Sound Bites - 2/2/2009
As we welcome President Obama as the leader of this decaying, dying Democracy in the desperate, unrealistic hope that he'll turn out to be the Second Coming of Christ and set everything right, (seriously, the man has a MASSIVE undertaking awaiting him and there's no way he can fix even a fraction of what needs fixing within his first Presidential term). . .I have dawned upon a realization that has taken me years to fully comprehend.
Music, one of my most cherished things on EARTH, has a power that many of us realize on some level. That's why we dance. That's why we sing. It's why we groove with the music and feel it inside our being. But there's something about new music, about finding a song that you've never heard before and that blows you away, that's revitalizing. It's more than that. It can be transcendent. One of my greatest joys in life is the knowledge that there is music out there which I haven't heard but that I'll LOVE WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING! It already exists, and I may happen upon it one day. And when I do, I'll immediately recognize it for it's value and significance in my life.
Tori Amos has a lot of music that I instantly acknowledge as being powerful and as being meant for me, regardless of whether millions of other people feel the same way. She speaks to my soul and resonates with my heart in a way that's totally unique, and I adore her for that. It's the reason she's my favorite musician. No other artist has so frequently gotten me in touch with myself, or reacquainted me with feelings of beauty, depth, and meaning.
But Tori's music isn't the only kind that can stir me, far from it. I can often get off on pop songs that would have you shaking your head in disgust. But there is something in those songs for ME, and I love them because of it. It's a shame then that with pop songs, because they're so POPular, they get played repeatedly and wear out quickly. And subsequently they lose their resonance within me.
Now let's take a look at that. How does a song get worn out? What is it that wears out? The music is always as it was. If you loved it for a few weeks, and then grew sick of it, what was the reason for your change in perception? Was it merely repetition that caused a meaningful song to become a mediocre one, or is there something more going on here?
It's not that the song is any less than what it was before. It's that your opinion of it has changed because you no longer FEEL the way you felt about it after those first few weeks of hearing it. And the impetus for change in in the way you feel has to do with a secret that, once unveiled, could change how you listen to music forever.
It is my belief that music caries a specific vibration; that it is, in truth, a form of matter vibrating at a certain state of being. These states can either be harmonious or disruptive with our own individual consciousness. If we find ourselves resonating with a song, that that obviously means that we're tuned in to it's particular vibration in a mutual exchange of energies. We are feeding off of it's vibration, and in turn it is accelerating our own dense form of matter as much as we allow it to. That is why I sometimes feel like I'm in an altered state of awareness when a truly beautiful piece of music is playing. And it can also account for why I have goosebumps and get somewhat lightheaded (in the good way, not dizzy...just, floaty).
If we could utilize this energy productively, use it in such a way that we can harness it for creation....than we could see amazing, and immediate, results in our lives. However, we can only "feed" off of an energy for so long until we relinquish the supply. We take these vibrating particles into our own being, usually unconsciously (though, as I've stated...if we did so deliberately we could USE said energy for miraculous things)...and then we move on. As energy can neither be created or destroyed, these vibrations...if not harnessed, will leave us...as they are no longer tied to their source, the song or piece of music from which it derived.
Unfortunately, the melody can become exhausted of these vibrations if listened to repeatedly. It can rejuvenate its energy over a period of time if it's allowed reprieve from being played constantly. That's why I hate songs that I find on the radio. No matter how much I like the song, it'll soon lose it's meaning as it's vibration has dissipated through insidious repetition.
So do yourself a favor; if you love a song. . .don't play it out, listen to it when you feel like raising your vibration. And then, with the awareness of what is happening, USE the energy it's created within you for something significant, instead of merely allowing it to wash over you like a wave of excitement. All of this is real, I didn't make up any of this nonsense....in fact, God dictated it to me one day while I was listening to Handel and levitating because his divine music had so accelerated my consciousness. Take it from me, the energy of music is the catalyst for magic within the world as it exists today. Don't ignore this incredible opportunity just because I'm a bleeding heart liberal, and also certifiably insane.
