I am indebted to Jacquelyn Small* for the following wonderful words and insights. It has been my privilege to participate in a “musical journey” on a number of occasions and I am able to testify to the truth of these words from first hand experiences. Thank you Jacquelyn.
Music is a powerful tool of transformation, not only psycho-spiritually, but physically as well. It accesses cellular memories and other past physical wounding held within the body. Research shows that music carves new neural pathways through the brain where memory and emotion converge.
Soul-journeying to music accesses your unconscious mind and heals past issues still needing conscious recognition and clearing. While journeying through the inner landscape to music, you will access hard-to-reach memories and patterns that are holding dysfunctional attitudes and behaviors in place. And this happens just naturally, as though the music itself is doing the work. Often, old issues heal by just passing through them as you observe them “from above.” This method magically reveals the sacred significance of your life’s events, your greater story. Once recognized, these integrative insights evoke forgiveness and compassion for yourself and for others who may have harmed you in the past. This process serves to remove shame and blame, the two major blocks to anyone’s healing.
Music is a universal passion that speaks directly to the soul in a completely nonjudgmental fashion. The soul already knows this work! Therefore, it is immediately recognized and loved by whose who experience it. (The Sacred Purpose of Being Human: A Journey Through the 12 Principles of Wholeness)
(I added the bold for emphasis because those words spoke to me in a very special way.)
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