In matters of principal stand like a rock.

stones are hard everywhere.

Be a peg, hammered into the frozen ground, immovable.

To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it.

No, but I feel as if a big stone is pressing me here.

(…) In the now you are both the movable and the immovable. (…). Overlook the movable and you will find yourself to be the ever-present, changeless reality, inexpressible, but solid like a rock.

I have a soul of lead
So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.

Stand as a rock; you are indestructible. You are the Self (atman), the God of the universe.

Better hold me hard, I will never ever go.

There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes.

Rather a stone, but to be alone!

Heart's wave could not curl and break beautifully into the foam of spirit, unless the ageless silent rock of destiny stood in its path.

You must die erect and unyielding.

Translation:
Unmoving as a venerated idol
Encased in dense links of steel
Outlined against the water, sombre and transfixed Like some enchanted prince
Held prisoner forever
In the river’s crystal palace.