Shri Mataji on Music (8)

"All those musicians, who were singing western song... was alright... but what was missing in that... was melody... it's not melodious... like, little bit you sing... then you shout... then you bring it down... then... they think that they have to sing through their heart... express their feeling of their heart... artificially they want to produce that effect...there is no need. To sing in parts... there's no melody in it... there's no flow in it. [...] Now the music means it should please you... it should give you more entertainment... not to make you unhappy or sad... if you have all these feelings, then you should try to say 'yes there is a problem, but I'll get over it'... because you are a Sahaja Yogi... you have to show the victory ... the victorious nature of yours, in your music. Even the orchestras... they go kya kya kya... but Indian orchestras are melodious... so the difference is very great."

Nature & Balance, and Music evening before Navaratri, Cabella, 4th Oct 1997

所有演唱西方歌曲的音樂家... 還是可以的... 但當中缺乏了一些什麼... 是音樂性*... 這些不悦耳動聽的... 例如, 你唱一點點... 然後你高聲呼叫... 然後你把它降下... 接著... 他們認為他們必須發自內心地唱... 去表達他們內心的感覺...他們矯揉造作地想產生那種效果... 那是不必要的. 只是某些部份唱... 這是沒有音樂性*的... 這是沒有流動的. [...] 此刻, 音樂是指它應該取悅你... 它應該給你更大的娛樂... 不是令你不快樂或者傷感...如果你有所有這些感覺, 那你應該嘗試說 '是, 那正是有問題, 但我會刻服它'... 因為你是霎哈嘉瑜伽士... 你要彰顯你的勝利... 你勝利的本質, 在你的音樂裡. 儘管那些管弦樂團... 他們 'kya kya kya' 地演奏...但印度管弦樂團是具有音樂性*的... 因此分別是很大.

*註:通過音樂讓能量流通的特性

自然界與平衡, 女神節前音樂晚會, 卡貝拉, 1997年10日4日