How fortunate is he or she
who loves to sing or play an instrument!...Singing, playing instruments,
dancing painting, and composing poetry are all various ways of expressing human
emotions in a creative manner…Music is the highest way of expressing emotions…
Permit me to say that the
many diseases of man are being researched here, there, and everywhere, but
nowhere is there a research center helping people to rid themselves of the
great inborn disease of human beings – loneliness. Every human being is lonely.
Loneliness is actually the leading cause of death – only then followed by
strokes, heart disease, and cancer – and it may even have a role in their
development as well. Music, if used as either a preventive therapy or as a
cure, can be a wonderful and powerful method of removing that great killer
called loneliness.
Among the different forms
of music, singing is the first and most powerful. Next in order of importance
comes the ability to produce music by playing instruments…Music is the highest
way of expressing emotions…When I observe the effect of music on students, it
is evident that those who acquire the taste for singing or playing music are
happier than those who do not.
--from Indian Music, Volume 1, by Swami Rama
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