| Answer
from Jesus:
You say that you have a conflict
regarding rock music. The reason is that your intuitive faculties are
telling you that there is something you have not yet understood or seen
about this form of music and about the effect of music in general. I
strongly encourage you to listen to these inner promptings. Make an
effort to expand your intuition
and engage in a study of music and the effects of music.
Many ancient cultures have various teachings about the effects of music,
both good and bad. Some ancient cultures believed that the fastest way
to destroy a society was to play the wrong kind of music. Even modern
science has begun to realize that music has a profound effect on people.
Scientific studies have shown that whereas classical music can make
plants grow better, rock music has the opposite effect. You can also
find studies about the effect of music on learning.
By engaging in a study of the various effects of music, you will give
your intuition something to work with and that will give you a foundation
for receiving further insights from within.
I will, however, give you some insights to ponder. As stated throughout
this website, even modern science has recognized that everything is
energy. The book The Inner Path of Light goes into some detail
in describing the fact that there is an energy field surrounding the
human body. This energy field is connected to the mind. It should not
be difficult to see that the sound waves produced by music are waves
of energy and that they can effect the human energy field. You can find
teachings about the energy field in numerous books.
Within the human energy field are certain energy centers, often called
chakras. There are seven main energy centers, and they are aligned with
the spine. The lowest energy center is the Base chakra, the highest
is the Crown chakra and in the center is the Heart chakra.
Your soul, and even the physical body, is sustained by a stream of energy
that flows from your spiritual self into your energy field. This energy
enter your field through the Base chakra. What happens to the energy
after that is determined by your attention. It is your attention that
directs the flow of energy through your energy field. What controls
your attention? It is deeply affected by your personal preferences.
In other words, what you love most is what you give the most attention,
and it will therefore receive most of your energy. Obviously, the Heart
chakra is the center of love in your being. Therefore, your Heart chakra
is the key to controlling where your energies go. You need to make sure
that you develop a love for the things that will help you grow.
If you love the things of this world, your energies will primarily be
expressed through the three lower chakras. Thereby, you qualify the
energies with a vibration that is close to the vibration of the material
universe. This can eventually create an energy vortex which has a magnetic
pull on your thoughts and emotions. In other words, the more energy
you pour into your desires for the things of this world, the more the
energy will pull on your thoughts and feelings, binding you even more
to the things of this world. I am not saying that this is necessarily
wrong.
A soul can have legitimate desires for experiencing the activities of
the material universe. Yet we all know that many people are consumed
by various material desires, even to the point of having their lives
consumed by an addiction.
A soul might spend many lifetimes pursuing the desires for the things
of this world. However, most souls will eventually reach a point where
they feel like there must be more to life than what is offered in the
material world. This then is the point where many souls begin their
spiritual awakening. At that point, you can greatly enhance your spiritual
growth by becoming more aware of what you do with your energies. In
other words, if you keep pouring your energies into of vortex that binds
you to the material world, you will slow down your spiritual growth.
If you want to increase your spiritual growth, you need to start loving
the things of the spirit. When you love spiritual "things,"
you will form a magnet in your Heart chakra that will pull the energies
through the Heart chakra and express those energies through the three
upper chakras. This can eventually open the Crown chakra, which is the
key to your spiritual illumination and enlightenment.
When you begin to understand about the flow of energy, you can clearly
see that if you are serious about spiritual growth, you need to listen
to and play music that will make your energies flow through the upper
chakras instead of the lower chakras. I think most people will, by making
an effort to increase their intuition and sensitivity, be able to sense
where their energies flow when they are listening to and playing music.
I think most people will quickly realize that rock music, jazz, rap
and other forms of discordant music forces the energies down to the
lower chakras and especially to the Base chakra.
Please understand an important point. Expressing energies through the
lower chakras can easily give you a sense of pleasure. However, the
fact that something makes you feel joyful and happy does not necessarily
mean that the activity enhances your spiritual growth. What makes you
feel good is a release of energy through the chakras. So feeling good
does not necessarily mean that you are growing spiritually. In other
words, you need to develop a certain discernment so you can determine
whether your energies are flowing to the upper or the lower chakras.
In that respect, let me say that in most Western countries there is
a certain culture which is based on the idea that if something feels
good it couldn't possibly be wrong. I hope you can see that this is
not necessarily true for a person who is concerned about spiritual growth.
In other words, the fact that certain types of music make you feel joyful
and happy does not necessarily mean that they enhance your spiritual
progress. So if spiritual progress is your main concern, then you need
to find types of music that cause your energies to flow up instead of
down.
Examples of such music are many classical composers, such as Mozart,
Beethoven and Handel. There are also certain types of New Age music
that raise your energies. India has an old tradition for music that is
specifically designed to give people a spiritual experience.
I can tell you that we of the Ascended Host are eager to bring forth
new types of music that will be as appealing to the youth as rock music
is today but that will make people's energies flow up instead of concentrating
them in the lower chakras.
I would advise you to engage in a study of music and to increase your
sensitivity. If you have further questions, please feel free to ask
me because this is an important topic, not only for you personally but
for humankind as a whole. You
might consider that you could channel your creative drive into bringing
forth music that would raise the energies to the upper chakras.
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