“Inner Music is Meditation and
Outer meditation is music”
One of my cultures is
Meditation. Meditation
is an inwardly oriented, personal practice that originated from Asia. I
meditate to turn all of my attention inward to the mind itself. I practice mudras to open my seven chakras. Chakras are ach of the centers of spiritual power
in the human body. There
is, Root(pelvis), Sacral(above), Navel, Heart, Throat, Third Eye(between eyes)
and Crown(top of head). There's also the hand test to see how long you have to
meditate. When you hold your hand out still, don't move it. Some of your
fingers will shake. If your thumb shakes, you need to meditate for five
minutes. If it's your pointer, you need ten minutes. If it's your middle finger,
it’s fifteen minutes. If its your ring finger you need twenty minutes, and
pinky means twenty-five minutes. If all fingers tremble, it's best you meditate
for an hour.
My history with this song is that this song has been my
favorite Carnatic musical
performance for the past two years. There are multiple artists with very
complicated names and I don’t listen to either of them on a basis, but I can
say that Carnatic music in
whole has been apart of my life since about sixth grade. What moves me about
the song and the musical in whole is that when I am in a peaceful mood, I can
play these songs or the simple instrumentals and find myself really relaxed.
Also, this is the only music I listen to when I meditate.
This song is an important part of the Indian Hindi culture
because it represents the spiritual and religious practices that the Southern
Indians perform in their everyday lives. This song shows Indian culture by
engaging in Indian language, attire, and musical instruments (vocalist, violin, mridangam, and tambura.)
as well as religious and spiritual symbols and colors. It is important to my
culture: Meditation because it sets me in a peaceful mood that relaxes
everything inside of me and I feel at ease enough to have a stronger meditation
practice or a more calmer yoga session.