Is Music Good for Contemplation?

[Wisebaxter]

Is it better to have silence? I just find that music really gets me into the zone and inspires me. I can't imagine Ralston contemplating 'Awareness' to the sounds of Carbon Based Lifeforms somehow, but what about us mortals? Does anyone use music for contemplation? 

[EternalForest]

Both can be good. Music meditations put me on more of a journey and makes me see the beauty of reality and silent meditations tend to be more of an intense ending-of-a-movie, reflective sort of mindset.

[Strikr]

music is more than good.

but don't cling to one genre, listen a lot of different things. ( especially the genre you hate or find "stupid" find what is smart about it, then. )

 

this one is better than silence for meditation to me, I don't care if silence is "better".

 

Edited December 9, 2018 by Strikr

[EternalForest]

@Strikr Try meditating to Pure Moods Vol. 1, incredible!!

[Strikr]

18 minutes ago, EternalForest said:

@Strikr Try meditating to Pure Moods Vol. 1, incredible!!

too many variable in the frequency, I like the one above for meditation because my musician mind don't cling to dissect all the part of the sound  if there is more than pad and a bit of melody it's all over my brain

[EternalForest]

@Strikr I understand, but for me Pure Moods actually puts me in a sort of blissful state where I can marvel at the beauty of life and beauty of joy itself. And I know it was a very popular album, but in this case it was popular for a reason because for me and many others, that music really does take you to some very high states.

The music you linked is good as well, it reminds me a lot of silence, being so static and constant. You may enjoy ambient vaporwave as well, stuff like Telepath would appeal to you 

I also enjoy meditating to progressive house and trance

The best trance to listen to imo comes from Armin Van Buuren's A State of Trance show, with nearly 1000 episodes, here's a site where you can download them all:

http://www.asotarchive.org/

[Joseph Maynor]

Yes.  Music has inspired/ triggered me to contemplate throughout my the course of my entire life.  Thoughts trigger emotions but emotions can also trigger thoughts.

Edited December 9, 2018 by Joseph Maynor

[Wisebaxter]

@EternalForest @Strikr  Hmm, I'll certainly try pure moods and see which side of the fence I end up falling on. 

@Soulbass Wow, thanks for all that, very interesting to read. I like your point about how music can fuel a craving for an emotion, I'd never really considered that. I guess it's a language of emotion so I'm not surprised this is this case. Maybe the key is to be aware of this and avoid attachment. Rest of the stuff you mentioned I found hard to relate to, about music becoming an inner demon etc, but interesting none the less. 

@Joseph Maynor  Yeah that's a good point, perhaps the emotional element in music can fuel contemplation then. Well I'll give it a go and see

 

[Strikr]

@Soulbass want to play in DnB, Meditate on this  maybe the best way is not listening, but dancing with the earth.

 

[EternalForest]

@Wisebaxter So what's the verdict on Pure Moods? 

[Wisebaxter]

@EternalForest Well I just had a quick listen and I think for me it might be a better album for something like visualisation as the tunes are very powerful and conjure up a lot of imagery for me. For contemplation it might distract me a little from my object of contemplation as it's less like 'background' music that just sets a tone. It would 'lead' my mind a bit too much if you get me. But it is a fantastic list of tunes and I will certainly add it to my playlist. This is all assumption of course as I haven't actually given it a shot for contemplation. I'll let you know if I wrong  

[EternalForest]

@Wisebaxter Thanks for the response, glad you found it powerful and yep let me know!

[Strikr]

one of my most powerful meditation 

 

Edited December 12, 2018 by Strikr

[Wisebaxter]

@Strikr That certainly is epic. Playlisted

[Wisebaxter]

Ok guys, next one up, music for self enquiry? Is this relevant? I'm pretty sure it's best to have silence for meditation, but what about self enquiry? Same deal?