Music Therapy

The Power of Music

When a sound is produced by an animal there is a corresponding emotion behind it.  The sound is thus an expression of an emotion. An emotion can cause the production of a sound.  And in the same way a sound can produce an emotion too. 

Have you ever observed that the continuous blowing of an air horn of a vehicle produces abrupt outbursts of anger in any person who happen to hear that sound from close proximity?  Sometimes you might have seen that most of the feuds between a driver of a vehicle and other travelers or pedestrians are caused by this horn blowing. 

Medical textbooks say that continuous exposure to such sounds can produce conditions like hypertension, diminished olfactory functions, inability to concentrate in work or studies or even psychological problems like depression, unnecessary fear or concern etc. 

Men residing at close proximities to an airport are liable to have many mental and physical problems due to the continuous exposure to high pitched sound. 

From these we can understand that sound is really capable and powerful. 

The sounds of fireworks, red, black or such intense colours, heavy sounds form percussion instruments like Chenda, the blowing of heavy bugles, etc can also bring in changes in the moods of people. 

The rhythmic beating of temple percussion instruments transports you to an elevated trance like situation, where you sing or dance forgetting your status or social position, just like a child.  The thought of what others will think about me is absent at this juncture at least for a short while.  We human beings gets transported to the quintessential psyche of Adam.  The Adam before eating the forbidden apple was having this indigenous state of mind.

When a patter is followed in the sound, when a rhythm is followed in the production of it, when the trough and peak of the sound produced is kept within an acceptable range the sound becomes music.  Thus the power of the sound can be purgated.  It becomes capable of bringing out beneficial effects.  Sounds when formulated in the style get impregnated with a therapeutic prowess.   It can change the moods, it can transform the passions, it can console the worries, and it can heal a lot of human maladies.  Music can enthuse you up, making you capable of doing your job in a better way. 

The music from the flute of Lord Krishna was having a tranquilizing effect even on the cows and cattle.  Even now we can see that the animals also like music.  Many scientific studies have been conducted to measure the beneficial effects of classical music on plants and animals. 

Music is lubricates the clogged cogs of our mind.  It has a pacifying touch on disturbed souls.  When our mind is brought to a repose and rest most of the diseases gets cured fast or diseases can be prevented from attacking us.  The power of mind is immense, and the power of the mind can be augmented by musical powers.  This could be the reason why artist from any region, cast or creed are normally calm minded, contented and never indulges themselves in detrimental activities.  So music can be used to prevent the growth of some socially harmful activities. 

When medicines that cure one malady and make many are treated as curatives why can't we go for music which can cure many maladies and not cause any?