Truth vs Falsehood (17 page)

Music – Classical

Spiritual Music

Classical Music – Performers

Classical Music Eras

(Starting from most recent
[
LaFave, 2004
]
)

We see that the effects of compassion, love, and the energy of the heart result in extremely high calibrations, which signify devotion to beauty, both aesthetic and affective. This is also a physiological phenomenon, as demonstrated by the ‘goose bumps’ feeling of an appreciative audience that also frequently weeps with tears of joy. Audiences unabashedly weep at performances of the blind Andrea Bocelli, as they once did at those of Enrico Caruso. The music of George Harrison was openly devotional. Bagpipes, at 505, signify valor rather than just courage and therefore instill consternation in a would-be enemy.

Of interest is the sound of the ‘keening’ of Celtic ballads, such as those heard in the videotape of
Riverdance.
The high-soprano solos have a hauntingly beautiful energy that calibrates at 640-650. The Irish bagpipes convey the same ‘other worldliness’. The effect is entrancing and best described as ethereal. The total effect is similar to the state of consciousness that prevails beyond consciousness level 600. There is sound but it is enshrouded in infinite stillness and timelessness. The sound also awakens a sense of ancient familiarity and a longing to return to a pristine existence of purity, clarity, peace, and beauty.

Military music is in a class by itself and importantly reveals the disparity between appearance and essence. The Edinburgh Castle Military Tattoo (cal. 505) is an annual event that draws many thousands of spectators from all over the world. More than one thousand performers from the world’s major countries represent their cultures’ most skilled and highly trained military bands and precision drill teams. Their performances are breathtaking, and the huge crowd of spectators becomes silent with respect for the high degree of excellence displayed (e.g., the Swiss drum teams). Then to their surprise, the spectators begin to cry from the upsurge of a deeply stirring emotion (cal. 520) that is the energy of honor, valor, and love for one’s human heritage and its representation as family, culture, and fellow man. The male bonding in war is at calibration level 510 (World War II). At the end of the Tattoo, 100 bagpipes play “Queen of My Heart,” which calibrates at 525 and leaves the audience in a state of awed silence at the surprising and unexpected upsurge of deep, profound emotion. It is this hidden human trend that is then exploited by rulers who know how to manipulate this underlying, deep reservoir of intrinsically integrous, dormant energy for political purposes.

The loyalty of the populace to their country and culture is unsophisticated and arises from early childhood where faith and trust in one’s parents are total and as yet unblemished by intellection or external influences. It is the trusting heart of the inner child that is captured by the wily political manipulations of fallacy. This trusting, uncritical naïveté is even more vulnerable to seduction by persuasive political leaders who have religious power or authority. The lambs are led to slaughter by virtue of their innocence, which is simultaneously their weakness and their strength.

This is an inner awareness among former military men who openly weep at reunions, including those with former enemies. Notably, it is always the military themselves who are the first to quickly forgive their former enemies at war’s end (Brooke, 2004). This phenomenon, surprisingly, is experienced almost immediately after the last gunshot has been fired. Many men cover up the deep emotion by joining the jubilant celebration, but deep within is an inner knowingness of the depths out of which love and integrity arise, the core meaning of what
Valhalla
really signifies. It is not about war at all, but it took war to bring it to the surface. The mutual respect for honorable valor is demonstrated by the military career of the famous “Red Baron” of World War I, Manfred von Richthofen (cal. 385). As the leading ‘ace of aces’ pilot for the Luftwaffe, he won 80 air combats and shot down 52 British planes but was finally killed in combat. He was so respected that the Allies (Australia Flying Corps) gave him a full military funeral. The greatness of the ‘Great Generation’ of World War II was of the heart, not just the result of winning, for the winning was just the consequence of the power of the inner heart itself.

The naïveté of the heart is exploited by propaganda that appeals to serve the ‘Fatherland’ or the ‘Motherland’. Trustingly, the followers give allegiance to ‘the Great Leader’ and fall into childlike obedience. Like lemmings, they follow the megalomaniac Pied Piper over the cliff. Thus, naïveté can and does lead to devastation. The only possible protection is to know the real truth via calibrated levels of consciousness/truth of leaders or teachers. False spiritual leaders and ‘gurus’ present the same pitfalls to ensnare the unwary.

The energy of classical music has a very positive impact on later behaviors and learning capacity and increases the level of consciousness. It results in more advanced development of neuronal connections and patterning. Interestingly, it also results in higher mathematical capability and the transitioning from lower to higher mind (see
Chapter 14
). The exposure to classical music in childhood and early life results in attraction to peace, truth, and beauty, and aversion to violence, falsity, and gross vulgarity. The sensitivity to aesthetics provides a natural crossover network that also facilitates the emergence of spiritual awareness and non-ego awareness.

Clinically, the benefits of early life exposure to the classical arts are confirmed by a 75 percent lower rate of crime. If that is also combined with a religious upbringing, the later-life incidences of crime drop by 90 percent. (If playing chess is added, the rate drops another 1.0 percent.)

Rock-and-roll, hip-hop, and disco, as well as country-western music, have a broad appeal in which the rhythm itself carries an unseen energy in response to which people feel glad to be alive, and the dancing is a collective celebration. It is interesting to look at the difference in the consciousness level of the Beatles’ music and that of the Rolling Stones, “the greatest rock-and-roll band that ever lived.” In the performance of the Beatles, we see dedication to music as a creative art. Eventually, the group disbanded due to the individuality of its members, each following his own muse. In contrast, the Rolling Stones group has continued to perform for more than 30 years, held together by a group commitment similar to that of a team. While the creativity of the Beatles was primarily guided by the expression of inner musical inspiration, the Stones are highly participatory and interact intuitively with the emotionality of the audience, which is pulled into the performance rather than just remaining as spectators.

At lower calibration levels, music becomes predominately sensationalistic and celebrates the lowest elements of humanity by glamorizing rape, criminality, violence, death by hollow-point bullets, and other extremes and excesses of brutality. As was described in
Power vs. Force
, it is the energy of the music itself, even without the lyrics, that negatively affects the body’s acupuncture system and makes it go weak. This was originally discovered by Dr. John Diamond, who published the information in the late 1970s (Diamond, 1979).

The lower calibration levels show that violence and sexuality are heavily exploited (“sex sells”), and an allure is cast over unrestricted hedonism. This message goes out via the media to impact impressionable adolescents who are easily captivated by the energy of ‘glamour’ itself. This unique energy was first described in one of Alice Bailey’s books (
Glamour
, 1950). It is an energy that is projected externally and imbues its object with exaggerated desirability that quickly fades because it is not a quality of the admired object but an ego projection from the observer. The public does the same thing with the images of the megalomaniacal dictators who, when stripped of their trappings, appear pathetic and forlorn and ultimately choose suicide to prevent exposure of the illusion.

The behavioral consequences of such low-energy programming in adolescents desensitizes and blunts sensitivity, resulting in behaviors for which the parents are blamed, whereas the source of the negative influence actually stems from the media and the culture of peer groups. The seriousness of this deleterious effect was brought to public attention by CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), which created the “five worst” list (group calibration 80) of negative “gangsta rap” entertainers (CNN News, 3/8/04). In defense, the rappers state that they are climbing out of poverty and demonstrating the benefits of free enterprise, i.e., they are a stepping stone out of squalor, hopelessness, and poverty, after which they become entrepreneurs and hopefully merge into more integrous business enterprises.