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12/19/2020

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You may have seen an orchestra tune their instruments at the start of a performance.  Is there a specific pitch they tune to? Who sets that initial pitch?  How do we know if the principal violist is right?  Technically it doesn’t matter if the principal violist is “right”, what matters is whether everyone else is tuned to her.  However, most orchestra’s these days use a tuning fork for the violist to get a precise note. 

Generally, this tuning fork is constructed to vibrate a certain amount, ie. 440 times per second.  When tuning is done to this standard we say the orchestra is tuned to A440.  In modern history this has become the standard pitch for the note A. In 1953, a worldwide agreement was established setting A440 as the global standard.  As it turns out this note has varied throughout the centuries.  In general, there has been a phenomena of “pitch inflation”.  That is, a note played today is conventionally higher than how it was played in the past.   

The value of A had varied depending on the year and region.  A, equal to 435hz and 432hz were commonly used in the pre-modern era.  Recently 432hz or Verdi’s A, has started to gain notoriety.  Verdi apparently believed tuning to this note provided the best sound for singers’ voices in opera.  Many researchers today would agree.  It is commonly believed that music tuned to this frequency is easier to listen to, brighter, clearer, and contains more inherent dynamic range. Perhaps this is because the interval of the perfect fifth is particularly close to the golden ratio when A=432 is used.  Or perhaps it is because 432 Hz resonates with 8 Hz (the Schumann Resonance), the documented fundamental electromagnetic “beat” of Earth.  

Masaru Emoto (1943 – 2014) was a Japanese researcher who dedicated his life to the “language” of the water. What he discovered is that “water” has a memory and is able to store information.He found that water reacts differently according to the information it receives and will crystalize in more or less aesthetic forms accordingly.  When water is exposed to words of kindness, love, or empathy, it will freeze into very symmetric fractal snowflake patterns.  However when exposed to negative energy the crystals seem to lose all semblance of structure.  It is apparent that water responds to 432hz as it would to words of love.  Additionally water exposed to 432 music will retain its structure enough to postpone the spoil and rot of organic material submerged within (ZU, 2015).  As water constitutes about two-thirds of every human, it stands to reason that 432 hz music would have similar effects on our very physical make-up.
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It is becoming more common to hear that 432 Hz  has a positive influence on the spiritual development of the listeners.  Researchers find that subjects feel calmer, happier and  more relaxed when playing and listening to music tuned to 432 Hz (Calamassi & Pomponi, 2019).   Test it for yourself.  Numerous websites provide access to music tuned to 432hz.  How do you feel after listening?



Bibliography Calamassi, D., & Pomponi, G. P. (2019, July). Music Tuned to 440 Hz Versus 432 Hz and the Health Effects: A Double-blind Cross-over Pilot Study. Explore Journal, 15(No.4), 283-290. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31031095/ ZU, A. (2015, June). 432 Hz the tuning that resonates with life. https://www.zumusic.org/

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Meditation

12/11/2020

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Meditation is a word you may have seen thrown around rather recently.  This ancient practice has become rather vogue in recent years.  For millennia, religious societies across the world have employed it as a fundamental part of their way of life. Eastern schools from Hinduism to Taoism teach varieties of meditative practices.  Many shamanistic societies also consider it as a fundamental aspect of their school.  Even Isaac, son of Abraham is mentioned to have meditated in Genesis.  Numerous Christian sects include mediation, of various methods, in their regimen as well. And now in the 21st century, meditation is making its place known in the increasingly secular west.  Why is this “activity” so espoused for so long?   Is it inherently religious?  What do we have to learn from it? Let’s consider some of these questions.

Probably the school of thought most commonly associated with mediation is Buddhism.  In his quest to end his own suffering Siddartha Guatama attempted many practices employed by the mystics of his time.  He studied various yogas. He engaged in various methods of self mortification.  Living in the jungle, he fasted until emaciation.  This was only until he decided that there must be some purer way to end desire.  It was then that he chose to sit under the Bodhi Tree and meditate until the end of his suffering was achieved, which it shortly was.  It is apparent that meditation was already practiced in his society, however, his Middle Way placed greater focus and emphasis on this activity in particular.

Since his time, meditation has been a core pillar of the myriad of schools that follow his teaching.  At its core meditation is a practice of self control.  In a common version, one chooses to sit and follow the breath.  Oftentimes, almost continuously, in fact, this focus on the breath will become distracted with thoughts, feelings, emotions, and bodily sensations.  The practitioner will then compassionately, and non-judgmentally return focus back on to the breath.  While simple, this practice does have quite broad effects.

We become increasingly compassionate, as we are forced to be compassionate to ourselves with every straying of the mind that is kindly returned back to the breath (Kristeller & Johnson, 2005).  This in turn leads to a more compassionate perspective on one's neighbors, as the mind becomes more and more conditioned to respond to phenomena with non-judgement.  Additionally, one begins to become more aware of what one is thinking, feeling, sensing.  Instead of being buffeted by a constant stream of inputs that can cast us around without our noticing, we become more aware and in control of these inputs and whether or not they require a response from us.  This has a calming effect on the mind in general.  One becomes more and more able to navigate the sea of experience with less and less panic. Meditation is like a muscle.  The more we use it the stronger it becomes.  We can become more and more in control of our own thoughts.  While beneficial for religious societies, in their quests to purify and hallow the self, the effects may be likewise obtained by the Western practitioner.  
 
Mental health professionals have been increasingly recommending it as a method to alleviate varieties of stress induced disorders.  Anxiety and depression is shown to be more easily managed when combated with this practice (Harvard Health Publishing, 2018).  Perhaps, this rise in popularity is for good reason.  There are even numerous apps to assist the initiate with the nascent practice.  While a long road the destinations are valuable.  The path of Meditation is a journey that one takes alone, side by side the millions who practice today and in centuries past.

Bibliography
Harvard Health Publishing. (2018, August 12). How meditation helps with depression. Harvard Men's Health Watch. https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/how-meditation-helps-with-depression
Kristeller, J. L., & Johnson, T. (2005, May 23). CULTIVATING LOVING KINDNESS: A TWO‐STAGE MODEL OF THE EFFECTS OF MEDITATION ON EMPATHY, COMPASSION, AND ALTRUISM. Journal of Religion & Science. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00671.x

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