You are what you listen
Throughout the ages wise men have discovered the powerful effects of music and conveyed this significance to their followers.
An important thing to remember is that all sound is significant. Sound creates, sound heals, sound destroys, sound is communication because sound is energy, vibration. It is the special function of music to purify the heart and re-establish memory of our divine origin, so it is crucial that we expose ouselves to music which serves this purpose.
According to a study in the Jurnal Of Personality And Social Psychology, most people"s music preferences fall into one of four broad categories. Those categories are: reflective and complex, intense and rebelious, upbeat and conventional and energetic and rhytmic. The musical preferences correlate with traits such as personality, political orientation, verbal ability and athleticism.
For example: people who listen to upbeat and conventional music score highly on athleticism, political conversatism, self-perceived physical attractiveness, extraversion. This categorie covers country, religious, pop and soundtrack music.
The reflective and complex categorie is listened by people that score highly on openness to new experiences, political liberalism, self-perceived intelligence, verbal ability.The reflective and complex includes jazz, classical, folk and blues.
Usualy, people tend to listen to music that suits their activities and moods, as a way to inform others about themselves or as a way to fit into a group.
It is said that all music contains 3 fundamental elements in varying degrees. These are movement, emotion and reason. The finest music combines the three elements in perfect balance and harmony.
Based on the studies performed in this area we now know that listening to music can have a real, positive influence on your health.
The most significant health reasons to listen to music are:
1. Relieve stress.
2. Increase energy.
3. Become smarter.
4. Learn better.
5. Relax.
6. Sleep better.
7. Protect your heart.
The music serves as a psychological defence mechanism to either foment our thought process or muffle it.
The finest music combines the three elements of movement, emotion and reason in perfect balance and harmony.
"If we try to partition up our day, we listen to music, we pray, we tend to our gardens, we cook, we eat food". "It's amazing how little many of these things that really occupy our days are studied by psychologists." --E. BENSON