Often we read in a clamor. The sound of an auto or truck passing outside the road, the barking of a dog in the distance, the throat of the neighbor's uncle, the call of the vegetable seller, the chatting of friends or singing out loud. There is noise everywhere. I studied in a residential school where hundreds of children lived side-by-side on double-storey beds. All are in the chain of the same hall, and the child in the first bed is talking loudly to the child in the tenth bed. In the same hustle and bustle, we would have to study, pass the matriculation examination. So how to be the focus? How do all those noises disappear, and we just focus on the book? How can our meditation become like Arjuna can see the eyes of a bird?
Many people use different tricks. Somebody puts cotton inside the ear so that no one else can hear the sound. Now-a-days there is a 'Noise Cancellation' headphone, which eliminates the outside noise and you find the peace of a Himalayan cave sitting at home. Some people bring more noise around them to eliminate outside noise. Like a friend of mine would put the American rock-band Metallica's piercing song on 'Full Volume' and he couldn't hear anything else. He ended the noise with noise, just like dozens of arrows were killed with one arrow in the Mahabharata serial. Another friend took some drugs, so that he could not hear anything. As if away from the world, with a book in his hand, he would wander somewhere in the sky. But, I did not like all these solutions very much.
The way to eliminate noise is not to make more noise than that, but to convert the noise into loud music. Like the chirping of birds, the rattling of leaves, or the gurgling of water, there is no noise. It is the rhythmic music of nature. This does not disturb our sleep. But, you cannot create this sound of your own free will. One cannot raise a cuckoo to hear the sound of a bird. From where will you bring the flow of Kullu river to the room? However I have also used this. Chhutpan had brought some cassettes of tabla player Zakir Hussain - from the album 'Elements'. In its different cassettes made of water and air, dust flying, blazing of fire, sound of birds etc. could be heard. The atmosphere of nature was created with this music. But, I knew that this sound was coming from the audio-player, so it would have seemed artificial in nature.
Instead, I leaned towards real music. Towards film and Hindustani music. Reading while playing the radio, or simply reading while humming. This habit continues to this day, and believe me, even thick books in the study of medicine sat in the mind to a large extent, remember. But it is not that simple either. If a playful song starts playing, and you start dancing leaving the book, what will happen to your studies? What if your neighbor or roommate gets hurt? If all the monotonous songs are coming on the radio, or we waste time changing our favorite song on YouTube, then when will you read? If someone remembers listening to a romantic song, will we get lost in thoughts?
Now I divert things from here and take them to the world of the game. When Virender Sehwag scored a triple century in Multan, he gave the credit to a man named Venky. I wondered who is this Venky, whose name I have not heard in the field of cricket. Later it is discovered that there is a person who analyzes the video of the game and gives suggestions to the players. He had told Sehwag special improvements, which worked. The same Venky, when approached by Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, grabbed a music CD along with some technical suggestions. It was a CD based on Hindustani and Carnatic music. What good will a cricketer of the modern world get by listening to this ancient musical tradition? What if you fell asleep while playing? But Rahul Dravid listened to it, and watched videos of his games together. His control kept getting better, and needless to say, he had immense patience in his game.
In fact, Hindustani music, which is also called classical or classical music, has been created in this respect. That is for meditation, yoga or meditation. Hearing this one enters a different world. For me it was very dull in the beginning, and could not withstand more than five minutes. But, I kept on listening alternately. One of its specialties was that there was no need to change the song in it. A presentation would have been of half an hour, an hour and a half. You leave Pandit Ravi Shankar with sitar, there is no song in it that you can hum. He would play in the background for an hour and a half.
The second thing is that this music is composed in such a way that we grow slowly. At first there is a slow, delayed sound that may seem monotonous at first; But, when used, this part is most effective in bringing attention to the book. If you watch the video, the musicians are lost in this phase with their eyes closed. We too will be lost in this step. After that the speed will be fast, which is called Jor, Jhala and Drut Jhala. Once we are focused, our reading speed also increases. Then comes the composition or bandish, which contains a song worth singing. As you read and now have a final blueprint in mind. In the end, when the tarana or lyakari happens, we also start dancing along with the book. By doing this whole cycle again and again, words and thoughts get imprinted in the mind.
The world became more personal with the advent of good headphones. You, your book, and the music in your ears. No more noise. I also want to write on this subject that there are different ragas for every prahar, also for every mood. They have been made in such a way that when they sit to study in the morning, they listen to Bhairav, in the afternoon listen to Bhimpalasi, at dusk, Marwa, and so on at night listen to Yaman, Bageshree etc. But that is the technical aspect. Each person should choose from his own point of view what kind of music he will listen to or will listen to or not. Many successful people in the world do not listen to music while studying, but do adopt some trick to get rid of noise and increase meditation.
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