am able to do more Qigong movements and my body is responding.

Choose a new venue for a habit and see what changes.

The change may be at work, it may be a habit you have fallen into, or in the timing of the breaks you take during your day. If what you are doing is causing discomfort, it makes sense to do something different.

Look at how you are filling your day and what you are filling it with and make major changes. 

Maybe stand up from your desk every half hour or so. It may be that you park a few blocks away and walk to work. It may be that you get up earlier and do some Qigong or yoga. Look at what you are doing so much that it is becoming detrimental to your health or your work or your life. And do it in a different form. I’m sitting in a different chair and it is making a huge difference. Make a big change in order to get big results.

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

I look closely at the habits that I have fallen into and look for ways to change in order to improve the results I am getting.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS

• Identify an area of your life that is not working. 
• Notice the choices you make that are contributing to that discomfort or poor functioning. It may be the time, place, or an action or a mind-set.  Find new ways to do the same task.
• Experiment and go with what changes things toward the positive. 

===INNER WORK===

The Wisdom of Rocks

For someone who has several hundred crystals in her home you would think perhaps I would stop buying them, but that does not seem to be the case. I recently went on Etsy and got a golden healer which I’d never heard of before until a friend showed me some. It brings forward your highest self.

I got a blue Kyanite because I’m into indigo on my altar. It is for spirituality, communication, and self-expression. 

And then I saw Mookaite Tower (jasper) and was totally taken with its coloring.  I looked up its meaning. “Mookaite is a wonderfully supportive stone for going beneath the surface of emotions to find core issues that are creating emotional upset.”  It is also for “increasing self-confidence, self-worth, and to realize one’s full potential.” But because I am determined to establish a strong self-healing Qigong practice, the clincher for me was “an ideal tool for overcoming procrastination by revealing the true reason for avoiding certain tasks and bringing the motivation needed to resolve the issue.”

Obviously when these stones come, I will explore each one of them in a meditation to find out exactly how I am to work with each of them and what its messages are for me. I do that with all my crystals. I walk by and a stone calls out to me and I pause and pick it up and have a conversation with it. It’s pretty noisy around here with crystals talking.

You can find a rock in nature to talk to you.  Just listen energetically and see what message it shares with you.

As I write this, I realize I need to set aside more time to work with the individual stones that I have. They are calling to me for attention. 

Add time to sit in contemplation with one stone at a time as you explore crystals as part of your spiritual guidance. 

When a rock or crystal calls to you energetically, use your left hand to pick it up, then close your eyes and listen and trust and accept the message it offers. Rocks are good friends to have and offer deep spiritual messages.  

The Clarity of Animal Messages

In most my journeys recently I find myself in a misty circle in a huge redwood forest and I’m surrounded by squirrels. The squirrels carry candles. And they are both guardians and healers. And they are persistently there. Sometimes they watch over me while I sleep. Sometimes I lean up against a rock and we hang out together. I thought of what a squirrel represents. It is an industrious worker and it makes good use of his resources. So I’m looking at the resources aspect of this message. It has been a year this month that I started using a cane to move around my apartment. A few months later that translated into a walker. To reverse that, the squirrels tell me I need to get creative in what I do. It sounds like a plan. I start a new Wuji Hunan Qigong class this week with Daisy Lee and then signed up for an advanced class with Robert Pen after that. 

But the point is that I have to do the work. It doesn’t help to know what to do if you don’t do it. So I continue to journey to the misty circle where the squirrels hang out to watch over and support me in my healing process. Where are you getting support to move forward and what does that a look like?

===SELF-HEALING===

Discouraged or Depressed?

There is a lot of “trying” still left in discouragement but trying lessens in depression. It’s important to know where you are. When you are discouraged, you look around for new pathways, new solutions, and new answers. When you are depressed, you sit there and do nothing. I have a little of both going on and I have to figure out how to change the depression part. What do you do when you’re depressed?

First of all, you have to know there is depression not discouragement. And you have to want to change it until you are willing to take action. Action is the answer to both.

Choose one small step and do it and acknowledge yourself for doing it. For instance, I am now doing a small amount of standing Qigong each day. And each day I ask a little more of myself. Not enough to be discouraged. But enough to ask a bit more of myself. 

When you notice the results of whatever steps you’re taking, keep experimenting and building on them. Is there a little result? Is it a big result? Obviously that guides you into what to do more of. So identify whether it’s discouragement or depression and experiment with steps that change how you feel.

Notice what makes you feel really good. It may be a visit from a friend. It may be music and dancing after. It may be a challenging book. Know what makes you feel better and do more of that. Self-awareness is how we change our lives. Be self-aware and experiment. 

Do the Work

I began a new Wuji Hunan Qigong class with Daisy Lee this week. It will teach me a new series that is about longevity and strength. My goal is to learn the 16 steps and anchor them in my daily life as part of my spiritual and physical practice.

I have to do the work. I have to ask a little more of my body each time I practice. I have to expand my reach and deepen my strength – one small moment at a time. I have to do the work. And so I will.

Meridian Memo

There are meridian acupressure points around your eyes both above the eyebrow, at the inner and outer edges of your eyes, and at the end of your eyes and below your eye. They pretty much cover the meridians. I don’t know which is which but I do know it is a very easy way to massage around your eyes. Use your fingers to pressure places around your eyes and notice what you experience, what you feel, and rub what hurts. It will be healing something. How’s that for a really casual acupressure lesson!

===OUTER  WORK===

Challenge Yourself

You can’t get better at something unless you push yourself a bit, tell yourself to do one more of whatever it is you’re doing. Even if it seems like a really small effort, take that one more step to challenge yourself.

I’m kind of writing this to myself because I am working on strengthening my body. And since I don’t want to walk in the halls, my choice is more Qigong. But that means I need to stand up more, which is how you’re supposed to do it anyway. So this week I did. I established a new pattern in which I stand longer each time I move to my meditation chair. And I do more of the Qigong standing up. 

What are you doing in your life that is diminishing your strength in some area? It’s probably in the area of your body, as in sitting too much and not walking enough. That’s easy enough to remedy when you decide you need to meet that challenge and continue to build on it. 

It doesn’t have to be a huge challenge, but each time you undertake any task, ask yourself to do two or three steps more. That will build your stamina and your awareness. Keep challenging yourself.

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

Honor Your Evolution

A friend of mine recently said, “You’ve lived a good life.” I was touched by that. I sure hope it’s true. Sure there are some not particularly wise choices that I made. But others were brilliant and took me on great adventurous and deepened my spiritual path. You are where you are because of the choices you made. You will go where you are going because of the choices you make. Be aware of your choices in the moment and take time to notice where they lead you. Then make more choices according to where you want to go. On your path, honor your evolution, and build on what you’ve learned. 

Spend Time With Supportive People

Years ago I had a friend in New York City who used to call me up and talked for a very long time about  what was going on with her. At the very end of the conversation I got about five minutes to share what was going on with me. Needless to say it was not a nurturing and nourishing situation for me. How are you nurtured? Who nurtures you?

I have a few friends that I speak with on zoom on a regular basis who really care about how I am. And we have a great time exchanging ideas and helping each other expand our awareness and insight. Those people are golden nuggets in my life. Are you that kind of person to someone? Do you have people like that in your life to support you? Go exploring and see how you can expand the relationship you have to deeper the gifs for both of you.

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

The Ripple Effect

You have to trust the ripple effect. You have to trust that the small move you do here reaches out and continues to touch lives and make a difference. That makes every choice you make extremely important. You must be thoughtful. You must be aware of a positive intention. You must do your work in mindfulness, knowing that it is touching the lives of others. Work with focused conscious awareness in your choices and your actions. Send out a positive ripple with everything you do. 

===OUR EVOLVING FUTURE===

Dark Days

Because I am so old, I am more an observer of the dramatic and negative choices that are being made today. Wars, women’s rights, gun laws. I am alarmed and I feel helpless. Helpless because I am nearing 90 and not in a position to do anything active other than the energy work I do. I do not have to live with these decisions personally. But my children do, and my grandchildren and my great grandchildren do. Decisions are being made by old men that are impacting generations. What do I do about that? What do we do about that?

I walk the highroad in my personal choices and I support others who are walking the high road beside me. And I hold a vision I can barely imagine because so much needs to change. So much has to change. At my age and circumstance what I have to work with is my visioning and my intention. I can send energy to those who are striving to make positive change. I can send healing and restorative energy to circumstances that are unraveling. And I can send energy to myself to keep me from feeling overwhelmed by the negativity in the world today. It’s a place to start.  Work with yourself first.

Your Way Is Not The Only Way

We each have developed our own belief system and that’s fine, but you do not impose your belief system on someone else. We can discuss our viewpoint with them and offer them ideas about optional choices, but you do not have the right to tell anyone else what to do. You do not have the right to tell others what choices to make over their own lives.

As the Caucasian race continues to move into a minor position in the US, the fear intensifies as do the actions. If you are living in a situation in which the values do not match, you just move to another community. It is your choice. It lets you put your values first in your own life and then begin to peaceful co-exist with others of similar beliefs, not to insert your own values but to develop and enrich your own understanding of cultural differences and the extraordinary gifts they offer to enrich your life experience. What is wrong is telling people what to do as if your way is the only way. That is not true. Your way is one way – one of many possibilities What is the highest good for all? Do no harm.  Make your own personal choices in a way that does not impact someone else. Take care of your own life. Be more expansive and inclusive in your understanding and make room for people to make their own choices. 

If this is a Divine Masculine power grab it is important to keep making room for everyone to make their own choices.  Accept the responsibility to honor all ways of life. Allow others to make their own life choices that are aligned with their own beliefs systems and what seems appropriate for them in their lives. As long as they do no harm to you.

Clean up your own life and leave others to manage theirs.

=== DEEPER SONG PHILOSOPHIES ===

“I like to think I am a seed, spreading awareness.” – Khalil Gibran

===INTENTION BLESSING===

May we hear and heed the call of the Divine Feminine. 
May we expand our hearts and our expectation.
May we walk the Path of Light with a sure foot. 
May we keep our gaze on the summit.
May we take this journey with a full heart. 
I entwine my light with yours and we move forward to guide the way.

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

Spiritual Practice

Journey to Gaia’s Misty Circle

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==== DEEPER SONG EXPLORATION ===

The Art of Wuji Hunan Qigong for Transforming Chaos into Creative Joy with Daisy Lee

This is going to be the perfect Qigong class for me. I love Daisy’s gentle and serene energy. This form is built on the quiet strength of martial arts. The power of the sequences in this first class was palpable and I love the imagery. I know that it is the time in my life that I want to learn a sequence that I will establish as a daily practice and this is the one for me! 

Class one just started in case it calls to you.  All classes are recorded and available for a lifetime. 
It is going to be a 16-step sequence that I will be able to do every day. It’s exactly what I want right now in my life. It is very powerful and Daisy’s way of teaching is so clear and gentle and serene. Here’s the link if it calls to you. 

The Art of Wuji Hunan Qigong for Transforming Chaos into Creative Joy with Daisy Lee

===REFLECTIONS===

Sandra Ingerman Video

Here’s a guided journey with Sandra Ingerman to look at inviting in more feminine energies to the planet and into our lives to help return balance and harmony. Here is the link to the video recording: 

===CARA’S CORNER===

What is Stopping You?

We make choices based on our beliefs. Sometimes we’re clear about those beliefs and sometimes we are not. As I work to change my own self-healing pattern, I get to look closely for the beliefs or ideas that keep me from doing the work I know I need to do in order to get the results I want to get. 

How do you break through reluctance?  How do you move through discomfort or even pain knowing that on the other side is strength and health? How do you make the choices you know are right for you even when they are a bit challenging? 

I have thoughts like “it’s gonna hurt to get out of this chair” or “I don’t want to walk the halls” or any number of “I don’t want to’s” that keep me from doing the work I need to do. Send healing energy to your I-don’t- want-to’s. See that healing energy dissolve that resistance. See those healing intentions clear the path and get rid of the boulders. Shine a light to help you move forward.  

In some of my journeys I have a gray donkey who walks behind me on the path and when I slow down, she gently nudges me. She also carries a backpack full of butterflies so we periodically stop and transform things. She doesn’t scold me, she just nudges me to say, “Keep taking one step at a time upward.” Perhaps journey for a helping spirit to help you keep taking one higher step at a time as you move forward on your journey. Keep moving. Keep going higher.

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===

One Step at a Time

I see the path before me. It is a path of light and it leads me upward. 

I see the path before me. It is a path of light and it leads me upward. But I am the walker. I am the mover and shaker. I am the one to take the step.

I see the path before me. It is a path of light and it leads me upward. But I am the walker. I am the mover and shaker. I am the one to take the step. I hold my light high and place one foot upon the path and then the other. I move forward.  I continue my climb.

– Cara Lumen, June 2022

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

Namaste,

Cara

Come Sing a Deeper Song  

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

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Honor Your Role

Living Our Deeper Song

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

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

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

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

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

DEEPER SONG PROCESS 

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

===INNER WORK===

Identify Your Consciousness Group

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

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

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

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

A Zen Approach to Unfolding 

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

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

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

The Master allows things to happen. 

She shapes events as they come. 

She steps out of the way and 

lets the Tao speak for itself.

   -Tao Te Ching, Stephen

Reset Button

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

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

===SELF-HEALING===

Notice Small Changes

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

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

===OUTER WORK===

Repurpose Your Gifts

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

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

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

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

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

Make Up Songs

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

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

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

Little Helper or Big Helper

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

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

Adventures in Psychometry

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

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

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

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

===OUR EVOLVING FUTURE===

We Create Our Future in the Now

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

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

Expanding Awareness

Journey to Our Ancestors to Expand Our Consciousness

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===CARA’S CORNER===

Do You Leave Room For Change?

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

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

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

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===

Room to Change

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

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

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

Cara Lumen, June 2022

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

Namaste,

Cara

Come Sing a Deeper Song 

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

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Follow the Guidance of the Universe

Living Our Deeper Song

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

The wise universe gives us nudges all day long. We just don’t always pay attention. Notice what you have been doing and pay attention to what is working and what is not. Did something unexpected show up?  Or is your path unfolding in the direction you want to go?  What surprises have you received that make you want to explore in a new direction? All those unfolding nudges from the Universe will certainly influence the form your day takes.

When a major change is unfolding, I get a feeling and that’s pretty much all I get to work with. So my job is to pay attention to the continual nudges I get from the universe and interpret them. It might be an idea. It might be an opportunity. It might be something someone says. It often is a complete thought that pops into my head with an urgency to be explored. I need to pay attention because that is the universe talking to me, giving me the signs of what is next.

Go exploring when an idea appeals to you. Check it out a little further and figure out whether it’s a really good thing to do or just a maybe thing to do. Notice what is yours to do and what someone else has to do. Make your choice accordingly. 

Some signs are subtle and some pop you in the head. Pay attention to both – and everything in between.

When an idea calls to you, explore it a little bit to see whether it’s an actual door opening to a new adventure or just a small insight you need to help you on your current path. Carry with you an overall picture of where you are choosing to go. And then follow the nudges both large and small that take you there.

Notice the signs. Make your choice. And change directions as you are called to do. Follow the ever-present guidance of the universe.

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

I pay attention to the insights and nudges and openings the universe provides me and I explore until I know where the idea fits into my life.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS

• Perhaps use your meditation time as a moment in your day in which you explore and notice both large and small nudges the universe has provided you.
• Take time to consider how they feel and what they look like and where they might take you. Use your imagination and go exploring to see what calls to you.
• Learn to interpret the signs and signals and nudges from the universe.

===INNER WORK===

Write A Song For Your Meditation Practice

When I first began to journey I always drummed to the directions. Then I used drumming as a catalyst for writing a small song to each of the directions. I simply let them evolve. I sang what showed up and I sang what I remembered and gradually ended up with a series of songs that open and close my drumming meditation and also honor the directions. What kind of songs will you compose and what will you compose them for?

===OUTER  WORK===

Filter Your Choices

I love to learn so I am tempted by many more classes than I possibly could and should take. How do you filter your choices when you are an enthusiastic learner?

Sometimes it is as easy as being full up. I could not take another class if I wanted to because I’m already taking whatever number seems to fill me up. 

Attending Summit Sessions is a good way to get to know the topic and some of the teachers. I have attended many Shamanic Summits and Qigong Summits and whatever ones call to me and allow me to explore the topic. They are free on the Shift Network and Sounds True and other platforms and it’s a good way to explore a topic that peaks your curiosity.

Learn to know if you are full up but most of all learn to know if a particular course or a teacher or a book will take you in the direction you have chosen to go. I read an entire book on astrology because my friend likes astrology. I am not a detail person and it was so out of my league it was unbelievable. So I know not to go exploring in that direction except if someone wants to interpret it for me. But I’m not gonna be the one interpreting it.

On the other hand, I’m into self-healing. So I’m on my sixth Qigong class. Taking a class is not the same as doing the work. So when you go exploring, do the work and apply it and explore it enough to know if it is a direction you want to go.

I attended a Sound Healing Summit enough to understand it a bit and add a small bit to my daily self-healing practice but I also know that it is not something I am going to pursue. It’s important to keep learning. The world changes so rapidly, it can be a bit hard for us to keep up.

What do you need to learn right now that will enrich your life experience on any level – physical, emotional, spiritual? Who is the teacher you want to learn fromright now and where do you find his or her courses? The Shift Network and Sounds True are two places that I know that offer really good classes. You might get on their lists. There are a lot of free offerings by many people, free talks, free meditations, free experiences. When a topic interests you, take time to go exploring and see how and if and when it will fit into your life. Then do that.

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

More Things Than Surfaces

I have a new altar bowl and rattle coming that a friend made for me out of clay and I have to do some thoughtful and major rearranging because I definitely have more things than surfaces. 

One of the ideas I had a long time ago was to have seasonal boxes of things that I put out.  Sort of like putting up holiday decorations except changing the surfaces to honor the seasons or whatever purpose you thought to change them for so you get to use everything fully at some point during the year. So I have this very full altar space and I have two major pieces coming to go on it and I have to rethink things. What do you do when you have more things than surfaces? 

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

Reading Out

I have wonderful friends. They are online and we talk regularly on Zoom and it is very fulfilling. One of my friends mentioned her interest in perhaps starting a small shamanic journey group like one the two of us had experienced before. And I realize how that would enrich my life. I would join in a minute. And I would meet people that she knows and has relationships with. It’s a possibility. Who would you gather together and for what purpose?

As we refine our interest, we have to look further afield for people who are at our level on a topic we actively pursue or people who want to learn new things that we want to learn. We may have to go searching for them. Who would you gather together for a monthly call to exchange ideas?  To support each other? I have a small group like that and we take turns leading a segment as well as have the opportunity to have in-depth conversations with like-minded people. This is not an accountability group, it is a group of friends going in the same direction. Who would you invite into your group and will you do it?

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

Expanding Awareness
The Role of the Element of Fire in Our New Consciousness
The Role of the Element of Air in Our New Consciousness
The Role of the Element  Water in Our New Consciousness
The Role of the Element of Earth in Our New Consciousness
The Role of the Element of Space in Our New Consciousness
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===CARA’S CORNER===

The Power of Aligned Energy

All four of us were healers on the Zoom call. We each shared and then one member began to lead us in a healing. It was very powerful. 

What I came to understand was that the experience was magnified by the presence of each of us as focused experienced healers. We were each contributing to the overall energy of the experience. 

I have individual relationships with each of these women but it was interesting to have our collective energy focused in one direction and feel the power of that collective alignment. The increased power we experienced was because we were fully engaged and we were all experienced focused and active healers.

Next time you’re with someone you are close to, notice what changes with the combined energy. What it amplifies. What it magnifies. All because the two of you are focused in the same direction, on one particular topic. It’s like brainstorming an idea where the creativity flows and the ideas get bigger and more imaginative and more expensive.

Who do you have in your life who helps you expand the reach of your energy and intention? Spend more time with them. Find others walking a path similar to yours and join together to make it a deeper experience for each of you.

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===

The Power Of Intention 

We were four powerful healers focused on self-healing.

We were four powerful healers focused on self-healing. As we worked, the energy expanded. It deepened and grew more powerful.

We were four powerful healers focused on self-healing. As we worked, the energy expanded. It deepened and grew more powerful. I will find others with whom to combine my energy and see what changes we can make together. 

Cara Lumen, April 2022

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

Namaste,

Cara

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

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

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

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