By Susan Masters

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The power of art induces a calm state of mind, this is a
well-known fact. It is no use mentioning that the
capacities of any beautiful object, be it a flower, a
painting, a piece of music, a movie or a well-written book,
help us let go all the negative thoughts and the daily
preoccupations. Music and art have the strongest capacity
to lead us to a meditating path, to produce that state in
which we forget about all of our anxieties, worries,
problems at work, with the kinds, with the mother-in-law.

Music - The Guiding Sound

Imagine a scented room, in which blends combine only to
make even more perceptible to the senses the barely audible
music that seems to come from the otherworld. Imagine that
this music is the one sang by the angels, imagine the
notes, the passion that was put while being created. Music
is indeed the art that can best describe the most valuable
relaxation technique meditation because it offers you the
calm and the peace after a hard, demanding day, after all
the negative feelings that you have gathered during the
day. Music helps you let go all that torments you, all that
makes you not feel at your ease.

There is no meditation without the help of the music.
Choose Enya or another chill-out music album and I
guarantee you that relaxation and good-mood will soon be
installed into your mind and into your body. This kind of
music is the one that is recommended by the yoga
instructors or by masseurs in order to induce to the
attendants the necessary state for meditation. They all
recognize music as an important and relevant part of the
relaxation technique meditation.

How Can the Forms of Art Help You Forget Your Worries?

Can painting or architecture be a way of reaching to
relaxation and good feeling about you? My answer is
definite: of course. Only think about the emotion that an
exquisitely made building makes you feel? Don't you feel
shivers? I'm sure that when you think of a beautiful
painting or to a touching book you feel the same things.
What better feelings can lead you to relaxation and
meditation? You cannot deny the power of art to calm you
down, to make you let go of your anxieties, fears,
torments, problems.

Without a doubt, art is an important part of the
relaxation technique meditation. What would happen if music
were not present in the yoga meetings, only to provide one
single example? What would be the fun if nothing would be
heard on the background, if we could hear each others
noises? The fun would be spoiled and we would probably lose
the point of focus that is so important for meditation.

Is Art Vital in Order for Meditation to Take Place?

The answer to this question has been pointed out before,
but I wish to stress out more the role of art for the
relaxation technique meditation. Art in general, and music
in particular, are all branches of culture that have the
capacity to create another world, an imaginary world that
is definitely better than the sometimes problematic present
world we live in.

This imaginary world not only stimulates our creativity
and senses, but it gives us the change to let our mind
travel and rest. Art is, as far as I'm concerned, what
everybody needs in order to arrive at the supreme state of
relaxation and meditation. Meditating can't be dome without
art, without music, without beauty.

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