Moments That Changed Your Life

Living Our Deeper Song

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Living Our Deeper Song

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

DEEPER SONG PROCESS

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

===INNER WORK===

Trust Your Intuition

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

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

===SELF-HEALING===

The Place of Stillness

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

===OUTER WORK===

Balance Give and Take

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

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

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

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

The Choices That Got Us Here

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

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

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

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

The Power of Not Knowing 

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

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

Role Models

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

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

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

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

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

Love Creates Love

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

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

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

Nurture Your Followers

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

===OUR EVOLVING FUTURE===

Be a Living Example of Higher Consciousness

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

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

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

Our Unfolding Role in the Emerging Feminine

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

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

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

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

=== DEEPER SONG PHILOSOPHIES ===

Our Body

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

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

When sleeping, it should be curved like a bow.

When standing, it should be like a tall pine.

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

— anonymous Taoist

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

Expanding Awareness

Our Destiny and Self Responsibility

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===CARA’S CORNER===

Self-Responsibility

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

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

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===

Holding My Torch

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

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

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

Cara Lumen, June 2022

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

Namaste,

Cara

Come Sing a Deeper Song 

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

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Living in Cycles

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

We live in cycles both large and small. From the cycle of birth to death to the cycle of morning to night, our lives are guided and governed by cycles. When you become aware of where you are in a cycle, it strengthens your ability to utilize the power of that particular point in the cycle. For instance, if it’s a rest cycle it’s a good idea to rest. If it’s a height-of-a-day-get-it-done cycle – get busy. You know how hard it is to stay awake when it’s time to go to bed to sleep. You know how hard it is to eat when you’re not hungry. Those are natural cycles guiding you and your body and your life into a pattern of wholeness. When you learn to follow the cycles of the universe and be guided by them, life moves smoothly forward.

Learn from the cycles of nature. There’s a time to plant, there’s a time to harvest, there is the time for withdrawal and regeneration. There are big cycles and little cycles that repeat that same pattern. Know where you are in the cycle and honor it. If your body says rest, then rest. If your body says let’s get it done, then get to work. The more you pay attention to the natural cycles, the more you will be able to put their natural power behind what you do. Be aware. Be observant and utilize the flow of the cycles to get things done.

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION
I am aware of the cycles of my day, of the moments and of my life.
DEEPER SONG PROCESS

• An easy place to begin noticing cycles is with your sleep cycle. Are you honoring it or are you forcing yourself to move beyond it?
• Notice your eating cycle. Are you hungry or is this just something to do at this moment?
• Examine your spiritual cycle and make it stronger.
• The more aware you become, the easier it is to utilize the stage and phase of each cycle to be more productive.

===INNER WORK===
Know Your Value

Because we go around just doing our thing, we don’t often realize what impact we have. We don’t realize how our words and actions serve as examples to others of things that they might want to exemplify or explore. Our very existence has value, not only in how we live our lives, but in the example we give to others about the possibility of their lives.

Sometimes I need tangible proof like the number of people on my mailing list or the number of followers on Facebook but I shouldn’t have to do that. I should simply know that my energy, my choices, my deeds have an impact in the world. It goes places I have no idea that it goes. And touches lives and changes thinking and makes a difference. Trust the length and depth and breadth of your mere existence and live a conscious, thoughtful, inclusive life. You have great value. Know that.

===SELF-HEALING===
You Have the Power to Change

Whatever the level – spiritual, physical emotional, mental – you have the power to change. You have the power to change your belief of what is possible. You have the power to change your belief in what you deserve. As I work with Qigong my Yi (mind) moves the Qi (energy) and interesting things are happening. That makes me know that I have the power to change even on the most subtle levels.

First you have to want to change. Then you have to be willing to change. And that probably means letting go of something – a habit, a belief, an expectation. Then you simply make room for the universe to bring in what you need at this point in time. It may not be what you expect. It may not be what you exactly want. But if you say, “Universe, give me what I need right now”, it will. You just need to recognize it and put it to work. You have the power to change everything in your life. Keep what you want and change the rest.

===OUTER WORK===
Things You Can’t Control

There is a helplessness that steps in as we watch the environment in trouble and humans being cruel to other humans. Do we just sit here and watch? Or do we do something? Even when I do something it seems small in comparison with what is needed. So what do I do when things seem to be happening that I can’t control?

We move back to a broader knowledge that we are engaged in an ongoing relationship with a universe that responds to our thoughts and actions. 

So I do as much as I can on the physical plane both with intention and actual steps. Then I have to trust the universe. I have to let go, keep the strong intentions going, and let the universe unfold. That doesn’t mean things will turn out the way we want them to. It means they will simply turn out the way the universe means for them to – for the highest good for all.

Will you let go of the things that you can’t control and trust the universe to manifest what we need as a collective?

What are Your Priorities?

We make choices at every turn in our life. Some of the choices are wise and some not so wise. What are your priorities when you make a choice? Is it related to your work? Is it related to your relationships? Is it related to your health? Is it related to your spiritual practice? Just notice. Notice if one area is crowding out another. Notice if one area needs more attention than you’ve been giving it. 

I want to increase my physical movement and my spiritual practice. Expanding my Qigong practice is a way to do both. You could combine exercise with walking in nature. If you really want to, you can combine exercise with cleaning your house! Just notice how much time you’re spending on any particular area of your life and see if that’s the balance you really want to cultivate. What do you need to do more of? What do you need to do less of? What are your priorities for moving forward? 

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===
Rethink Your Altar

It’s a good idea to periodically rethink the sacred things you keep around you. That may mean your desk, it may near your altar. But sometimes what we have around us loses meaning simply because they are just there.

I have two awesome new clay art pieces made by my friend Dr. Martha Lacy – a clay altar bowl that I designed and she executed for me and a rattle of her design but my decorative choices. They came this week. And I needed to totally rethink my altar or make a new one. I moved a bamboo table to be the altar in my meditation corner.

I took everything off and started over. There’s new meaning. There’s a new color scheme. And of course I’m making up songs to go with my altar bowl and my rattle.

Rethink your meditation space and your meditation practice on a regular basis. Seasonally is a possible reminder time. Make sure the focus is what you want for this point in your life. Make sure that the tools you are using are the ones that resonate the most with you. Take everything off your altar and put back only what calls to you for this particular moment, this phase of your life. See what a change that makes in your meditation practice. 

An altar alters your perception. 

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

There is a conceit in thinking that it should be your way or the highway. That does not allow for diversity. It does not allow for different spiritual paths. It does not allow for different belief systems. And it certainly does not allow for individual choices based on who you are and what you believe and need.

As I watch Republicans trying to have it their way or nothing, there is no desire to build community. There’s only a desire to build rulers. I don’t think you can look at a single spiritual practice in the entire world that teaches that. All the spiritual practices I have studied asks us to be thoughtful and considerate and inclusive of those around us – which means we help them. We honor their belief systems. We honor their needs. And nowhere is it written that any of us know the exact path for ourselves let alone for anyone else. Make certain you are not trying to enforce your beliefs on others. That’s not the way our world should work. We should have space for each of us to follow our own insights and inclinations. At the core is do no harm. 

Years ago George Walker Bush gave a speech in which he said that he believes that marriage should be only between a Christian man and a woman. I didn’t even get to the man and woman part because I was so stuck on the feeling of being persecuted if I were not Christian, which I’m not. I am a metaphysician. Which is a whole lot more inclusive of diversified beliefs than Christianity. Based on how I felt at his words I actually wrote a post with the title “What If You Feel Persecuted?” and it was republished in a gay magazine. But that was the first time I have felt prejudice to be followed by persecution.  I value my spiritual life deeply as I’m sure you do yours. I don’t talk about it with anyone in my senior community here in the Midwest because there are not many people here who have a clue what metaphysicians believe or think about or consider. I am sure that someone could easily tell me I was wrong because my belief systems, including vegetarianism, may be a little off the center part. 

Are you making space in your life and your belief system for the beliefs and needs of everyone? Are you content to live in your part of the world, in your corner if you will, and live the best you know how and leave others to do the same? 

Spiritual choices are personal. They evolve as we grow. They change as we explore. Look closely at your level of intolerance and judgment toward those who do not share your beliefs. And for everyone’s sake expand your inclusiveness.

===OUR EVOLVING FUTURE===
The Extent Of Your Reach

My fully vaccinated and boosted daughter has Covid. She’s not terribly sick but she caught it at a conference in Florida which means that someone someplace decided not to get vaccinated and didn’t care what happened and how far-reaching that choice was. Now my son-in-law who went with her is in the hospital. I’m ticked. 

I watch people trying to have it their way without any regard for their impact on others. There is an unbelievable conceit that they are right. It’s very self-focused.

Everyone has free choice. Well, everyone should have free choice. But our choice includes weighing the repercussions. The way to change your mind is through logic and reason and education and also admitting you might be wrong, that your choice is not everyone’s choice. Think of the far-reaching impact of your choice. 

What makes a person think their way is the right way for everyone? Because it’s not. The whole point of being an individual is to be an individual. 

As long as I’m spouting off here, I realize that the way to make change is by reasonable conversations and expanded and inclusive education. So the people who want to put other people in jail for their choices of what they want to do with their body could try another tack. They could have a conversation, they could listen to the other person and try to put themselves in that person’s position. We don’t get to choose for other people. We don’t get to choose what they think or what they do. But we can have a conversation and exchange each other’s viewpoint and try to understand it. 

Then chose for yourself. Not others. 

===INTENTION BLESSING===

May we hear and heed the call of the Divine Feminine. 
May we expand our hearts and our expectations.
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
The Deepest Sound is Silence
Expanding Awareness

How Cycles Sneak Up On You 
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===CARA’S CORNER===
A Shift In Focus

Even a slight shift in focus will take you in an entirely new direction. Stop where you are and look around you in a 360° circle. What are you neglecting? What do you want more of? Or could use less of? I have to move my body more. “Use it or lose it” as the saying goes. So I have to get creative. Do more standing Qigong. Walk in the halls more. I don’t go outside much but maybe I will or can or should. Even throwing in a few Qigong moves every time I stand up to move to a different position would be adding to the overall practice of more physical movement. You don’t have to rearrange your whole schedule, but you probably should make some adjustments in time spent doing the different aspects of your life. What will you add to your life and how and when will you add it?

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===
Change is Needed

Change is needed, it’s up to me. 

Change is needed, it’s up to me. What do I choose? How do I choose it? When do I choose it? 

Change is needed, it’s up to me. What do I choose? How do I choose it? When do I choose it? What do I need right now in my life? I choose that.

Cara Lumen May,2022

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

Namaste,

Cara

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

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

The Rights of Nature

Living Our Deeper Song

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

Nature has rights and it is up to us to make certain she gets them. A river has a right to stay clean and healthy and support the wildlife that lives in and around her. A mountain has the right to stay forested and protective of the wildlife that lives there. The air has a right to be clear and clean and sustaining. Nature doesn’t mess itself up, humans mess it up by our careless thoughtlessness. 

The rights of nature is an interesting concept. How are you doing your part?

I began recycling in New York City in the 80s when, at the first Whole Health Expo, they gave us cloth bags to carry our groceries rather than plastic or worse, paper. I have faithfully recycled for over 40 years. 

I no longer have a car but if I did, I would really work to get an electric one so I would stop adding to the pollution and the consumption of gasoline and oil. I monitor the thermostat in my home to keep my energy consumption low. I would install solar panels in a minute if I owned my space.

And yet I contribute terribly to the pollution of the earth. My food comes in containers that end up in landfill. I’ve been a vegetarian for 50 years so I do not contribute to the killing of any animals.

The rights of nature. How is your community caring for the rights of nature and how will you get involved to raise consciousness?

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

I am more aware of the Rights of Nature and work to honor them.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS 

• Take a close look at your community and see how you can stand up for the Rights of Nature. 

===INNER WORK===

Judgment Versus Opinion

Judgment shuts us down. It sets up barriers. It separates us. Opinion, on the other hand, is more open-hearted and willing to change. Curiosity lives within an opinion.

Monitor your thoughts. Notice the depth of your response – is it a reaction or is it inclusive thoughtfulness?

Judgment closes us down and is final, whereas opinion leaves us open-hearted and open to new possibilities and change.

Are you judging or are you trying to understand what lies behind a position you disagree with? It doesn’t mean you have to change your mind, but understanding brings compassion and open-heartedness.

Sometimes your response is based on how the other person presents their opinion as what-is-so versus what you believe. We each monitor facts through our own filters but we also have the ability to change our filters at any time.

How thoughtfully are you developing your beliefs? How are you presenting your beliefs – as an opinion or an unmovable position? Our choice is to live our values and let that example speak for us.

That’s huge. How are you living your values? Do you even think of them as values? Kindness, honesty, compassion, inclusiveness come immediately to mind. Some are easier to express in life than others. 

We must learn to distinguish the inner guidance we cherish and from which we form an opinion, from emotional judgment, which locks us in. Listen to your intuition and allow it to guide you without hardening it into an opinion or judgment of the choices others make. Stay fluid in your examination of the world around you. Make your own choices based on your personal values. And question those choices to make certain they are in alignment with compassion, integrity, and open-mindedness. Judgment contains a strong component of a need to be right. It quickly sets up barriers. 

When a strong opinion shows up within you, pause to see where it is coming from. You may think, “That’s not how I would do it. That’s not my choice.” But make it OK that it’s their choice – unless it is doing harm to others. It doesn’t mean you don’t try to right a wrong, it’s just that you need to know your values within yourself to make room for flexibility in your viewpoints. 

Have an opinion but leave judgment behind.

===SELF-HEALING===

Believe It is Possible

What we believe is possible determines what we experience in our life. That is true in life and that is true in self-healing. 

Recently on a healing seminar on the Shift Network, I heard a woman share that she had healed herself of several major imbalances over the course of her 75-year life working with energy and biofields. So I know that self-healing can happen. Do I believe it can happen for me? I do. And it is – gradually, in small increments, over time. What do you believe is possible for you to self-heal? Change your belief and change your results. 

===OUTER  WORK===

Resourcefulness

Resourcefulness means finding imaginative and unusual ways to overcome difficulties. It sometimes means substituting one tool for another – like using a rock for a hammer or your cupped hands to drink water from a lake. Resourcefulness is shortcuts and workarounds. It often means simply identifying the task to be done and finding a unique way to do it. Like the time I dropped the open gallon of ice cream on the floor and because I can’t reach the floor any more, I turned a large basket with a handle on its side, placed it on the floor and scooted the ice cream into the basket so I could reach the taller edge of the basket and pick it up. You get creative and resourceful as your body defines its limits. 

Workarounds and substitutions all lead you to creative, innovative, and resourceful substitutions. Have fun.

Mindful Walking

I have been so caught up in how I am walking that I have forgotten to walk mindful of the world around me. So for instance, in taking out the trash I begin by simply focusing on taking one step at a time. But as I progress, I am able to feel the breeze on my face and the sun shining on my body and I can even hear the sounds of nature around me. All because I’ve paused to listen. Whether the walk is a short one with a specific purpose or a long meandering one for restoration, walk mindfully and let nature speak to you.

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

Cleanse Your Space for Healing

I learned a lot on the Science of Healing Summit at the Shift Network. One of the concepts that spoke to me was when they shared that in one experiment that had had a lot of healing going on suddenly it stopped. They realized they had to clean the incubator they were using so it could heal more. It worked.

What does it mean for me to clean my space? We’re not talking housecleaning here, we’re talking energy balancing.

In my meditation practice each day I ring a bell to disperse any negative energy that might have come through the night or still resided here. I have a conscious practice of clearing. 

Clearing out beliefs might be a bit of a challenge, but beliefs can easily get in the way of moving forward, self-healing and discovery. So when you’re stuck, look closely to see what beliefs you need to clear out so you can move forward. It may be as simple as saying, “I now release all beliefs that no longer serve me.”

As my body continues to adjust to whatever this is that’s going on, I get to focus on the steps it takes forward, not what still needs to be corrected. Focus on the positive.

You can have a ceremony of clearing or you can wave your hand with the intention to clear and release. Periodically focus on clearing out your meditation space, your workspace, and your sleep space. And then perhaps turn and see what you can do about shaping up your intentions to keep intentions and beliefs positive and open for rebalancing.

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

New Thinking

I may not be right, but I believe that it is time to move into a new way of communicating our offerings to people. I have a solid understanding of what I was taught 20 years ago as the way to attract people on the web to get them to look at your business and consider what you offer. But my belief system is changing and I have to figure out how and what I’m going do about it.

I am also working with several very strong healer friends on their website content. So the focus becomes more on the depth and broadness of what they do rather than the tools and techniques they use to create positive change in your life. The people they seek to serve will not go online looking for how to cure a cold. They will go online and look for how to restore balance in their physical body or in their life in general. And they will be open to subtle energetic shifts and both gradual and dramatic changes. But the question won’t be for the form that healing and helping is used in the moment, but the focus will be on the fact that change occurs. 

Years ago in New York City, I remember looking online at the site of a young man who was a Buddhist. Positive energy poured off the page. That’s what I think will happen as more and more energy-aware people search for help online. They will go to a site and experience the energy more than the words, and make their choice from the energetic connection they experience. Because they are more deeply attuned to the energy of wholeness, they will be able to make their choice to get the assistance they need to rebalance themselves based on the energy flow they experience from the site.

I seem to be focusing on healing sites and realized that if the web content is focused on the idea that core energy change would take place that would have a far-reaching impact rather than focus on a solution to a  specific problem, it would certainly attract people who were aware of energy, we who are aware of consciousness, or aware of how our thoughts can change our reality. Anyway, that’s my new thought on how to draw people to your business. I shall explore further. 

===OUR EVOLVING FUTURE===

Caring for the Next 7 Generations

As a matter of common knowledge, we know that a generation averages about 25 years—from the birth of a parent to the birth of a child—although it varies case by case. We are to make our choices with an awareness of and concern for the next seven generations. I had to look up the list.

• The Greatest Generation (born 1901–1927)
• The Silent Generation (born 1928–1945) (that’s me – wonder why we are silent…)
• Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964)
• Generation X (born 1965–1980)
• Millennials (born 1981–1995)
• Generation Z (born 1996–2010)
• Generation Alpha (born 2011–2025)

I have great-grandchildren who are just starting their lives. And I’m sitting here with an environment that’s in trouble, humanity that is in trouble, and I’m also sitting here with a whole lot of new ways to do life differently – like solar power and space exploration.

I was reminded recently that I used to use a typewriter and I was in New York City when computers entered the workplace. Now I dictate into my computer and my phone. And I can talk to my TV.

My first tendency is to say I can help by holding High Watch. That means that I hold an energy of wholeness and positiveness and help make it stronger so others see it and rise to that higher vibration.

My choices leave a mark for better or worse. As do yours. Make your choices today as if you were preparing our world for your great-grandchildren and beyond. What would you like for them to have available and what would you like for them not to have to deal with? Build on that.

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

Spiritual Practice

Become a Pillar of Light

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

and the 

Deeper Song Website

==== DEEPER SONG EXPLORATION ===

Qigong Summit at the Shift Network, March 14-18. Qigong is easy to do and extremely powerful. The summit is an opportunity to listen to gifted teachers and learn more about how you might want to add it to go onto your life. Highly recommended.

===CARA’S CORNER===

The Catalyst of Change

I experienced a very powerful energy shift in one of the movements I do in my meditation and it is exciting. I get to look at how it happened and what it means and what I’m going to do about it. The movement is based on the spiritual practice of bringing energy up from Gaia, the earth and bringing energy down from the Cosmos. I have done that in various forms. But the form that offered the huge shift for me this week was my left hand reaching down toward the ground to bring up the energy from Gaia and my right hand raised above my head to bring down the energy of the Cosmos to fill my body with those energies for self-healing and balancing. Suddenly the connection was huge. I was filled with healing, wholing, balancing energy and all I was doing was sitting there with one arm down and one arm up. It was a major healing experience. I felt my whole body filled with healing, wholing energy. I was holding a position and the energy was extremely active. It was clearing and relaxing and restoring and rearranging through my whole body. It was a huge shift and an amazing experience. 

So what does that mean? I’ll bet it means I’m getting better at noticing energy changes in my body. But it also means that something has freed up, something is cleared out. There’s more room for rebuilding and self-healing to take place in my body. It also means that my awareness of that subtle shifting energy has deepened. What do I do now? How do I adapt? 

I simply let it unfold. It means that each time I do that meditative, intentional move or any other meditate move, I pay attention to any subtle shifts – what’s happening in my body and what new awarenesses I have. My intention was for healing my body. But perhaps my intention is to shift to broadening my vision and expanding my insights into what I am to do or consider next. My job is to notice the subtle shifts, interpret them, and then open myself up to the opportunities it brings for me to change. Change in my beliefs. Change in my expectations. Change in my choices moving forward. I am to adapt, and be open for more change. 

What shifts in energy have you noticed recently?

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===

The Shift

The shift was profound and unexpected. 

The shift was profound and unexpected. It opened a whole new level of expectation and promise.

The shift was profound and unexpected. It opened a whole new level of expectation and promise.

I will build upon that. 

Cara Lumen, March 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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Raise Your Consciousness

Creating Conscious Connection

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

What is our role? How do we help? We each have our own expression of self from which to participate in elevating the changes that are going on in the world. It’s not just about intention. We each have a role. 

What do we do with our intention, with our insights, with our understanding, with our focus, with our deeds? How do we serve in the world to raise the collective consciousness?

We can change by changing our focus, by changing our beliefs, and we can change by making choices that continue to align with what we see as our higher purpose. We will serve at different levels. Some people will do the hands-on work. Others will do the introspective, intentional work. I’m one of the latter. I haven’t exactly decided what to do with my role. I can do visualization work, I can journey to the future and ask for guidance, I can send positive energy to all of those who are working to become more aware of their own higher vibration. I can write about it. I can talk about it. I have no idea whose life I might change or how I might change it. I keep listening to my inner voice, my cosmic guidance and move forward from there. My role evolves with  insights from my own introspection.

Introspection is a good place to begin to raise your consciousness. What do you believe is possible? What do you see as your role? What new roles are opening up that you are to consider and perhaps explore? Know your most effective place of service. Know what you can and cannot do and know what you are and are not to do. Listen to your inner voice. 

A long time ago I understood that my role was to work with people who were already flying high and whatever I added to their awareness helped them fly higher and reach more people. That’s who I serve. Who do you serve?

Don’t let the evolving drama pull you off course. This is a time of perpetual change. But it is not a time of giving up. It is the time of repositioning. It is the time of exploring totally new possibilities. And it is the time for making new, conscious, aware choices that elevate the world around us, the world we live in and a time to make choices that elevate our own life experience.

A great deal of movement comes when we examine what we believe is possible. That’s interesting because there are so many unexpected and innovative discoveries and inventions that are opening up pathways we never knew existed because we were not aware of their existence until now. So much more is possible today than it was yesterday. 

So we explore. We try on new choices to see how they feel. We take exploratory forays down the various new pathways that show up and we see what resonates and what is possible. I think we have to stay in exploration mode for quite a while because the change is going to continue to be rapid and dramatic. So don’t picture yourself tucking into your corner of the world quite yet. Picture yourself in a test kitchen tasting all the dishes that are being prepared. To see how you like them. To see what extra flavoring or seasoning should be added. And what should be served on the main menu.

Notice the level of excitement you feel as a new opportunity shows up. It may suddenly feel so in line with all you’ve done in your life that you know this is the right path for now. Or it may feel like you are to explore a bit and take parts and pieces from that path with you on your journey. For certain, this is a time of exploration and choice. What choices are you making to raise your consciousness? 

DEEPER SONG AFFIRMATION

I explore the many possibilities that are unfolding around me.

DEEPER SONG PROCESS 

• Pay attention to your inner voice and how it responds to all the new possibilities that are currently showing up.  It may be a momentary excitement or it may be deep joy at having found a new path to explore. 
• Explore the idea. Explore the possibility, the potential, and see where or if you would like it in your life.
• Then do that.

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

The Field of Opportunity

An Exploration of the Unseen World

It was like standing in a garden so filled with organic goodness that I was hard pressed to choose.  This was the Field of Opportunity and I had come here seeking my future.  

Where was I being called? What did I want to do? Had I explored all the opportunities that were being offered? Was I ready for my next step?

My inner voice said, “Be present in the moment and it will be revealed.”

So I stood in my Field of Opportunity and looked at all the possibilities that surrounded me.

In this episode we explore

The Field of Opportunity

(12 minutes)

(Listen Here)

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To Sing a Deeper Song Consider:

Our Ongoing Journey into the New Consciousness

The Ongoing Emergence of our Future

Life Lessons from a Spider

Trust Your Inner answers.

Your Role as a Visionary Harp

===INNER WORK===

Redefine Your Place and Depth of Service

Identify a few words that explain how you see your role in the world.  One of my phrases is “Spiritual Philosopher.” But over time, I have come to know it is not only who I want to be but who I am.  

Define yourself beyond your role of parent or spouse or good worker or…  

I consider myself an Explorer of the Unseen World.  I know what my role looks like on the physical plane – that I write newsletters and record podcasts.  But what we are looking for is an over-arching description that raises your sights and your expectations of who you are and who you are becoming. I might consider myself a way-shower, guide, an adventurer, a light being.  You get the idea.  How do you label yourself and is it a broad enough label?  Choose a role that demands that you grow into it.

Do You Go With the Flow?

I have never surfed but as I watch people who do, they skillfully go with the flow. They have to adjust their weight and their position of the board and the direction they are going in order to catch a wave in a certain way so it will carry them forward toward shore. It’s a lesson we need to learn as we move through our lives. We have to become aware of the ebb and flow of the various cycles of our life that are both ongoing and intertwined. So we each have to become aware of where we are on each cycle and what cycle is predominant and is offering urgent choices for the present. There’s a constant sense of being aware of the unfolding situation and a constant awareness of choices to be made in order to get the best “ride” in life. Listen to your inner voice. Be observant of the results of your actions. And constantly reconsider your options. That will help you go with the flow and have a great life journey.

===OUTER WORK===

Does Your Work Make Your Heart Sing?

Your life work is made up of the things you choose to do 

that allow you to express your intelligence, passion, and creativity in accordance with your values, and experience the profound joy of simply being yourself. Unlike traditional work, which may demand more of you than you are willing to give, life’s work demands nothing but your intention and passion for that work.

To identify your life work, you must consider your interests in the present and the passions that moved you in the past. Or there may be a passion you have yet to unfold. If you don’t know where to begin, as your search for purpose, take stock of your strengths, passions, beliefs, and values in your daily meditation. 

 Ask the universe to clarify your life’s work by providing signs. Then be sure to pay attention.  

Since life’s journey is one of evolution, you may need to redefine your direction on multiple occasions throughout your lifetime.  Do what makes your heart sing. Be open.  Be flexible. Be aware. And most of all, be open to change. 

An Absence of Striving

What would it feel like to give up all striving and simply be? Feel that stillness. No striving. Simply being present. I hear more when I quiet my mind. I feel more when I quiet my breath. I go within to my Still Point and listen and experience and simply be. 

There is no staving, no efforting, no concerns.  I exist in simple being-ness.

I will go to my Still Point more often during my days and deepen my sense of tranquility.

Know When You are Full Up

It was tempting. The leader of the class is someone I respect and want to learn from. But I am full up. Full up of learning. Full up at one more step to take. Full of the things I’ve given myself to do. We do this to ourselves. We fill our life, our space, our time and our thoughts all by ourselves. So periodically we need to clean house to stop and sit on the front porch, rock in the swing and listen to the birds singing and the wind blowing. Are you full up? What do you need to let go of? Do that today.

===DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE===

Keep Your Spiritual Practice Fluid

It is very easy to get caught up in routine – even the routine of a spiritual practice.  How can you keep your spiritual practice vital and relevant?

Know when to stop doing something.  I love my Oracle Cards but it is also time to not do them so often.  I have a variety of spiritual practices I can add or modify or adapt. The trick is to make it a choice that is relevant in the moment of the choosing. 

Pay attention to your inner voice, your inner nudges, and act upon them.  I like to play my native flutes to nature but I can be more spontaneous and do it more often – immersing myself in how it feels in the moment. Notice what calls to you to do it differently.  And immerse yourself in the moment.  

Let your spiritual practice be one improvisation after another.  What do you feel like doing?  Do that, how did it feel?  Do more.  Do something else. Explore the new and expand the comfortable.

Change the location.  I found a different location to do my Qigong and it changed how I feel about doing it.  Go out in nature for your spiritual practice. Change chairs.  I have one chair facing toward the window that I sit in each day to greet the day or play the sun down, or watch the storm, or simply be with the day. You may find different times to do to different aspects of your spiritual practice.  Let your body tell you.  Let your inner voice tell you.  Experiment for a while and let your flexible and creative new spiritual practice unfold. 

===MY DEEPER SONG ADVENTURES ===

Fall Equinox is September 22. What are you getting ready to harvest after this year’s work?

I strongly suggest you get on the mailing list of The Shift Network https://theshiftnetwork.com . They are free summit interviews with fascinating people that leave you with good ideas and potential new teachers. 

===OUR EVOLVING FUTURE===

Stay Open

German Company Makes Concrete to Charge Electric Vehicles From Roads With 95% Efficiency and Low Cost 

Think what that will eliminate – no gas stations, no gas production, no fossil fuel consumption or pollution.  And that’s just one major change from one idea.  We can print 3-D houses in two weeks.  Artificial Intelligence takes over mundane jobs and makes complex jobs easy.  

We have to stay flexible.  We have to stay open to change.  We get to rethink everything we do.  What an opportunity and challenge.  Stay flexible and open to change and new and unexpected opportunities!

What Does It Take to Change Your Mind? 

I watch the world rearrange itself on a dramatic scale. I watch new decisions being made and wonder at the reasoning behind many of them. I watch new discoveries unfold that will change our world. And I begin to think about what it will take to change my mind about anything.

Changing your perspective, changing your mind begins with your focus. What is important to you at this point in your life? As the opportunities unfold, so do the insights. And our position changes.

We have to consider our options. If a person is against taking the Covid virus vaccinations, what does it take for them to change their mind? They have to look closely at the source of their core beliefs. And that’s not always easy to do. Our beliefs can be very sneaky and creep up on us without even knowing that they are anchoring themselves in our lives. We establish our beliefs based on what our parents taught us and what we learn as we respond or react to our life journey.  Our experience contributes to our beliefs. 

What does it take to change your mind? I think we should be in a state of constant questioning. Because the world is changing rapidly. Opportunities are unfolding we never even dreamed of. We need to keep exploring and considering and trying things on for size. We need to be aware of the myriad of inventions and discoveries that make some of our choices obsolete and open ourselves to paths we never dreamed of before. 

Dido you get up every day and ask what direction you are supposed to go in that day? Each day is an opportunity to look closely at what has evolved overnight. What changes have come about in your experience, your thinking, the opportunities that have presented themselves, and how that changes or should change your beliefs and your responses. Stay fluid. Keep observant. And stay open to change.

===CARA’S CORNER===

Be Willing to Change

My recent big lesson is to be willing to change.  That involves a reality check, it involves exploring new options, and it definitely asks you to make new decisions.

Take a reality check.  I have spent a lot of money on my health and now have to ease up on other spending.  My body is shifting for the better but it offers me both new challenges and new choices. I have to actively explore new actions that are now open to me that will support and advance this new strength and flexibility.  Shift your gaze.  Change your options. 

===SING A DEEPER SONG ===

Shift

Shift your gaze. 

Shift. Your gaze lands on new perspectives, new possibilities. 

Shift. Your gaze lands on new perspectives, new possibilities. One step forward changes the entire landscape and offers a new view. Explore.

Cara Lumen, September 2021

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

Namaste,

Cara

Come Sing a Deeper Song  

I help spiritual explorers find powerful and creative ways to connect with and explore their own cosmic consciousness.

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