No cutting corners is not easy But most fulfilling every way As it takes the extra effort To finally be done for good Not to confuse with perfect Rather the best possible here In decent balance and harmony With the flow of life and in love Active as can be in manifesting One’s own individual realities Formed cooperating together With each other, and with all The essence of consciousness Expressed in present moments The divine so practical and real Some have tried to give it a name Tathāgata, Mahanta consciousness Thus trying to scoop entire oceans With their little cups and spoons Calling their sip the one and only Then displays blinding arrogance While others remain loving silent Giving each their space to drink From their cups of revelations Accepting the miracle of now No cutting corners draws lines Between what is real and not To relish and love each other An embrace of spirit’s grace Accepted in humble gratitude For the gifts of golden hearts.
“Prayer in Gratitude for the Golden Heart”
Ionian — 8-string guitar — February 2021 — 4:44 — also as loop on a separate tabBackyard view form a meditation gazebo on a high point — October 2021 — Chanhassen, Minnesota
So much stuff That lasts or not Comes and goes From merchandise To heaps of trash Better think twice And do consider Ramifications What it can do In the long run There’s a future Of all the things To flow and serve Sustain a purpose Or just fade away From the new to old More or less durable Benefits that last Or just wash away With limited aims A moment or two Hopeful for more Look and weigh What may come Recycle or reuse Maybe for burning In harmony and love.
So much stuff — “Call to Peace”
Triple fujara and tenor recorder — September 2020 — 3:03 — available also as loop on a new tab
You may enjoy a sound sample loop, as sound mantra for contemplation or meditation, for upliftment, focusing, or simply for relaxation and regeneration as soothing background sound.
Big water droplets gathered on the moon roof of a car — October 2021 — Waconia, Minnesota
What is your focus? The hair or the soup Some throw it all out When noticing one float Discard the entire bowl Instead of fishing it out And relishing the meal No matter how much Fishing’s frowned upon Causing repercussions In this imperfect world That’s making it perfect With challenges offered Experiences and lessons Building up the courage To fish out whatever hairs Are floating in your soup And savor a delicious meal With all its good nutrients Given freely in the present Accepting all with gratitude The ever abundant miracle Of life, of love, and the light Plus especially the sound At times shining brilliantly Then again – likely fading Before blossoming anew The rhythm of breathing A sweet melody of spirit Eternal harmony of soul.
What is your focus? – “As God Realizes the Moment”
8-string guitar, multiple fujara, tenor recorder, and voice — May 2020 — 2:26 — also available as loop on a new tab
A toddler’s creative hiding place
Playing hide and seek with a two to three year old: Just cover your eyes! — October 2021
Let it go – let it be Give each their space Especially yourself There’s ever enough To conclude it thus And move on free After a long journey Put your hat on top Of your own head Rather than another No matter the claim For you are ever you Your one and only As are all others Each for themselves They, we, all are soul Consciousness divine Having an experience In this world of now Here in this moment First of all for oneself Together with others Close, and distant too Connected and linked All unified by life Love and nature Beyond the duality Of dogma’s division Each a spark of God.
LoloReachMaj — short sound sample, calm — 8-string guitar — August 2021 — 3:26
Spirit expressed is not the eternal spirit. What can be expressed is not eternal.
Non-being is the beginning of heaven and earth. Being is the origin of individual existence.
Therefore, looking towards non-being leads to contemplating the divine essence, and focusing towards being to contemplate the limitations of duality. However, both are one, from the same source. They are different only in name.
In its entirety, this is a great truth. And a still deeper truth of this secret is the gate through which miracles appear.
Alpine peaks close-up — Männlichen, Switzerland — September 2021
The October 2021 tonality of the month is PentaBlue, a tritone or blues pentatonality.
PentaBlue — short sound sample — June 2020 — 0:40 loop
The tonality of the month of October 2021 is PentaBlue, a tritone or blues tonality and extra pentatonality. It is the root of the Tonalibus group of tritone or blues tonalities. This group leads from PentaBlue via HexaBlue to PhrygBlue, MinBlue, and BlueMix. These are all present in the Tonalibus catalogue, along with BlueUp, a Reg(ressive) tritone or blues tonality. Now, BlueMin just qualified as a coming addition to this group.
Keep going — home
You always get somewhere, if only you go far enough! Sometimes one may feel or get lost on the way. But especially then, the same applies. Keep going! Go further, and you will get somewhere. Trust and confidence carry on and on. Stopping brings demise in most cases. However, most everyone likes to have a place to call home, to stay and return to after explorations. Fortunately though, the world is round. If you go all the way, you will come around back home — but from the opposite side than from which you left it. Thus it will look different. But if it’s really your home, you will recognize it and not pass by.
An inspiring quote
“It is the man who thinks he may live as freely as his unconsidered desires prompt him who does not see the reckoning of such an attitude. He is binding his life to a hollow dream if he persists in this thought. If he has had the experience of knowing his true self, there will never be any hatred for another.” — The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, Books One and Two, Paul Twitchell, p. 198
Sound mantra
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, and tune yourself to the fundamental.
Illumination before sunrise over a horizon of Alpine mountains — September 2021 — Grächwil, Switzerland
