The Universal Joy of Music

In this universe there are two means of finding God that is -- Hearing and listening. One who speaks something can be hear by our ear if the sound is effective our mind plays the vital role on that effective sound that effective sound may be the music. In other words it can be expressed as "Sabdabrahma" another listening sound is denoted by "Nadabrahma". From these two points we can enter into the depth of our eternal body. Here I am going to express some musical events.

Music consists of a variety of ups and downs and tuning and fusing of different streams of sounds waves that trigger specific flow of swaras (musical notes). The rhythm of musical composition regulates its currents to generate specific effects on the jada (inanimate) and chetan (animate) forms of the world.

Like the Doppler effect of the superimposition of coherent sound waves, the physical impact of certain compositions of the seven notes (the sapta swaras) of music could be so powerful that it might even quiver a concrete building or stir the waters in a pond or sea. The effects of music on the chetan are more wonderful. Be that a tree, plant, animal or a human being, they can never remain untouched by the flow of swaras present in the Nature. No living entity could be indifferent to the marvelous effect of music.

Music is an expression of the joy of Nature and has an intimate relationship with every vibration of Nature. The functions of the human body and mind, being most prominent among the ever-active centers of the expression of chetan, are naturally the most sensitive targets of the force of music.

"Music gives relief from insomnia" - this effect seems to be well known and is existing in practice since the time of yore in the form of the tradition of singing of a lullaby by a mother to make her child sleep well. With the advancement of technology, recorded lullaby and audiocassettes of especially composed music are also found in common use. Adults too listen to music to relax their body and mind by 'bathing' these conscious faculties in the soothing shower of the sonorous swaras.

Dr. Atkinson's established method, in which he used to advise the patients of insomnia to repeat the counting and reverse counting of numbers - has become less attractive before the music-based treatments because the latter also offers joy along with sleep. In the spiritual healing methods, the mental recitation of omkara is advised for total relaxation of the nerves - leading to deep sleep. The continuous chanting of oam itself generates a unique flow of Nada (music, in its eternal form). Therefore, this practice also falls under the music-based therapies.

If we pay little attention we will find that all species of birds and animals around us have 'musical' voice; be that the tinkling of the beetles, singing of a nightingale or the grumbling of a frog or raring of a lion - each has its own natural rhythm.

Experiments on many animals have shown that they can be trained within a period of 3 to 35 days in listening to music so that they would ever forget about their food while listening to their favorite musical tune. Gorillas, chimpanzees and other apes are used to some habits that are also common among human beings; for instance, they can be cheered up by good music. It has been observed that the melody of flute and violin are the most favorite music of these animals. The animals like hippopotamus and rhinoceros are known for their deadly sleep. Only the sharp pinch of hunger can break their lethargy and sleep. Interestingly, music has also been successful in doing so. It is observed that when certain type of music is played near them they get up and instead of moving elsewhere; they sit quietly and listen to the music until it is over. They find the music of Saroda so amusing that they start swinging their heads in the rhythm and some unusual expressions are noticed on their faces on such occasions.