Music and Depression

Since ancient times, known beneficial effects of music on human health. Sounds heard by miracles, healing, uplifting spirit, excite, delight, sadden. Music heard in the current streams, hitting the key sources, the noise of rain, thunder mountain streams, ceaseless motion of the oceans and seas. Music can be heard in the breath of wind, rustling leaves, chirping of birds ... It is through music, people constantly transmit their feelings and sensations, it is through music, he expressed his religious feeling and it was with her help, he sends his sorrows, their joys, their love and all their deepest experiences. Indian philosophers said that at the beginning of human history there was no language, was, as the song goes, "eternal music." People expressed their thoughts and feelings sounds: low or high, long or short. The depth of tone indicative of the strength and power, and the pitch expressing love and wisdom. Our ancestors, the Slavs spoke in a singsong voice - the echoes of their everyday speech can be heard today in the church, when reading the Gospel, the Apostle and the Book of Psalms. Novgorod veche was a pure opera, with arias, duets and choruses. In castles and palaces, singing and music sounded almost around the clock, creating a favorable psychological background of the life of the rulers. Music can heal our grief and melancholy. It makes us relive and revive the memory of dear to our hearts memories. Music changes the perception of time and space. Music affects respiration, pulse and blood pressure. Music reduces stress and increases immunity. Music elevates the power of spirit. Music helps plant growth, lulls children, makes the shelves march to war. Music can inspire creativity. Many writers and poets were told that their works have conceived or when listening to music, or immediately thereafter. His music is capable of drumming ward off evil spirits, sing the praises of the Virgin Mary, to appeal to the Buddha for the sake of universal salvation, captivate and soothe, revive and transform. Music - a breath of soul and consciousness. Through music the soul manifests itself in the world. When awakened higher consciousness in man, when he would develop in themselves the possibility of more subtle perceptions, he will hear that a grand symphony that sounds in space from one end to the universe, and then he will understand the deep meaning of life. From the first cry to the last dying breath we are covered by the sea sounds and vibrations every second of our lives. This original sound of the creator, we are angels and atoms, is the essence from which so ok tailored reality and dreams, creatures and Reality.