Soulful Music, Or a Musical Soul?

How good it feels when you are listening to your favourite piece of music and you can point out/ predict the minutest change in rhythm. For me, music has been an ultimate bank of emotions where one could find, overwhelmed and subtle, expressive and deadpan emotions. It is like a time Machine which once opened will fill you with all the emotions you once felt when you heard that song, you might not remember the context itself, but the music would remind you of all the things you experienced that time. It might be a visit to your hometown, a teary goodbye, or even the sight of your crush. It is, in fact, amusing how a simple set of sounds tactfully spaced can bring about a stream of memories you might have consciously, or subconsciously , pushed to the back of your mind. Somehow it envelopes you in its soulful beauty and induces different emotions in different people.Some People may feel more energetic and inspired while the others could get completely lowdown, some might even completely stop listening to that particular song or artists if it reminds them of something they can't let go of. I think, it is not the content of the song, but the sound of it that brings about the innermost memories in people. It is the music that lulls you into its own world which somehow is entwined with your own. It is the rhythm of beats which resonates with that of your own soul and makes you feel in harmony with your own self. Music is a pathway to your soul, or has it always been there?

Resting not in peace

Very recently i realized being peaceful and sitting in peace are two different things, just like keeping quiet and being silent, or maybe listening to something and hearing something. For economics students it might be easy if i say that being peaceful is a flow concept. But when i come to think of it, i doubt that any normal person is peaceful, ever. 99% people let the environment around them affect their moods, and if they sit somewhere quiet, or beautiful, or someplace that might get them in touch with their own being, they are sitting in peace. But it is only the 1% of people who find the world within themselves and are the ones who are peaceful, or live in peace if you may. And the more i mention this word, realization sinks deeper that peace is a highly improbable state to achieve these days. The reason still being unknown to me, i would partially blame the technology like everybody else does. What intrigues me most, is the fact that , knowing all this, we don't even TRY  to be in a state of nothingness. When someone says Im resting, they probably mean that they are relaxing their muscles, or lying down to stabilize blood pressure, but never do they stop for a second, and THINK. Or more precisely try NOT to think consciously or sub consciously. Never do they try to be at peace with themselves, never do they stop judging every tom dick and harry who walks their way, never do they try to REST IN PEACE.