Mathematics, logic, thoughts and other masculine properties are processed by the mind , while feelings, "hunches", vibrations, and "gut feelings" are processed by the heart. In certain people, their mind overpowers and controls their heart, and others their heart does the same to their mind. No mind is 100% feminine or masculine. They come in degrees. Some people can balance their internal counterparts and use both to react and make decisions about reality and life. Both counterparts are equally valid and important to take on the challenges of life. Both parts process different kinds of information about the world around them. The mind thinks and the heart feels. Another interesting thing is that the mind thinks in words and the heart feels in music. This is due to the law of 7 which corresponds to the feminine side of things and represents the 7 basic tones in music, 1-do, 2-re, 3-mi, 4-fa, 5-so, 6-la, 7-ti, 1-do Another important point is that the mind has ideas and the heart has emotion. Really there are two types of comunication and learning that the the human psyche uses. The first, the mind, can understand words and the second, the heart, can understand music and other vibrations. These two forces, masculine and feminine, are always tugging and pulling us on the inside all the time. Our psyche and way we behave turns out to be the resultant vector of these two forces inside of us. This also can be represented as a triangle. All senses and perception of reality is processed by both. Even in dreams these forces are at work. In fact, they're always at work inside each person.
The mind corresponds to the number 3 and the heart to 7. This means that the laws of 3 and 7 are found in human psyche.
Information and learning can be carried through both music and words and is even more powerful together.
The mind thinks and the heart feels.
2 things that all cultures and peoples have are language and music.
How the mind comunicates ideas with language.
When people want to communicate ideas between their minds the main form of communication is through language. Language does not have to be heard. Signs can serve as language. One example is sign language, which is used by the deaf and dumb. Language can be signals also. Language can be in written form too. What it comes down to is that language simply is a code which represents the ideas of the mind. But for language to work both minds must know the same code or language. If they don't, ideas cannot be exchanged. It first starts as an idea in someones mind then he/she turns the idea into words. Afterwards, another person receives the words and decrypts them thus forming the original idea in the receivers mind. Well, at least that happens under perfect circumstances because many times the idea that the receiver imagines is not always exactly what the sender thought. But anyways, that is how it works. That is also why someone who only speaks Russian won't be able to communicate his/her ideas to someone who only knows Chinese. They might have very limited comunication through signs, but even then, the person must know the code or meaning of the sign. This obviously has its disadvantages. It means that much information is hindered because there is no universal code or language or the sender can't verbalize his/her idea very well. It can also be because the receiver doesn't receive the words correctly or can't understand them clearly.
Music and vibration are universal in humans
Unlike language, music can be understood universally.
People from different cultures and languages can all understand the emotions and feelings contained in music. It is also a code, but it is understood by everybody. It is understood by the heart instead of the mind. So a Russian and a Chinese could both understand the same musical piece. The heart can also feel gestures especially facial ones. Through these fine muscle movements the heart can understand others true feelings. It is difficult for the mind to override these movements which are produced by the heart and some people who have well tuned hearts can see through the lying illusion that the the mind is trying create by controlling these gestures.
Now another interesting thing is that both language and music are unique to each person kind of like fingerprints; no two humans have the same fingerprint. Nobody speaks exactly the same, nobody writes the same either. Each person has his/her own style of writing. This makes sense because nobody thinks in the same way. I remember that I could always catch students who copied others in the reports they handed in just because I had learned how and what kind of things each student would write about. Each person thinks differently and so will express themselves differently. Definitely, handwriting is unique to each person. Nobody has the same handwriting. That's why signatures can be verified. But one thing most people don't know is that each person has a unique set of songs and music that they like. Nobody has the exact same library of music that they prefer. So music, like handwriting can identify a person. Furthermore, the type and style of music that someone listens to can tell you a lot about a person's psyche.
Music and its power over the human psyche
I will start with the language of the heart, music. Music and vibration are characteristic of the number 7 and are hardwired into the heart. The ancient greeks realized some of the importance and power of vibrations and music. Orpheus, according to greek mythology, was a person who could use music to transfer knowledge and affect others in interesting ways. Not only could he affect humans but also plants and animals and even stones and inanimate objects. He was one of the few who entered hades and was able to get out--thanks to his musical gifts. He also won against the sirens by playing his music which overpowered their hypnotic singing. Even though this was just mythology, the ancients, just like pythagorus and others of their day, recognized the power that music and vibrations have on humans and even other things. Although it's mythology, the fact that music can do so many things is not far from the truth.
Militaries throughout the world have realized the power of music for some time for different purposes from motivating troops to using them to communicate battle strategies or even as a means of torture. Ancient romans started using music while marching. They noticed that the soldiers not only marched better, but were also more motivated. They also used music to send out battle commands in the field. The Aztecs used a special instrument that sounded like a death cry to psychologically intimidate their enemies. We know the famous bugle call of battle and the emotions the melody invoke. Imagine movies without music? Definitely, movies would lose much of their flavor and enjoyment without music. Even in the wars in the midlle east, music such as metallica and even Diecide are played for weeks on end as a means of breaking down prisoners' spirits. Music and words can be used to strengthen or destroy someone mentally or even to transfer knowledge or information. Music is important to fully enjoy and experience movies. Could you imagine movies with no music? Even in the so-called silent films like charley chaplin a piano or something to make music is necessary to fully appreciate the comedy. This is because the brain works on physics principles and the principles are based on 7 and 3. Scientists are just barely understanding the powers of music and vibrations on the heart. They haven't even understood the power of thought and words. Even less so with music. And they still haven't realized the things that could be done using both parts to achieve certain goals. I will briefly go over some interesting things that some scientists are researching as far as music and emotion go. It's interesting but they've still got a long way to go.
Music and memory
Musical sounds, like all auditory signals, unfold over time. It is therefore necessary for the auditory system to integrate the sequentially ordered sounds into a coherent musical perception. This series-to-parallel transformation can be considered a mechanism of working memory, which temporarily stores auditory units and combines them into a single percept (such as a sound pattern, rhythm or melody). Interestingly, there seems to be a high degree of overlap between working memory for musical stimuli and for verbal stimuli, as has been shown in recent working-memory experiments.
Scientists are still trying to figure that out, but what happens to your brain when you hear a song you love may provide some crucial insight. “Music increases cross talk between brain structures in old reward centers that handle pleasure and newer areas at the cortex that handle prediction and anticipation.” says Robert Zatorre, PHD, professor of neuroscience at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at McGill University. In one study he found that the brain released dopamine, a chemical linked to pleasure and reward, in anticipation of a subject’s favorite part of the song. Music can do far more than provide a get you dancing. Song and rhythm can rewire our brains to overcome brain damage. The most high-profile case is that of U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Shot in 2011 by an assailant in the left side of her skull, Ms. Giffords awoke from a coma unable to speak, but she could sing. Music therapists used a technique called melodic intonation therapy (often used with stroke survivors) to rewire Ms. Giffords’ language skills, using melody to shift her brain’s language centre from the left hemisphere to the right one.
At Ryerson’s SMART Lab, They are hoping to leverage the neural links between music, movement and emotion to help emotionally kick-start Parkinson’s patients who’ve lost expressiveness. Researchers think the inability of Parkinson’s patients to physically express emotion in turn limits their ability to understand emotion.
A group of researchers from the University of Texas have discovered that music stimulates several different areas in the brain, rather than just one isolated area. They also found a strong correlation between the right side of the brain that comprehends music components and the left side of the brain that comprehends language components. Because music and language structures are similar, it is suspected that by stimulating the right side of the brain, the left side will begin to make connections as well. For this reason, patients are encouraged to sing words rather than speak them in conversational tones in the early phases of MIT. Studies using positron emission tomography (PET ) scans h
ave shown Broca's area (a region in the left frontal brain controlling speech and language comprehension) to be reactivated through repetition of sung words.
So these are just a few of the interesting effects that some scientists are just starting to realize concerning music or vibrations and the human psyche.
The U.S military has invested heavily to find music or frequencies of sound that could be used to strengthen troops or debilitate an enemy. One system was used in the middle east to speak directly to the mind of the listener, to alter and entrain his brainwaves, to manipulate his brain's electroencephalographic (EEG) patterns and artificially implant negative emotional states - feelings of fear, anxiety, despair and hopelessness. This subliminal system doesn't just tell a person to feel an emotion, it makes them feel it, it implants that emotion in their minds It is described in Patent #5,159,703, "Silent Subliminal Presentation System", dated, October 27, 1992.
Now I could continue with other interesting works that scientists have carried out, but the things I stated earlier still hold. It would be nice to continue researching in this area and use music and the mind for much more amazing and powerful things. But I will leave it as it is for now.
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