There are two laws that together can cover the whole way from ignorance to enlightenment:

The law of projection and the law of resonance

The law of Projection:
Anything in the unconscious is projected
C.G. Jung

If somebody exhibits something we ourselves harbour unconsciously but that we like -
We like that person
If somebody exhibits something we ourselves harbour unconsciously but that we dislike -
We dislike that person

 

The law of resonance
If an object vibrates at a certain rate of vibration,
everything in its vicinity that has the same vibration as a dormant possibility will start vibrating at that frequency.
This law applies to everything
from subatomic particles to cosmic proportions.

Examples:

If you start a big tuning fork on a wood base in one end of a room, and have a similar tuned big tuning fork on a wooden base (amplifier) somewhere else in the room, the tuning fork that you did not touch will start by itself, sparked into reaction by the first tuning fork.
A bus stops at an intersection, everything that previously were relatively still starts vibrating inside, the lower tone of the motor had the frequency of the bus’ interior.

A huge bridge collapsed during a storm in America some years ago - the reason, the wind had the same frequency as the bridge, had the wind been stronger, nothing would have happened.

In terms of human receptivity, this means that if somebody harbour a quality or problem that we to some degree harbour ourselves, we will resonate with the person, and knowledge of ourselves will thus help us knowing something about the other person.
 

Reactions to music that we ourselves have - or that we get from the audience, to the music we play, depends on where the music strikes a note in our conscious or subconscious, whether we like what it strikes or dislike it etc.
It is thus wise not to expect any particular reaction from your audience, but to expect the unexpected.

If you want to be able to trust your own reactions and intuitions check your grounding!

Physically speaking - To be able to stand on ones own feet, e.g. that the balance between tension and relaxation in the muscular system is adequate to the situation in question
Psychologically speaking - That the individual is able to maintain a balanced everyday life, to get things done, manifest what is needed, and to relax, to enjoy.
Spiritually speaking - That the individual has a balanced way of living life, not in disharmony with nature’s laws, spiritual principles and the individual’s own higher Self, and has the courage and integrity, to live what a thoroughly tested and considered inner guidance requires, even if it seems against common sense.

Different types of music affect us differently

• A piece of music will, by the law of resonance, bring us to its level of consciousness.

• If the level the music operates on is above where we are, the music will tend to lift us.

• If the music is on the same level as where we are, it will tend to lock us there.

• If the music is below where we are, it will tend to drag us down

• If we want to party we play rhythmical and romantic music

• if we are bored we play popular tunes

• if we are spiritual minded we play psalms, mantras etc.

Music can be utilized in a number of ways:

On its own, with no instructions other than what the composer has given, like in concerts. In development group settings on its own, but interacting with the specific group atmosphere
With instructions, as a part of a fantasy journey; as polarity to a instruction
As a tool to lift emotions; as an aid in surrendering to the Divine

When you use music, use it for a reason
intuitively or consciously perceived -chosen by yourself

don’t just put on ‘some music’

Is the purpose of your choice of music meditative or
Is the purpose to evoke experiences?

When you choose particular tools
When you choose particular pieces of music
Always have the general goal of your work in mind:
What is it you are trying to achieve?
In general and specifically â€˜now’

If the purpose is to evoke experiences,
The music must be of a nature that supports
An identification with the experience

• If the purpose is meditative,
  The choice of music must enable
  A witnessing connection
  To whatever happens

• What is your situation

• What is your work aimed at

• Are you ready, how do you feel?

• What is the purpose of what you do:

Trust. Balancing Opening. Confronting. Transforming. Closing

What is happening in the group:
On a conscious level
Hidden agendas
Body language
Can you pick up something in the aura?

You can work with
Fantasy journeys
Music as a stirrer
Confronting
Soother
Balancing
As a meditative aid
Music in itself
Music as a polarity to an instruction

Wrong use of music Right use of music

Music is often a good support so that it can prevent the mind from wandering too much away from a task, but music is external, so readiness to go deep within, beyond the mind, is strongly impaired by most music, ultimately by all music.
Wrong use of music - or use of the wrong music can be compared to a power game - the energy in the music creates a conflicting, motive to what apparently is going on.

Right use of music can have many different purposes
In personal development

• To stir

• Soothe

• Stabilize

• Transform

• As an expression and celebration of the Divine

• As a preparation for true silence

You have a number of tools to help you being aware of what goes on in people that are listening to music:

• Your own reaction to the music

• Face value feed back from members of the audience

• The body language of the participant

• Your gut feeling, intuition, clairvoyance (etc)

• Make it a habit that a part of you is observing yourself while you are receiving feed back

Remember when you listen to people’s experiences:
It is relatively easy to get a high experience;

The important thing is if this experience helps you to grow!

Ways of practice listening

• Be aware of your basic mood, body comfort, body posture etc before the music.

• Then listen to the music

• Be aware of your physical reactions, when and how they change:

Breathing
Body posture
Tension - relaxedness
Pain
Aliveness - numbness

• Be aware of your psychological reactions when and how they change:

Shifting moods during the music
Memories
Images
Thoughts
Level of creativity and inspiration
Sleepiness
Music as a tool in the opening phase

Typical instructions:

Be present, feel the group, yourself, the room, everything. -make yourself at home.
Be present, what is your driving force, is there a theme for this weekend?
Be present, and then contemplate "trust" in the group, in your self, in whatever comes up.

Good music for these instructions

• Johan Sebastian Bach organ works

• Beethoven: Symphonies

• David Hykes, for example Hearing Solar Winds

• Didgeridoo, preferably by indigenous player

After the music, invite people to share their experiences

The theme of the workshop will often be visible already now.
(Even though you may only realize that afterwards).

Don’t lock yourself too hard into a goal for the group, take one step at a time, and let the next step evolve from the present.
Allow the unexpected to come in!

Listen to the music while you do the above exercises. Keep a journal over your experiences