New Spiritualibus Blog Posts – Excerpts

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Possibilities of the impossible

Possibilities of the impossible — with words —

Harmony of dissonance — dissonance of harmony.

The good of the bad — the bad of the good.

The love of power — the power of love.

The inner of the outer — the outer of the inner.

Health of illness and disease — disease and illness of health.

An explorer among settlers — a settler among explorers.

The spirit of the physical — the physics of spirit.

The heavenly of the world — the worldly of heaven.

Beyond concepts and contents — concepts and contents of the beyond.

Unity in dichotomy and plurality — dichotomy and plurality in unity.

Detached from attachment — attached to detachment.

Freedom of limitations — limitations of freedom.

Accepting rejection — rejecting acceptance.

Life after death — death after life.

The oneness of duality — the duality of oneness.

Perfection in imperfection — imperfection in perfection.

Equilibrium while out of balance — out of balance in an equilibrium.

The possibility of realizing the impossible together as soul —
the impossibility of realizing the possible alone.

Spiritual freedom — free spirit and soul.

Love of the divine — the divinity of love.

Possibilities and impossibilities — with sound —

PentaMin / PentaEol — expanded sound sample — 8-string guitar — February 2021 — 2:15 loop

Possibilities of the impossible — with the light —

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Sun setting, going down to come up again another day — Eriz, Switzerland — June 2020

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Tonality of the month: MinReach

The February 2021 tonality of the month is MinReach or harmonic minor — a Reach (or harmonic) heptatonality.

1) MinReach rhythmic sound sample — 0:31 loop — plays until stopped or you go to another page on this tab.
2) MinReach calm sound sample — 1:40 loop — plays until stopped or you go to another page on this tab.
3) MinReach calm sound sample expanded — includes the Guggisberg melody (more info below) — double 8-string guitar, bass, and crotales — January 2021 — 9:24 soundscape

We can recognize MinReach, also kown as harmonic minor, in the melody of the “Guggisberg-Lied” or “s’Vreneli ab em Guggisberg”. This is one of the most haunting and well-known Swiss folklore songs. It stirred up so much emotion that historically it was forbidden by the death penalty in Bernese regiments in the foreign legion. It tended to cause Swiss soldiers to desert and go home.

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, and tune yourself to the fundamental.

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Holding up the sky on the Guggershörnli — Sept. 2014 — photo by Sabina Haas
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Stairway into the light — path onto the Guggershörnli, Switzerland — Sept. 2014

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Sooner or later

Sooner or later,

You are who you are.

Still, you are who you were,

And also, you were who you are;

Plus, you will be who you are,

And you are who you will be.

You are who you are!

Nevertheless,

You’re not who you were,

And you were not who you are;

Plus, you are not who you will be,

And you will not be who you are.

All you are is who you are.

You are who you are!

Still, you are who you were,

And also, you were who you are;

Plus, you are who you will be,

And you will be who you are.

You are who you are,

Sooner or later,

Right now!

“Sooner rather than later” — an introspective sound sample

Double tenor recorder, Nepali and Tibetan (tingsha) cymbal pairs, and voice — January 2021 — 6:13 soundscape — (available as loop under Winter 2020/2021)

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Harmonic pivot — Tonalibus visualization of universal harmony

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For good and soul

Inside the box
Or outside of it
Bigger outside
Limited inside
But protected
Defined and set.

A master explorer
Or framed settler?

Balance is needed
Community agrees
With each other
On many things
And leaves room
To disagree some.

Thus we get along
May stay together
Or otherwise part
While the whole
Includes in and out
Cycles back and forth
Exploring and settling.

Both are appropriate
At the right time
And the best place
To root in for good
Or pull up to go on
Breathing in and out
As the body's settled
Until sooner or later
Soul will just move on
In love with all life.

“BlueMix Syntropy” — for good and soul

BlueMix — multiple 8-string guitar — January 2021 — 5:54 — (under Winter 2020/2021 available as loop)
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Never ending fascination with daybreak and sunrise — January 2021 — Grächwil, Switzerland

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January 2021 Tonalibus Update

Tonalibus, Spiritualibus, and Fidibus news —

Holidays and a new dimension of sound sample recordings —

No matter one’s culture or religion, many see Holidays, holy days, as an opportunity to give and receive. Tonalibus recently received a pair of high-quality (entry-level Neumann) microphones. This opened an all new dimension of recording possibilities and settings. Here are some first fruits of this:

“Louder Call for Peace” — Triple and quadruple fujara — January 2020 — 2:40 — (under Winter 2020/2021 available as loop)
“Remembering Boudhanath” — Double tenor recorder, singing saw, genuine Tibetan tingsha cymbals — January 2021 — 3:42 — (under Winter 2020/2021 available as loop)
“Gateway to Heaven and Hell” — Nepali and Tibetan cymbal pairs, gongs — December 31, 2020 — 6:39 soundscape — needs a sound system capable of low sounds. Available as loop and with further instruments under Winter 2020/2021

New format in the catalogue of anchored tonalities

All anchored tonalities in the Tonalibus catalogue now offer easy navigation options. Images of their harmonic properties and sound samples appear first. The laborious capture of their characteristics in words comes last. A growing number of sound sample loops are on a separate page associated with each tonality. Already last month we announced first such additions for ReachMix, BlueMix, and HexaBlue. Since then, a more extensive, multi-track addition came about for PenatProLa / PentaIon:

“Little Balloon” — PentaProLa / PentaIon — multiple 8-string guitar and bass — January 2021 — 3:29 — (available as loop under PentaProLa / PentaIon sound loops or Winter 2020/2021 — also, see associated Spiritualibus blog post “Little Balloon“

Spiritualibus and Fidibus update

Consistent with our current times, there has been a flurry of new Spiritualibus blog posts. On the other hand, Fidibus shop activities appear at a minimum.

The Tonalibus course currently in progress with one individual triggered a new harmonic insight touched on in the blog post “Generational interplay of harmony” and anchors in the quint cycle.

The Tonalibus approach to creating individual sound mantras was further refined, including steps accessible on password-protected pages. The key to creating an individual sound mantra, finding one’s fundamental pitch and fitting tonalities, is that — as much as possible — one has to do it themselves. Musically, Tonalibus offers to facilitate and built upon an individual’s own findings.

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Best wishes from the heart — at the forest’s edge, mountains greet — Grächwil, Switzerland — February 2020