Music and Spirituality – A Symbiotic Relationship

meditation music Music and Spirituality go hand in hand and you will often find the latter supported by the former. Meditation with calming background music is an obvious example but there are others. Horoscope readings with a gentle piece of water music or nature-based music iare that much more rewarding for example.  Spiritually relaxing with a gentle sea-shore melody in the background can help the overall relaxation process.

Meditative music often enables the mind to relax. Basically, it reduces stress and makes a person feel at peace. It’s a reality that soothing music has got an uncanny technique of making a person feel good about him or herself.

Meditation is typically an ancient form of spiritual attachment and relaxation used by different cultures worldwide. There are very many forms of meditation, from moving meditation such as Qi Gong form to chanting meditation. Generally, meditating to music is an excellent choice for those people who normally have got trouble quieting their mind with the traditional form of meditation or who feel connected to music.

 How Does Music Help Meditation?

Effects of Music

It is usually recommended that an individual take a music session at least once or twice a week. Music can affect your body in very many different ways. It can be used for motivation, education and even relaxation purposes.

Music’s Effect

Music often affects very many areas in a person’s brain. According to research, the brain of a person normally responds in various ways to any kind of music. You should note that no person’s brain often responds to music the same way. Some kinds of music will motivate a person to move. This effect comes from the motor cortex’s stimulation of the brain. Other types of music can relax you simply because your frontal cortex is stimulated.

Relaxing Music

With research you can find an endless supply of music, such as calming sea sounds which is intended to offer relaxation. Basically, these albums often range from love balls to classical music, and even the relaxing sound effects. Generally, most experts believe that music can affect people in different ways. Thus, it is ideal that you try to explore the numerous genres of music. Hence, always try to find the music that not only calms you but also relaxes you.

Soothing Effects of Meditative Music

Reduces Stress:-

Meditation before returning from work or after beginning work assists in unwinding. Basically, it assists people reduce all the pent- up stress and stress of pending work, responsibilities and deadlines. Any person who requires calming down and relaxing, must ensure that he or she is meditating to music. Music not only assists the body to relax but also to calm the heart thus pumping the body with more oxygenated blood. Since meditation is normally all about breathing, you should note that taking deep exhalations and inhalations assists in reducing anxiety and calming down the heart and the levels of adrenalin.

Sharpening the Mind:-

The mind can become sharper and your thoughts can become clear after you’ve meditated to music. Your mind starts to think faster and feels less bogged down by tension. Typically, music while meditating will make you feel refreshed and you will be in a position to deal with any work chores with the confidence that you will be able to hassle free complete your tasks for the day. Also, it makes you more aware of your body as well as the areas of your body which requires improvement.

After meditating to music, you will start realizing the importance of health and also the overall well- being. This will in the long run bring a balance between your overall health and your general lifestyle.

Giving Tranquility:-

A person listening to music while he or she is meditating to music brings him or her closer to a more peaceful state of mind, whereby he or she can relax to the music. Generally, the kind of music that individuals’ listens to carries him or her to an imaginary place whereby he or she visualizes him or herself free of all expectations, fears and ties. It’s not a form of escape. However, it is in fact a method of reliving our childhood dreams, spending time with ourselves. Through meditation music, you will learn to appreciate the tinny nuances of your life. Normally, meditation music will help you free from your fears and it will guide you to lost desires.

Soothing music doesn’t in any way act as a barrier each and every time a person is meditating, all it usually does is clearing up the mind and preventing it from not getting distracted.

Last but not the least; meditation music for different colors can also work wonders. Note that meditation with or without music will assist in calming your restless mind and it can control your ever raging stress and temper.

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Can Astrology and Music Help Our Career

Astology and music and careerAstrology is an ancient form of ‘science’ based on analysis of the stars and planets together with their related movements across the heavens. There are some who believe that these celestial bodies can exert an earthly influence on the direction of our lives. Based on this approach, some professionals are turning to astrology as a way of aiding their decision making in their careers and also their future aspirations.  Many accept that there is no reliable element of prediction in the use of horoscopes and astrological study but there is an idea gaining traction that our personalities may have traits that conform to certain birth times and therefore astrological signs.

This has been derived from an observation that musical tastes can often be identified based on a persona star sign. Extending this principle into the professional arena has become a popular diversion among young professionals.

It is possible to arrange a consultancy with an astrologer who will produce a professional character analysis of you based on your star sign, date of birth and planetary study. This Career Horoscope it is suggested, will help you identify what king of career person you are and therefore what your aspirations should be. It is therefore believed possible to identify whether you are a potential leader, a lone shark, a team player or suited to particular lines of career based on your horoscope-derived character

So if you are an aspiring worker or hunting for a job then perhaps you could get some benefit from the use of astrology to understand yourself and the kind of of workplace character you are. At the very least, career horoscopes may help you ask the deeper questions about what you truly want from your working life and what you should pursue.

Music then has lead to the identification that astrology study of our character and temperament could help in the workplace

So perhaps music and astrology have something to thank each other for – can astrological study help us in our chosen career path..or even help us choose it? what do you think?

For further reading and example try : Aries Career Horoscope from Lucien Holm

Vedic Astrology Music : How slow paced music affects readings

music ethereal astrologyMusic is an extremely powerful tool in affecting our moods and this can be seen in a variety of different ways especially when it comes to our concentration levels. There is no doubt in my mind that we have a deep connection to the spiritual world and that sounds directly affect our brain activity. We are very complex beings and live our lives in such a rush that relaxation seems to be a distant idea instead of daily practise.

I have had an Asian tamil astrological reading before and comfort is essential when undergoing such an experience. I have always found that there is a deep energy in the universe that surrounds us all that one can feel when you undergo such spiritual practices. These states of energy enhancement can occur when actively stimulated and music helps this. The spiritual element to our humanity is truly a science that has not been given merely enough credit or research.

Vedic music is based on the Hindu Veda texts and has been around for a very long time. It has and is always sung as a musical chant. These chants are sung today exactly the same way as they were centuries ago and have never lost their healing abilities. Music can definitely be used as a Vedic astrology aid. The harmonious tones and pitches can stimulate a feeling of complete calm and relaxation in a client.

Slow organ music or sounds of tranquil places in nature can also induce a state of complete relaxation and comfort in a client during an astrological reading. They are also used in yoga classes or meditation practise to stimulate slow breathing and peace. The atmosphere you begin to generate will be a positive energy as you feel more open minded and prepared for the outcome of your reading. This will be appreciated by your client. These sounds of nature audio tracks are often played to students while they are studying to assist learning.

Robert Monroe is a true pioneer when it comes to the study of how music can affect our brain waves. Working in the radio industry for over 40 years, he started to realise how sound affected the ways in which our brains function. The Monroe Institute was then born to further develop the studies of such sounds and is still around today. These are known as binary beats and are very beneficial to us as it allows our brains to function in one consistent way through being exposed to different frequencies of sound. The science is there to show how powerful sound is to us.

Relaxing and calming music and chants can definitely be an aid in astrological readings. It could even be one of the key factors in helping the client create a calming atmosphere. The spiritual journey and that of our souls love for music fall hand in hand. You cannot have one without the soothing effects of another. Introducing these types of sounds and music into your astrological readings can definitely affect the positive outcomes of your clients.

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