Hi everyone. It's my first topic here in this great community. I might be struggling a bit to properly frame as it's touching on rather intricate and non-provable concepts. But there we go...
I've been thinking about this for a long time pondering on my innate drag towards melancholy, anger and a "pain body" as Eckhart Tolle would say.
So, I am a big music lover. I don't play anything, however, my receptiveness towards emotions coming from certain artists seems to be extraordinarily strong.
Now, I've encountered an interesting view on the music while reading Power vs Force by David.R. Hawkings. He labeled heavy rock/metal and gangsta-rap as detrimental to one's soul/brain (let's acknowledge the fact that there might be a bit of generalization)
Not exactly the case here with the artist I am talking about, but it makes it even more intricate.
I am talking about the guy called Elliott Smith
(i don't want to post links, but if you wanna give it a listen go for "Alameda", "Angeles", "Waltz. No.2", "No Name no.1" or "Between the bars".
Long story short: mainly acoustic, sort-of folk, gentle and melancholic songs played on the guitar. Quite somber lyrics.
He ended up stabbing himself to death wife a knife (although it remains open to investigation). He was a drug and alcohol addict and was suffering from different paranoias, especially at the end of his life. Definitely, an over-sensitive soul that went all the way down the downward spiral until the end in the early thirties of his life.
So even though it's not a typically "explicit content" conveying aggression, hate, scorn, a dominance of primal instincts (like in metal/hip hop music) it's definitely "heavy". It's overwhelmingly beautiful, but "heavy".
My question in the face of more and more evident links between quantum physics (meaning all kinds of subtle vibrations that impact us) and spirituality is:
Can listening to it actually harm and drag me down emotionally and condition for unhappiness?
Or is it "just" music?
What are your opinions on that?
What do "gurus" say?
I can't wait to hear your thoughts on that.
Thanks
Oskar
