Learning valuable life lessons through music

[Parsons]

Hello folks,

I gain a lot of wisdom about life through music. This thread is about that, so feel free to post music you have gained a valuable kernel of wisdom from, and (most importantly) what lesson you learned. Please be detailed if possible and DO NOT just post random music you like with no explanation (there are plenty of other threads for that).

One of my favorite artists for that is Alanis Morissette.

I overlooked this one for a long time because it comes off as fairly abrasive, but it has a great life insight: trying to find true satisfaction through the pursuit of transient activities, no matter how highly regarded in 3rd density society, will not bring true life-satisfaction / self worth. You will always feel that something is missing from your life. It's no wonder she has become so spiritually oriented later in life: she had this insight early on.

if I make a lot of tinsel then people will want to
if I am hardened no fear of further abandonment
if I am famous then maybe i'll feel good in this skin
if I am cultured my words will somehow garner respect
i would throw a party still it would not come
i would bike run swim and still it would not come
i'd go travelling and still it would not come
I would starve myself and still it would not come
if I'm masculine I will be taken more seriously
if I take a break it would make me irresponsible
if i'm elusive I will surely be sought after often
if I need assistance then I must be incapable
i'd be filthy rich and still
it would not come
I would seduce them and still
it would not come
I would drink vodka and still
it would not come
i'd have an orgasm still
it wouldn't come
if I accumulate knowledge
i'll be inpenetrable
if I am aloof no one will know
when they strike a nerve
if I keep my mouth shut the boat
will not have to be rocked
if I am vulnerable I will be
trampled upon
i would go shopping and still
it would not come
i'd leave the country and still
it would not come
i would scream and rebel still
it would not come
i would stuff my face and still
it would not come
i'd be productive and still it would not come
i'd be celebrated still it would not come
i'd be the hero and still it would not come
i'd renunciate and still it would not come

[sjel]

Sunshine Recorder - Boards of Canada

This taught me that the place where your fears reside is actually a place with overflowing love and beauty.

There's a tendency to resist what this album is able to teach you - a tension that comes from holding on to social norms of what should be feared and what is "evil." When I released that limiting belief, this album, and this track in particular, revealed itself to be playful, innocent, childlike, and bursting with positive healing energy.

The two brothers who created this took the genuinely most fear-inducing Western concept, the naive but deeply embedded idea of hell and Satan, and uncovered the immense resource of pure love that it truly is. It is even difficult for me to write this right now, because I hear the chorus of Christian fathers widening their eyes in horror at the suggestion that demons could be beautiful. But what are demons, what is Satan? WE created those thought-forms, there is no evil except what we construct to be evil!

This is my favorite album of all time. I grew up in a standard western Christian family, so this album really blew away my deeply demarcated demonizations, my strict boundaries of what is good and what is evil.

I think it instrumentally describes the beauty of the unnecessary fears that centuries of organized religion has embedded in us.

Here's another favorite from the album:



i can't really express how much this album means to me.

[AnthroHeart]

This is the song of my soul. It is very somber, because I'm like that.

[Parsons]

@GW,

What lesson did this teach you?

[AnthroHeart]

I think it taught me that I don't have to be so fixated on the physical world. That there's a multi-dimensional universe.
And that my ripples of sadness are touched by many civilizations.

[Plenum]

I gain a lot of wisdom about life through music. This thread is about that, so feel free to post music you have gained a valuable kernel of wisdom from, and (most importantly) what lesson you learned. Please be detailed if possible and DO NOT just post random music you like with no explanation (there are plenty of other threads for that).

I would say that the music of Bach has served that teaching role for me.

It applies to the entire body of the work that has survived down to us; and if I had to narrow it down even further, the Well Tempered Klavier is the pinnacle of compact communications; all the time interwoven, harmonized, expressive, unfolding, and emotive.  They are like 24 paired poems that explore the expanse of Understanding.

In terms of the Life Lesson, I would say that it served as a Beacon of organized Thought.  That one can crystallize expression, and have it be totally beautiful and comprehensible at the same time.  It was basically an example of blue-ray communications, which served as a touchstone of what was true.

[Omniscient]

You have to listen to Devin Townsend. This man is a genius. Every single song that hears records is magnificent. He has a new album that just came out. Every song is a gem. The song, "Higher" has really made an impact with me. I recommend taking a listen. If you get into that song, I recommend checking out all his other stuff.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jh6wHe1tUk