Did it ever strike you that some opera music has a lot of inner silence to it? This area sends me into a trance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkcEdTpbP9E
And the first two lines are perfect for whispering to my ishta
“For the glory of adoring you
I will love you…”
I’m not musically inclined, never have been, until the conductivity. Now it registers at times in my heart center. I closed my eyes, emptied my being, and listened to your selection. Certain notes he hit strummed my bliss; I should add “attend an opera” to my bucket list! Thanks for Giving BR!
I recommend listening to a selection of opera areas in the first stage.
When you’ve found out what voice range you resonate with and which composers you prefer, you will be in a position to choose an opera.
I think sitting though a whole opera is something for the seasoned opera fan
wonderful ,i have always loved lucianos voice, tenderness with strentgh and clarity never listened to much opera but i know when it hits the soul it goes deep .at the momment i am learning to play the bansuri with a nepali teacher and his love of music and the insights he gives me through his teaching relates so much to my practice ,what really hits my soul are the devotional raags ,they speak to me like the gita did and set me on the path to freedom.peace and love to you thankyou for sharing this part of your life
It is not just the opera , I suspect it is particular voice frequency that resonates with you , I found it in a few pop-songs some oldies or some of these new-age melody mantras on youtube
Check these two .When I first heard them it was like butterfly started to move in my forehead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swbvAIHViMw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfCM_I4tS6c
Absolutely, Newbie, thanks for the kirtan. My kundalini teacher often plays kirtan in class and the combination of chanting and poses often sends me to higher realms.
I recall once, as a child, weeping at a live gospel choir.
Me too!
Just tried some bansuri music on youtube. The instrument makes a wonderful rich sound. Enjoy your lessons!
GG, thank you for the links. Beautiful!
You’ve got a point about voice frequency. There is also something about long notes and wide-breadth tunes that appeals to me. I find it frequently in opera.
Dogboy, you’re a softie
Love to you all
Hi, thank you for opening this topic, it means a lot to me because music is the vehicle where I experienced spirituality (without even realizing it), long before beginning yoga. In fact, only after having spiritual experiences in yoga I understood that they were related to what I had been feeling when listening to music or by playing myself.
Music/sound is vibrating energy, and maybe this is why our nervous systems reacts to it easily.
I am very sensitive to some specific sounds. When a musician hits them, I just dive inside myself and experience bliss states similar to SBP and DM. It goes to a point that I must avoid to concentrate on such sounds when I am with other people, because I immediately switch to bliss state, often even cry because the feelings are so intense. This is beautiful when I am alone at home or in my car. Not so when I am on a bus or having dinner with friends…
Opera music is beautiful but it’s not the kimd of music I tend to react with bliss to. It’s more the blues, specially vocals and guitars. And baroque music too. Also, I noticed that I react to single notes played with full intent and attention, as if the intense vibration hits some inner string in me.
Magnanimous. Epic. Thank you for posting.
I completely relate to that.
When I was a teenager, my parents use to take me to the opera. After each show, I’d be left with a tune, which I’d repeat in my mind over and over again, while walking back home. And I’d get this floaty blissful feeling. That was mantra meditation, I am now sure of it.
Absolutely, music/sound is vibrating energy and the way you experience it is wonderful.
Ah, Bodhi, Bodhi! Magnanimous? Epic? You can’t just drop big words like that without qualifying them.
How can I explain this? It’s like effusively complimenting a woman on her new dress when in fact you had not once lifted your nose out of the newspaper you were reading when she entered the room. What was it you liked about her dress? What was it you liked about our posts?
Do you see what I mean? (And I’m only putting this icon in because I can’t find a wagging finger)
Ha ha ha!
Hi,
Listen to this small clip of the Divine Sound and you will get the resonation. https://sites.google.com/site/dhyanyogiomdasji/home
L&L
Dave
Well, well, well…let me articulate and give those adjectives some more weight!
His voice carries a magnanimous tone that is strongly masculine yet gentle. Though I don’t understand the foreign language, the bravado in his enunciation nevertheless suggests an epic event is unfolding, and he clearly is embracing the majesty of the moment will full devotion and, dare I say, mastery.
@riptiz
Hi Dave
Thank you for the link. Synchronizing the brain hemispheres… very interesting.
Is Dhyanyogi Omdasji your guru?
@Bodhi Tree
So you are making fun of my favourite music!
I did wonder when you first posted the magnificent epithets. Now it’s clear you have crossed the line
, I have to tell you I will not talk to you again, not until you produce a more suitable answer - that is appropriately sensitive, contrite and apologetic. And sincere.
I’ve got something better for you than my words. My words could never elevate you to the altitude you so desire. However, this one is soaring with ecstacy, and may succeed where I have failed:
Music of the Night - Michael Crawford: http://youtu.be/F-GXo10hfKI
Hi Blue Raincoat,
Yes Dhyanyogiomdasji is my sadguru. We are visiting the ashram in Ahmedabad again Dec 27th.We will be staying 2 weeks this time and will be carrying out an 11 day anustan once there.
L&L
Dave
@Bodhi Tree
Thank you Bodhi, that is a beautiful song and you are thoroughly forgiven
You did mean the magnanimous epithets after all, didn’t you?
@riptiz
Have a great time on your trip to India! Hope it yields a lot of progress
Guilty as charged, and thank you.
I was only pulling your leg (well, you gave me the opportunity ).
I know you’re a good soul.