A mind for music

[Sunniva]

The new issue of Science News is a special on music and how it's more than just 'tones'. It might be interesting to this forum to read more about the psychological effect music has on us since a lot of people experience that music works as a trigger for past life memories.

Science News: A mind for music

 

[ChrisR]

Thanks for sharing that Sunniva. Music can be a very powerful medium for triggering memories, not just specific memories of a certain event, but sometimes an expanse of time after something happened in the past that may have had a big emotional impact on the soul spanning several months or even years after. We can often associate certain pieces of music with those emotional times, and not necessarily the classical orchestral type music either, it can just as easily be a pop band or heavy rock, there are no limits. I have some great cd's that I love, but can't play anymore because they bring memories flooding back of a distressing time in my life, the songs stir up all of the emotion that was felt at the time and I think this can also apply to past lives as well. On the other hand, I have cd's that evoke memories of some of the happiest times of my life. Sometimes I'll put them on and I'm transported back in time with ease to relive that period of my life. Music certainly does have the ability to touch the soul in a very unique way like no other.

 

[hydrolad]

I agree 100%, music has the power of transporting me to other places, as a child I was exposed to all styles of music ('40s Big Band, Classical, Contemporary, etc), but I played different styles depending on my moods, I was careful not to play something sad or depressing when I was in a down mood, concurrently when I needed to relax, I would often play soft Classical music to calm down.


I've often wondered, since so many things (life energy, etc) appear to have roots in vibrations, does music also affect us because of vibrations (Wagner vs. Brahms) and how does music affect us in such a way?