FEW THINGS HOLD POWER OVER OUR EMOTION, MIND AND BODY AS TODAY’S DAILY WISDOM WORD, MUSIC HOLDS. WHY CAN MUSIC DO THIS AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ITS EMOTIONAL POWER OVER US? THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC. OUR ANCESTORS OFTEN USED A VERY RUDIMENTARY FORM OF THE MUSIC WE HEAR TODAY. LET US LOOK AT THE MEANING OF MUSIC IN THE WEBSTER DICTIONARY AND THE DAILY WISDOM WORD DEFINITION OF MUSIC.
WEBSTER MEANING, MUSIC-THE SCIENCE OR ART OF TONES OR SOUNDS OF SUCCESSION, IN COMBINATION AND IN TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS TO PRODUCE A COMPOSITION.
DAILY WISDOM WORDS DEFINITION OF MUSIC-A SERIES OF SOUNDS, TONES, INSTRUMENTS, TEMPO AND BEAT THAT HOLDS THE CAPACITY OF A FORM OF SELF-THERAPY.
HAVE YOU EVER FELT SAD OR BROKEN? MANY OF US HAVE FELT LIKE THIS AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIFE, AND WE MAY NOT BE CONSCIOUSLY AWARE OF IT. OFTEN SOME LOSS IN OUR LIFE IS
REFLECTING OF OUR MOODS. WHETHER IT IS COUNTRY MUSIC, OR THE WORDS OF A LOVE SONG WITH A SAD, SLOW BEAT, TEMPO AND WORDS THAT MAKE US FEEL HAPPY. ALONG WITH THE SADNESS OF SLOW COUNTRY MUSIC OR MUSIC THAT WE USE TO MOTIVATE US DURING EXERCISE AND WORK OUT TO A FAST BEAT, MUSIC HAS THE POWER TO HELP OUR MOOD OR LEAD US TO RELEASE EMOTIONS OF JOY AND IS MOTIVATIONAL. MUSIC IS USED TO CREATE ALL OF KINDS OF DANCING, SUCH AS MODERN DANCE, OR BALLET.
MUSIC HELPS US MOVE AND GROOVE, OR USE OUR CREATIVITY FORMING MUSIC OURSELVES. MUSIC IS SO POWERFUL IN UPLIFTING OVERALL MOOD. THERE IS A RISE IN BRAIN ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH COMA PATIENTS WHO WE BELIEVE IN SOME WAY CAN HEAR MUSIC, OR SOUND. MUSCIC IS SO POWERFUL AND OFTEN CATHARTIC. WE USE MUSIC FOR OTHER FORMS OF THERAPY AS WELL AS ENTERTAINMENT. THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE THE EXCITEMENT FELT HEARING A LIVE ROCK BAND AT A CONCERT WE GO TO.
DO WE FEEL THE NEED TO RELAX? OFTENTIMES CLASSICAL MUSIC WILL CALM OUR INNER SOUL AND HELP US WITH BEING CALM AND REGARDLESS OF AN OLD COUNTRY SONG, OR A NEW RELEASE, MANY OF US AS WRITERS USE IT AS A FORM OF MOTIVATION. MUISIC IS POWERFUL AND ITS THERAPEUTIC VALUE HAS ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES IN OUR PAST SHOWS PROMISE FOR FUTURE, CUTTING EDGE THERAPY. WE ARE STILL DISCOVERING THE BENEFITS OF MUSIC TODAY. MUSIC THERAPY IS PREVALENT IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY.
IT WAS OFTEN PLAYED A PROMINENT ROLE IN WORLD WARS 1 AND 2 WITH LOCAL MUSICIANS VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME FOR VETERANS AND SOLDIERS AT WAR. WE MAY NOT REALIZE IT POWER OVER OUR MOOD, OR THE HAPPINESS IT CAN BRING. OFTENTIMES, WHEN SUFFERING LOSS, WE CAN’T RELEASE OUR EMOTIONS OR CRY. MUSIC IS TIED TO MEMORIES AND CERTAIN SONGS REMIND US OF SPECIFIC ONES, ESPECIALLY MEMORIES WE HOLD DEAR TO US. SOMETIMES IT IS A NECESSITY TO CRY.
WANT TO GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT? SO MANY CHRISTMAS SONGS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AND HOLD A PART OF OUR HISTORY. MUSIC AFFECTS CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS, DIRECTLY AFFECTING OUR MOOD AND OURSELVES. ARE YOU FEELING THE NEED TO CRY? CRYING CAN ALSO BE THERAPEUTIC TO OUR SOUL WITH LOSS AND IS PART OF THE HEALING PROCESS. WE RELEASE EMOTION PENT UP IN OURSELVES THAT WE NEED TO RELEASE WHEN WE HAVE LOST SOMETHING EMOTIONALLY IMPORTANT TO US, AND LOSS IN A LOVED ONE. FOR HUAN BEINGS, EMOTIONS NEED TO BE RELEASED AND FELT TO BEGIN TO HEAL AND THIS TAKES TIME.
THOSE OF US WHO SUFFER WITH DEPRESSION CAN LISTEN TO AN UPBEAT SONG AND WE FIND OURSELVES FEELING BETTER EMOTIONALLY, BECAUSE CERTAIN TYPES OF MUSIC IS SHOWN TO IMPROVE OUR MOOD. WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE CONSCIOUS OF THIS DURING A DEPRESSION BUT CERTAIN TYPES OF MUSIC GENERATE A RELEASE OF SEROTONIN, WHEN LISTENING TO CERTAIN KINDS OF MUSIC. SEROTONIN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE GOOOD MOOD CHEMICAL, MAY BE INCREASED IN THE HUMAN BRAIN WHEN LISTENING TO MUSIC.
MUSIC IS POWERFUL, CATHARTIC, AND THERAPEUTIC AND CURRENT STUDIES SHOW THAT MUSIC CAN PLAY A KEY ROLE WITH WRITING, MOODS, AND RELEASING PENT-UP EMOTIONS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING ON MUSIC AND ITS POWERFUL BENEFITS WITH OUR MOODS. RESEARCH TODAY, AND THE ABILITY TO “BRAIN MAPPING” SHOWN WITH AN qEEG, OR MRI SHOW THIS SCIENCE TO BE CUTTING EDGE AS WELL AS HISTORICAL. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS, SAMANTHA
