ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
and Master Yogi pertaining to music:
In his creative moods, the artist should soar high, high into the skies of luminous Imagination
and of glorious Existence, wholly oblivious of all mundane madness.
An art that panders to the lower appetites of man, that does not aim at discovering the
meaning of life, which does not awaken the spiritual consciousness in the human heart is
soulless and therefore insalutary in its effects and malefic in its influence.
Music is not an instrument for titillation of the nerves or satisfaction of the senses. It is
a Yoga Sadhana (spiritual practice) which enables you to attain Atma-Sakshatkara (your
spiritual Being).3
This is the position of a high spiritual person adoptable by others standing near to his
level. No one can deny other effective aspects of good music; for entertainment, for uplifting
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Esko Jalkanen
annaabi.ee 
