Food, Shelter, Clothing and Music

Music is one of the necessities of life. Everyone we know has music in their life in some way or another, we all sing songs. Some like to sing to them self and some like to sing to other people. Making music is one of the most joyous things to do and it is the one truly global language that speaks to hearts and minds directly. Despite the joys of music, very few of us really take an active interest in making music, I wonder how that is? Because there is no other release better than music and making music is truly one of the finer points to living in this bleak life which continues to get darker and gloomier every passing day. Everyone should make some music in some way or another.

Research has also pointed out to us often about the advantages of music. Despite the wide variety of taste that people have in music, it helps enhance people’s moods. Music speaks in ways that words can’t and people with emotional distress or imbalances also benefit a lot from listening to music. Besides that music has also always been known to improve focus, it works differently for different people and a lot of research has also revealed a lot. Generalizing the effect of music on the brain we can say music helps boost better mental health but that is only part of what music does. Specific kinds of music have been used in different kinds of patient rehabilitation and most of the results from such experiments are also in tandem with the theory that music has therapeutic effects too.

Music is also widely acknowledged as the door to a higher consciousness. A lot has been said about the spiritual effects of music and even religion has a lot of powerful music imbibed in it since its creation. In fact many ancient systems point out that music is the first language of humanity itself. Spiritually music has always guided people to look inwards to find all answers. Music transcends barriers of race, religion and region as it brings people together from a deep connection which most of us are unaware of and unsure of.

All of humanity should be making some music of their own. Although this notion may sound absurd to people who have never given music a chance I lay down this challenge to anyone to try and make music and not end up liking it. Everyone can make music, everyone should make music, and there are few things in life that are worth as much. It is one of the necessities of life itself and if I were ever asked about the basic necessities of man today I would say that its food, shelter, clothing and music.

Music is all around us, the metronome of a leaky tap, the singing of a bird lost in the city jungles, the complex roar of a car engine or even the wind when it manages to blow hard enough to reach our ears, it’s all music. So the next time you hear the voice from inside you, make sure you try and listen to it, it may just be the most amazing thing that you have heard of in your life before. Strange as it may sound, music has always been inside of us, speaking to us in divine tones, guiding us and showing us the way.