Music and Meditation - Part 1 Music has an incredible power to move us in ways that have been experienced down through the generations. It can make us laugh or cry, happy or sad. It can even make us think, which is always an incredible and inspiring thing. Incredible isn’t it that your brain can convert the sound waves that your ears intercept into something that has such power to move us. I love listening to music, but something incredible happens when you mix music and meditation, it becomes a very powerful combination that has the power to change your life. That is a pretty bold statement but being a person who enjoys combining them I can speak from experience. Meditation can mean a lot of different things to different people. What I mean when I say meditation with music is where you put the music on and listen to it. Really listen. The sort of listening I am talking about is focusing the whole of your attention on it, nothing is happening in your life while you are doing this. No bills need to be paid. No one is bugging you to mow the lawns. There are no problems in the world and if there were they wouldn’t be affecting you. This is the type of listening I mean. Your whole mind and consciousness is being focused on what is coming in your ears. With this depth of listening after you have done it you will find your mind is clearer and it feels as if your thoughts can come easier, the world is a brighter and clearer place and you feel in touch with the universe. Sounds like the sort of thing a drug addict might say doesn’t it, well it’s true that music can be addictive, but it’s not going to destroy your life or get you put into prison. Although in general this sort of listening isn’t something that you can share, simply because it is such a personal and internal thing, those around you can still enjoy the music itself, even if they don’t gain the same level of enjoyment as you do they may enjoy it just as much so certainly share the experience with people. When you do it right there is an incredible high you can achieve, it is a miraculous thing that touches you deep inside. As I write this out I am using a laptop that has music ripped onto it via a high definition format. I am listening to it via a moderately expensive pair of earphones and it is a wonderful sensation and I find it very empowering. A wonderful way to relax that can be done in the privacy of your home or in an area as public as a park. Anywhere you can sit and concentrate and just BE. Although you can if you want to, you don’t need to spend ridiculous amounts of money to have a high level of quality. A lot of people who might be reading this may already have all the equipment necessary to enjoy the mix of music and meditation. You will want to have a reasonably high quality source to listen to and many modern MP3 players or CD Players are of high enough quality. Although I have mentioned several times portable music players, my preference is for a high quality source such as can mostly be found in the home hi-fi stereo system. When you use portable players there are often compromises in quality to get them to the price point where more people can purchase them easier. Don’t worry about that though, as I have said most modern players have enough quality that you will still be able to enjoy them immensely. If you don’t already have a music source then go to the section I have marked ‘No music, so Sad’. You can tell if your music source, whether it is a portable or a home system, and your speakers or earphones are of a high enough quality by putting on some music that has a lot of instruments and see if you can pick out individual instruments. If everything seems to be blended into each other then either your music system will need to be upgraded or maybe your speakers or earphones do. If you know someone who is into high fidelity sound maybe you could test your system with his or her earphones or speakers. A lot of stores that specialize in high fidelity sound systems can be very helpful when you are looking to upgrade your music systems. A lot of these people are into high quality music and you might enjoy talking to them about it and see what they recommend. Of course there are always the percentage that are just interested in a buck so I would suggest staying away from the chain stores and seek out those truly interested in listening to their music. - More about this in Part 2 -
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 16:32:17 +0000
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