चैतन्य Chaitanya manifests in so many ways Sounds, courage, persistence, harmony So can I see you – and can you see me? At times so distant, and then so close Waves come and go, always present Looking, listening, and mostly being It might seem an eternal embrace When the moon and sun so dance In this world the winds of change All has its beginning and ending Some wait for one or the other There are many but a few if any Will aim for and realize their way Pure conscious self, enthusiasm It carries all far on eagle’s wings Personalities and ego left behind No more higher or lower, but now Here in this very moment present Hearts embrace the sun and moon.
Chaitanya (Sanskrit: चैतन्य) refers to awareness, consciousness, conscious self, intelligence, or pure consciousness, as well as energy and enthusiasm.
Listening to the call of soul — December 2021 — St. Lucia — photo by Michael Sacchet
Courage it takes To be oneself Fulfilled and free To be all true Standing up tall Surfing the winds That rip and rattle To shake it lose And liberate all To be detached Let go entirely In the present Moment upon Moment again Until here now I am that I am And that is all As well as nothing Ever and never.
“Blue Courage” — a Dorian mode blues medley
Dorian — 8-string guitar, singing saw, tingsha cymbals, crotales, gongs, and voice — 5:08 — as loop on a separate tab
Grammar of animacy
“I come here to listen, to nestle in the curve of the roots in a soft hollow of pine needles, to lean my bones against the column of white pine, to turn off the voice in my head until I can hear the voices outside it: the shhh of wind in needles, water trickling over rock, nuthatch tapping, chipmunks digging, beechnut falling, mosquito in my ear, and something more — something that is not me, for which we have no language, the wordless being of others in which we are never alone.” — Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, p. 48
Courage it takes to step out
Looking out from the safety of woods into the cool winter world — January 2022 — Grächwil/Meikirch, Switzerland
Some things fit And others don’t; Only you can tell For your very self.
What did fit once May not fit now; And what did not May now maybe.
Beyond possibilities The very realities Of a one and only Soul and self.
A seeking stranger A strange seeker Finding the good The good finder.
Good, not better! Better is worse. What is best?
“From the Future to the Present and Back”
From G# TetraNA with touches of its F# Upcor inversion progressing to C# Ionian (diatonic major) and back, connecting the far ends and melting contrasts into a unified whole — 8-string guitar — December 2021 — 9:45 — as loop on a separate tab
The Cyrus Charter
The fragments of the Cyrus Cylinder from the 6th century BC honor the Persian king Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire. Many historians regard this cylinder as early or first declaration of human rights. Here is a translation or interpretation of a portion of it:
“Everyone shall live according to his religion, respect women, and help the poor. Everyone may speak the language of his tribe. Only with human values can you be human. … To break the chains…, the freedom of the slaves, and honoring the elders is my wish.”
Snapdragon survivor chilled
Surviving snapdragon bud reaching above the snow cover — December 2021 — Grächwil, Switzerland
Mighty old oak, so beautiful and strong, Beyond this very age you reach and stretch Branches to the sky and roots in olden depths.
Majestic you stand your ground so tall On the very top of this sweet, rolling hill. Forests and fields grew all around Like a roaring ocean’s ebb and tide.
Many a deer became your friend And yes, some people loved you too, But now at last you may get cut In spite along with your very hill and all.
Thus I came by with a heavy heart My hand reached out to touch your bark And you opened up your heart and spoke Swept me off my feet and flew Through a vortex of a gate we spun And the world fell far away.
“It’s all right the way it is!” Thundered your might voice With profound acceptance of it all Boundless appreciation and deepest love For all life and everything and all.
“Maybe it’s my time to go, it matters not I’ve been here for quite a while I won’t mind somewhere else to go — And when we’re ready it will be Definitely a good step after all. So, why worry? — Let it be!”
“At times you may feel squeezed, Sometimes crowded, then alone — Go with the flow, ride the ebb and tide And all is right, the very best In everything and all there is This moment, sweet and sound We call eternity and love!”
So the tree spoke with silence Like thunder shaking up my Earth Then gently put me back again Down on my little human feet.
“Christina’s Theme” — cooperation of sound and light
And I asked him if it was true. “True?” he snapped. “What do you mean by by ‘true’? You want to know if it happened, word for word, exactly as I told it? Makes no difference. You may as well ask me if it’s a good story, because a good story is true, whether it happened or not. And a bad story — even if it happened — is a lie.” “The question,” he added with a grin, “is not whether the story is true, but whether it has truth inside it… And that is a mystery only time can solve.” — p. 9
As Mark Twain said: “Truth is stranger than fiction… Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” — p. 10
“But telling stories is not about the words you say. When you have a story inside you, and an open heart, you become a conduit — the story flows through you. As for the words — ” he waved a hand dismissively, “they’re merely commentary.” — pp. 93-94
From The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness by Joel ben Izzy
The January 2022 tonality of the month is Aeolian (natural minor), a diatonic heptatonality.
1) Aeolian — very calm sound sample — Dec. 2021 — 3:30 loop — plays until stopped or you go to another page on this tab2) Aeolian — calm sound sample — December 2021 — 2:28 loop 3) Aeolian — rhythmic sound sample — December 2021 — 2:44 loop4) Aeolian — short rhythmic sound sample — June 2020 — 0:40 loop
The tonality of the month of January 2022 is Aeolian (natural minor), a regular diatonic heptatonality that is fully anchored. The octave of the diatonic tonality matrix includes five whole steps and two half steps (or semitones). And either two or three consecutive whole steps, a pair and a trio, alternate in separating the two individual half steps from each other.
You may enjoy a sound sample loop, such as the one of the tonality of the month, as sound mantra for contemplation or meditation, for upliftment, focusing, or simply for relaxation and regeneration as soothing background sound. Further, you could hum or chant along, for example using Ōṁ / Aum ॐ, HU, or another mantra syllable that suits you, and tune yourself to the fundamental.
The miracle of the present moment — December 2021 — near Grächwil / Meikirch, Switzerland
