SPIRITUAL - Xtreme Music
SPIRITUAL - Xtreme Music
SPIRITUAL - Xtreme Music
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daVe douglaS<br />
jazz trumpeter and composer<br />
Dear Justin,<br />
You ask, “What do you believe is the spiritual significance of music?”<br />
I believe that all of life has spiritual significance, and I wouldn’t<br />
separate music from the rest. <strong>Music</strong> is a profound expression. But it<br />
is not more or less profound than anything else. For me personally,<br />
music is prayer. Everyone has their own way of prayer and every way<br />
of prayer strives for the same goal. So I’m wondering if maybe you<br />
really mean: what is the significance of spiritual music? Or, what is the<br />
music of spiritual significance? Or even, What is spiritual about music<br />
of significance?<br />
In any case, it’s all the same. I think that if there is spiritual<br />
significance it is in everything, everywhere. There is no separation<br />
between who we are, what we do, how we live, and our spirit. That’s<br />
true whether one is a musician or not. I know that my answer only leads<br />
back to the universal questions of the significance of the spirit: why we<br />
are here and what it all means. There is no “answer” for that.<br />
I don’t think that we are humans beings having a “spiritual<br />
experience”. I think we are spiritual beings having a human experience.<br />
And we have an opportunity and a responsibility to make the most<br />
positive impact in the short time we’re here. <strong>Music</strong> can be part of that.
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