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July 9, 2021May 29, 2022

Album of sound

Album of sound
Tonalities on site
Compositions go
Out into the world
To see who’ll listen
Now available to all
A drop in the ocean
So little and small
Into the multitude
Flooding the world
These current days
Of being connected
And at the same time
Separated and isolated
By these virtual screens
While the yearning heart
Looks to touch another
And be touched as well
Manifest and tangible
All the way in reality.

Detach the tangible
Grasp the intangible
Secret of the middle
Listening, observing
So the heart can hear
The call of spirit’s love
That’s always present
Right here and now.

An album of sound: Tonalibus A, B, & C

An extensive album called Tonalibus A, B, & C with thirty-one pieces by Ulrico is in the process of being released on platforms like Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon, and many others. More info on this will be in the coming July Tonalibus Update.

From the I Ching 易經

“For freedom and well-being to unfold in the durable forms of our shared spaces, we have to renounce the tangible and listen to the mystery of the intangible in the middle, so that our heart can be awakened by its spiritual call.”

— Kontexte des Segens [Contexts of Blessing], ䷟ #32 Hong 恆, Die Fortführung [Persevering], In der Treue zur lebendigen Mitte sich dem dauerhaften Weg hingeben [In loyalty to the loving heart, devoting oneself to a sustainable path], Thomas Primas

Album of sound — Calendula pettals harvested for health — June 2021 — Grächwil, Switzerland

July 1, 2021May 29, 2022

Respecting space

Respecting space
Of each and another
No encroachment
And taking care
Of one’s own
But invariably
Come overlaps
And agreements
Or their absence
Disagreements
To show a face
Our very being
Heart and soul
Maybe attached
Or letting go
In freedom
Flow of life
Spirit — love
Self and God
All one in one
So many in one
Or one in many
Soul and souls
No difference
Except illusion
To go beyond
Dwell in heaven
Every moment
Here and now.

June 29, 2021May 29, 2022

Tonality of the month: ReachUp

The July 2021 tonality of the month is ReachUp — a Reach heptatonality.

1) ReachUp — short sound sample, rhythmic — 0:40 loop — plays until stopped or you go to another page on this tab.

2) ReachUp — calm sound sample — 8-string guitar — June 2021 — 2:24 loop

3) ReachUp — calm sound sample, expanded — triple 8-string guitar and bass — June 2021 — 7:11 loop

The tonality of this month of July is ReachUp, a partially anchored Reach or harmonic heptatonality. It is also known as double harmonic minor, Gypsy minor, and Hungarian minor. It contains two Reach steps or augmented seconds. Because of the rised one in the lower tetrachord, its Tonalibus name became ReachUp. The tritone and major seventh help form the two Reach steps and contribute to braking up the otherwise pronounced minor tendency of this tonality.

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 HU or another mantra syllable, and tune yourself to the fundamental.

Tonality of the month: ReachUp — Alpine lake mirroring mountains, clouds, and sky — June 2021 — Lake Brienz, Switzerland

June 25, 2021May 29, 2022

Opening up

Opening up
Aimed for so long
Dreamed and wished
Plus feared avoided
When finally now
Manifesting as is
Whatever’s clear
Open to express
In full freedom
To observe
Divine spirit
Listening to
What it tells
The river of life
All love in reality
Living interwoven
In all and every way
To explore here now
Courageously touch
The heart of hearts
The brilliant light
A sound eternal
Ever on and on
In gratitude.

June 21, 2021May 29, 2022

Swirling vorteces

Concepts are guidelines for reference
But then there is reality that is real
What we do with our existence
No matter how tentative, it just is
Detachment and love at the core
Everything is possible but only one
The single thing which actually is
The miracle of this very moment
Present here and now in love.

Swirling vortex or vorteces in the river Aare near Bern

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Vortex of spirituality and religion

“Moment after moment we have to find our own way. Some idea of perfection, or some perfect way which is set up by someone else, is not the true way for us.
Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way. This is the mystery. When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything.” — Q1

“Religion is not any particular teaching. Religion is everywhere. … Forget all about some particular teaching; … [do] not ask which is good or bad. There should not be any particular teaching. Teaching is in each moment, in every existence. That is the true teaching.” — Q2

— Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Shunryu Suzuki, Q1: p. 136, Q2: p. 161