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Music
MUSIC WITHOUT WORDS MEANS
LEAVING BEHIND THE MIND. AND LEAVING BEHIND THE MIND IS
MEDITATION. MEDITATION RETURNS YOU TO THE SOURCE. AND THE SOURCE
OF ALL IS SOUND. KABIR
MUSIC THERAPY Music, whichever style, revitalizes the human being and should be a conscious part of our lives. We need to participate in it, without limiting ourselves to only listening or using it to fill up emptiness. We have to learn from music with a completely new perspective, as music contains all wonders, and is the key to life miracles. Sound has always been considered a link between the Human and the Divine. In one way or another, all ancient schools taught its disciples to use sound as a creative force. Music has been considered the most ancient form of healing in 2 ways: as form of art, and as a commercial product. This is not enough; music has to be taken into consideration in a third manner, as a universal force, which helps in the human psychic healing as well as physical. The power of music acts due to a secret content which is found in the expression of sound. Music can be curative if it is understood in the following way: sound is vibration and its movements produce heat which then become energy. A physical deficiency, whatever it may be, affects the cells and if the music therapy is used, we are in conditions to take advantage of the energy produced by rhythms and sounds, which transmitted to all ill cells, will achieve recovery. Usually, we are not conscious that the body can heal himself. Unfortunately, we interfere in its path of recovery by providing inadequate nourishment, making it work in excess without giving any rest, exposing it to tension and negativity. We bear emotions and behaviours which produce short circuit in its energy flows, resulting in weakness and lack of balance. Sound and music are one of the most effective and simple form to re-establish the lost balance. The Chakras and its electromagnetic emanations respond to specific music tones and vocals. The tones of our music scale resound with the seven chakras. The tuning fork, is very effective for this, although it is a very expensive instrument. We can also use a simple and economic flute to reach this energy balance in a certain chakra, or we can interpret or listen to a musical piece written in a key which tone is the primary of the unbalanced chakra. We can use the different tones and instrument to re-establish the physical, emotional, mental or spiritual balance, but for that, we have to understand and examine the metaphysical aspects of each chakra and its answers to sound in any of its forms. DEADLY RHYTHMS The rhythmic dissonance is a deadly danger for live beings. Unfortunately live organisms tend to accommodate the function of its organs to exterior sound rhythm. For example, it is known, that a fish needs a minimum of 43 breathing inspirations per minute for it not to die by suffocation. If you leave, next to a fish, a rhythmic tic/tac of 40 beats per minute, the animal will synchronize its breathing to the period of the noise. When the minutes finishes, the breathing of the animal are 40 per minute without it being able to increase it again. The fish will try to escape to a silent place to save his life. If the instrument does not stop the fish dies "suffocated by dissonance". In relation to this, if our breathing and blood circulation obey to a natural rhythm, in accordance and in harmony with the cosmos and nature, all that breaks or does not agree to these rules, will leads us to an abnormal or aggressive behaviour. MUSIC ELEMENTS AS HEALING We can use music rhythms, tones instruments and voice sound so that they act mutually with the different activities of the physiological systems of the body. To work with the music, in the healing field, it is essential to understand the relation existing between the Chakras system and the physic and subtle aspects of our energies. Chakras are the principal mediators of all existing energy in the body and that which enter it. They absorb the energy and help the body to distribute it to its distinct physical, emotional, mental and spiritual functions. The tones, rhythms, instruments and vocals which are used, serve to balance, stimulate and establish a mutual relationship with the energy flow of the Chakras. MUSIC THERAPY APPLICATIONS In the physical level, you can use it to
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TO SOOTH PAIN In the metaphysical level, generally it is used to
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TO INDUCE ALTERED CONSCIOUS STATES
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Books: This article highlights the responsibility which any composer artist or disc-jockey, which plays in front of a public, should have. In my opinion, given the influence of music in our bodies and mental states, it is fundamentally important to have a special conscience at the time of choosing the music to transmit. Only by respecting the laws of Nature and the Universe one can acquire such conscience, and so positively influence the evolution of humanity through this channel. Simba (Extracts from the article of Carlos Velilla "Trance, Nature et Life") There are various wave patterns
that our brain can experiment: But before let's go back in time: Originally started in Goa, a Portuguese colony on the west coast of India (Anjuna); in the mid 60s, where a bohemian population settled in an attempt to emulate an hypothetical paradise in a world each time more industrialized; Midnight parties dedicated to the Moon and the Stars, surrounded by songs of Neil Young, Bob Marley, the Doors, Pink Floyd and more; later was introduced the magic of electronics and its infinite possibilities. With a totally multinational mentality, there was a place for any culture, Caribbean rhythms, Hindus sitar and European obscure synthesizers where mixed in at pleasure. All sound which would alter the consciousness of the listener was brought to Goa to be shared, experimented and played. This way, from the sinister influences of EBM, the dynamism of American techno, and these same psychedelic sounds, the fascination for a music up to then unknown was born.The official version about the origins of psychedelic trance confirms that such movement started in the region of Goa sometimes around the 90s; once "the creature" was conceived, people like Goa Gil, Mark Allen, Fred Disko, Steve Psyko, Ray Castle and Dino Psaras (and many others) spread the message around the world. There are various names of this "creature": Originally "Trance Dance", officially accepted "Goa Trance", "Psychedelic Trance" or "PsyTrance". Others call it "drug becoming sound". To avoid confusion we'll call it "Psychedelic Trance". Let's analyze its significance, the reasons for its name. Psychedelic=Psyche (mind)+ Deloun (related to sensory), something which manifests the mind, the spirit or the soul; or better still the modification of the consciousness. Trance= suspended state of the senses during a mystical ecstasy experience or due to hypnotism effects, higher state of consciousness. Already since the 10th century, African societies conceived music as a means of transmission of knowledge and its values, they understood sound as a mean to establish the order of the Universe, they used percussionists as an essential part for its community trance rituals. In the region of Tibet, India, Centre and South America as well, they have similar philosophy of music worship in its esoteric and divine applications. (coincidence?) Curiously these where areas, where intelligent life started before than in other places, and where still there are many unresolved enigmas. (Atlantis, Lemuria, the Nazca's tracks, Keops pyramids, the great South rock of Baalbeck etc.) Furthermore it is evident the connexion between these civilizations. Is Psychedelic Trance a way of getting closer to God? Psychedelic Trance makes me think of the Divine or at least the supernatural:" Waiting for a new life to come, If I could discover just one of these things, what eternity is for example, I would not care if they did think I was crazy" "Paradise is not a place, is a form of cultures for the following state in human evolution any date in a day in a system. This day in a system contains all the information necessary for transformation of living structures in past, present, and future forces. Today the collective cultures has reached a special point of transformation, being able to receive and to greaten the great cosmic law, never changing and forever true in the name of the land; dance for paradise" These are quotations from known songs. Is Psychedelic Trance something like a vortex, a temporal - space entrance to other dimensions? Has Psytrance really been invented where I recounted? Or is it a reminiscence of past times? Someone confirms that in Roman times, teenagers where listening to repetitive type of music (Coincidence?) The world invariably converges the use of ringlets in music. Another proof that history is cyclical. Sometimes ago I've read that in the interior of some Egyptian Pyramids, historians and researchers have found represented on the walls, schematic which appeared very much like men with helmets similar to the ones used by pilots, as well as something like helicopters and light bulbs. Will we discover one day in the hieroglyphics, Spirit desks or Korg synthesizers? In Psytrance, not only is important the quality of sound, but also the place to do the event. The philosophy of this style is radically different from the rest. It was not designed for its application in closed and dark places, all the contrary; open spaces are looked for, Chakras (energy centres: forests, beaches deserts etc) Attempts are made to integrate the ancestral and spiritual with technology. Psytrance is therefore an elevation of the individual's spirituality. "Always music and dance have been used to unite with the Spirit of Nature and with that of the Universe. The keywords are love, compassion, understanding and respect for others". It is not rare that certain people have abandoned their previous way of life. "My life have changed completely, I stopped working and belonging to a Company, Goa is something more than a couple of happy days" (Tsuyoshi Suzuki), "I've realised that gaining large amounts of money was not what I wanted to do with my life, I did not want a timetable from 9 to 5, I want to travel, know people, live, not dream, live." (Mark Allen) "I opened myself to religion, I saw how happy I could be without the necessity of materialism" (James Munro) "Seeing a moon eclipse in November of 1992 was the most wonderful experience of my whole existence, I saved all the money for a motorbike and travelled around Australia with it" (Sarah Champion) Some of these ideas could be perceived radical, but they give an idea what Psytrance can do; if they are happy there is no need to say more. Effects it produces: to the trance state one can arrive through hypnotism, drugs, intense exercise (DANCING) and of course through sound. Due to my total and absolute ignorance on the subject of drugs, I just want to say that in 1938 Albert Hoffman discovered the Lysergic Acid (Lyserg Saure Diethylamid;LSD) when he was studying the alkaloids of a parasite fungus in rye. The most common effect of the consumption of LSD is the deep and transcendental state, a superior sphere of knowledge, mystical-intellectual experience, a vehicle of liberation for the individual against the voracity of the system. So well, I believe that Psychedelic Trance is a mean which creates consciousness, fills the mind with images and fills the soul with joy; it is an approximate portrait (I believe) of what could be an experience with LSD, even if it is only due to the fact that the body when in a state of trance produces endorphins, an opium substance. Going deeply in the concept of sound in itself, the low frequencies affect directly the nervous inferior organs, sexual and stomach; the mediums affect the thorax and the heart (according to the speed of the music, our body will manipulate the necessary adrenalin); the high tones affect the mind, and finally the rest that is added, melodies, voices etc., implement an emotional effect on us. Then it is possible to manipulate the will of the people with the power of sound (like the comics "Cachabolik Blues Rock of Super Lopez); even Nazis in II World War studied the use of sound weapons to dismantle steel and concrete made structures. It is known that trance is induced through the use of repetitive elements known in advanced (doing sports, watch television etc.) and in our case there is a theory that PsyTrance boosts such effect thanks to the use of multiple rhythms of percussion. Other experiences which occur in an altered state of consciousness is the AMP (Accelerated Mental Process) where the mind experiments a much higher volume of images than normal, as if we were to rise the pitch of our neuronal Technics. Another important point to discuss is DANCE; a concept previous to mankind (the death dance of sharks, the launching of the prey from the male hawk to the female, the snakes mating etc. ) Dancing regularly means physical and mental health, if furthermore we find ourselves in a trance state, we connect with the sound and spirit. The ancient shamans of the tribes, used to dance to enter themselves into a trance state or to lead others into it. The dancer not only leads himself, but he always help others, because with his exercise and concentration, he "transfers" energy to the rest; we can say that dancers (ourselves) are like modern shamans, we are a part of collective consciousness experience. Goa Gil quotes:" An experience that was not precisely a discotheque under coconuts; it was releasing soft vibes during all night and very slowly intensify it as the sunrise was getting closer, arriving at apocalyptic colours; everybody feeling the same sensations at the same time; it is wonderful, something like a collective orgasm". After all these lectures we can arrive at the conclusion that any repetitive music is trance activating, of course that Minimal Techno and Progressive House produce hypnotic effects as well, but these are limited more towards the physical and mental aspect; Psychedelic Trance arrives where these cannot (the Spiritual). Some say that trance is a happy state at which you arrive extinguishing the Ego (the image we have of ourselves); Trance=Nirvana? Again I ask myself is Psytrance a way of getting closer to God? Or you only see what you want? Final assessment: I believe (a totally personal opinion and without the intention to disrespect anyone) that people who like Techno, essentially look for an innovation of sound; before anything they are vanguards persons; they are keen on technology, progress and evolution; they are our sons of today for tomorrow. On the other hand, people that like Psychedelic Trance try to look for something more...; I am not talking about material things, power or position, but acknowledging life more deeply inside and outside this world; on the present, past and future (and beyond that); about reincarnation; what is there after death, if there is anything (and how it will sound). They are the children of the Earth. Greetings Carlos Velilla (you can find the whole of the article in
www.offtechno.com)
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