New Spiritualibus Blog Posts – Excerpts

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Tranquility

Tranquility
maybe wisdom
no more striving
for any state of being
just be — so obvious
you are, I am, we are
nothing to resist at all
nor attempt replacing
look and see what is
and taking it as such
it becomes an object
is no longer a subject
thing to be addressed
relative in full freedom
detached as possible.

Too busy to meet yourself
consequently wondering
why’s there nobody coming
like crossing to the other side
pushing ahead gets carried away
standing still results in drowning
neither nor brings some balance
from knowledge to experience
from experience to knowledge
where you are, not where you go
feet on the earth, head in heaven
there’s no schedule, no place to go
but many paths going everywhere.

Does everyone sell themselves
it seems in one way or another
ask yourself what do you want
how much ceremony may be
in association and exchange
actually I spent most this life
chasing after enlightenment
realization and mastership
to find in the end simply
being as good a human
as ever possible can be
is more than enough
to keep very busy
utterly fulfilled
tranquil wise.

“Tranquility in action” — harmonics of the heart

primary harmonics, Ionian / diatonic major on G# (rel. A 438 Hz) — vichitra veena, tanpura — 7:33

Result of conduct — here and now, or later

“Beings are owners of their actions, heirs of their actions; they originate from their actions, are bound to their actions, have their actions as their refuge. It is action that distinguishes beings…”

“When he says: ‘… everyone who …’ I do not grant him this. And when he says: ‘Those who know thus know rightly; those who think otherwise are mistaken,’ I also do not grant him this. And when he obstinately adheres to what he himself has know, seen, and discovered, insisting: ‘Only this is true, anything else is wrong,’ I also do not grant him this. Why is that? Because … knowledge of the great exposition of action is otherwise.”

“There is action that is incapable and appears incapable; there is action that is incapable and appears capable; there is action that is capable and appears capable; and there is action that is capable and appears incapable.”

— Majjhima Nikāya – the middle length discourses of the Buddha, translated from Pali by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi – Cūḷakammavibhanga Sutta, 135.4 & 20, p. 1053 & 1057 and Mahākammavibhanga Sutta, 136.13-16 & 21, pp. 1062-1065

Tranquility after the ice saints’ last stroke

Tranquility
First rays of sunlight on snowy mountain peaks conclude a tranquility retreat — May 2026 — Beatenberg, Switzerland

May you and I, may we all realize the results of our actions! — Therein, by depending on this, abandon that.

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Confident, steady, and resolute

Confident, steady, and resolute
talk and think wholesome
wanting little if anything
content and secluded
aloof from society
arousing energy
wisdom delivering
concentration, virtue
renunciation – good will
kindhearted compassion.

So much is flooding in
that is going out
giving freely
not taking
together
a crowd
indulges
eventually
wholesome
talk and thought
turns toward action
better sooner than later!

“Neither nor it is” — neither minor nor major

HexaReMix (a derivative tonality) on C# (rel. A 438 Hz) — 8-string guitar — 4:46

Confident, steady, and resolute

[One’s heart-]mind enters into that signless concentration of mind and acquires confidence, steadiness, and resolution. [One] understands thus: ‘This signless concentration of mind is conditioned and volitionally produced. But whatever is conditioned and volitionally produced is impermanent, subject to cessation.’ When [one] knows and sees thus, [one’s] mind is liberated from the taint of sensual desire, from the taint of being, and from the taint of ignorance. When it is liberated there comes the knowledge: ‘It is liberated.’ [One] understands: ‘Birth is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming to any state of being.’

There is present only this non-voidness, namely, that connected with the six [sense-]bases that are dependent on this body and conditioned by life. Thus [one] regards it as void of what is not there, but as to what remains there [one] understands that which is present thus: ‘This is present.’ … This is [one’s] genuine, undisturbed, pure descent into voidness, supreme and unsurpassed.

— Majjhima Nikāya – the middle length discourses of the Buddha, translated from Pali by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi – Cūḷasuññata Sutta, 121.11 and 12, pp. 969 and 970

Going to the forest, abiding by the root of a tree . . .

Confident, steady, and resolute
Confident, steady, and resolute
Abiding at the root of a tree in meditation for a medicine wheel ceremony — May 2026 — Frienisberg, near Bern, Switzerland

May you and I, may we all abide in wholesome states!

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Tonality of the moment: HexaReMix

The tonality of the moment for late spring / early summer 2026 is HexaReMix.

HexaReMix (a derivative tonality) on C# (rel. A 438 Hz) — 8-string guitar — May 2026 — 4:46 — (loop via right-click, if available)

This HexaReMix sound sample is also available under the title “Neither nor it is”. Another piece using this tonality derivative is “Future memory past now” on the new album “Tonalibus R, S & T“.

HexaReMix, the tonality of this moment, is a hexatonality derivative, with six pitches to the octave. It is fully anchored with its quart and fifth. Then, as its name indicates, the lower tetrachord contains Re, the major second. And the upper is analogous to Mix(olydian) with the major sixth and minor seventh. Of particular interest is that this derivative does not include a third, neither minor nor major. This gives it a uniquely balanced character. Particularly in Western music, a primary distinction is drawn between major and minor tonalities, which this derivative entirely relinquishes. Further, upper and lower tetrachords each show symmetrical balance in themselves. This provides HexaReMix an almost crystalline quality of striking equilibrium.

The Tonalibus catalogue of tonalities does not fully document derivatives. However, HexaReMix shows up in the overview table of anchored hexatonalities (see below).

Tonality of the moment: HexaReMix

You may enjoy a sound sample or tonality loop as sound mantra for contemplation or meditation. This can help with upliftment, purification, and focusing. Or it could simply be used as soothing background sound for relaxation and regeneration. If you care to hum, chant, or sing along, you could use a spiritually charged syllable like Ōṃ / Aum ॐ, or HU, or another mantra syllable that suits you.

May the sound of silence embrace our hearts — always!

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Happy about impermanence

Happy about impermanence
why suffer instead letting go
this is not mine, this I am not
this is not my self, dispassion
liberated, know, understand
no more coming to any state
of being whatever it may be
material, feeling, perception
formation or consciousness
abandon all gratification
escape desire and lust
then what — go figure
sit at the root of a tree
facing South, North
East and also West
what does it say
can you hear
breath in
and out
here
now
get up
move on
in happiness
no matter what
comes and goes
in the harmony of life.

“Happy about impermanence” — it can be!

ReachUpMix / ReachUpMaj on E (without 7th, but with one brief transitory major 3rd), leading to and dissolving in BlueMix on C# (rel. A 438 Hz) — nepali cymbal pair, four dome gongs (four corners of the sound temple), lap slide guitar — 7:18

Untrue cannot know untrue nor true —
but true may know both, true and untrue

It is hardly possible, it cannot be, that one who is untrue should know of a person who is untrue: ‘This person is untrue.’ — It is hardly possible, it cannot be, that one who is untrue should know of a person who is true: ‘This person is true.’ — It is possible that one who is true would know of a person who is true: ‘This person is true.’ — It is possible that one who is true would know of a person who is untrue: ‘This person is untrue.’

One lauds himself and disparages others… This is the character of a person who is untrue. — Putting non-identification first, one neither lauds himself nor disparages others… This is the character of a person who is true.

— free after Majjhima Nikāya – the middle length discourses of the Buddha, translated from Pali by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi – Cūḷapuṇṇama Sutta, 110.3 & 14, pp. 892-894 and Sappurisa Sutta, 113, pp. 909-912

Happy about impermanence starts small and grows fast

Happy about impermanence
Freshly hatched chickadees in their nest on top of a village church tower — April 2026 — near Bern, Switzerland

May you and I, may we all directly know true and untrue!

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Tonalibus R, S & T – the album

The new triple album “Tonalibus R, S & T” appears globally on many music platforms on May 1, 2026 — on Spotify, YouTube Music, YouTube Channel, Tidal, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, etc. It offers 27 meditative improvisations by Ulrico from the past year in three hours of uplifting music, at times with a touch of blues. They originate from the following three thematic groups:

Waves of silent peace,

Enjoy the gaps in between, and

Forward in the sound of light

Tonalibus R, S & T – the album

The first two minutes
of the new album
“Tonalibus R, S & T”

Start the music
and light the fire.

More detailed information you find in the Fidibus shop under Tonalibus R, S & T — Album.

Tonalibus R, S & T – the album
Waves of silent peace — Enjoy the gaps in between — Forward in the sound of light

The sound of silence

“I notice the kind of background sound which I refer to as the sound of silence, a resonating vibratory sound… a high-pitched kind of vibration that’s always present. … When you recognize this sound of silence your thinking process stops — you can rest in this stream. It’s like a stream. It isn’t like ordinary sound that rises and ceases or begins and ends. … Behind that, behind all other sounds is this sound of silence. … It’s always present, it’s just there whether I notice it or not.”

— The Sound of Silence, Ajahn Sumedho, pp. 65-66