How To Spread The Love Using Music

Music is a language that is naturally built into us as humans; it transcends race, religion, culture, and even age. We can bob our heads to a catchy tune…even a baby can clap along. We use music to celebrate and dance to, to lull a child to sleep and, most commonly, to express our love for another person.

The Universal Language

Unification Thought reaffirms the theory that art and music have a way of bringing people together; it touches our spirits, the part of us that is eternal, and the part that unites us with the rest of our fellow humans. As a language of the soul, the power of music is limitless. Music has the power to make us forget the barriers that we put up between us and others, to move us emotionally, and even to change our perspective on a topic. It can even inspire us to create our own music, which can then impact others. Music is influential; it’s contagious.

When an artist writes music, if he or she is writing a song because of a breakup or because he or she doesn’t feel good—out of anger, or hatred—the song can translate these same feelings to listeners, giving them not only an impression but an experience of how the songwriter feels. This can be a powerful way for a listener to connect through common understanding. As artists though, if we really want to be conscious of the world, we need to think, “If I’m feeling like this, do I want anybody else to feel like this?”

Consider the following song.

Now, what about this one?

When Pharrell Williams appeared on Oprah, he was shown a video montage of people around the world dancing to his song, “Happy”. He began to cry, and throughout his tears Oprah explained, “I so now get why [“Happy”] is so infectious, because it came from such a clear space that the energy was absolutely uninterrupted by anything other than allowing it to flow from heart to heart.”

Music can be a Force for Good

Music can shape our culture. It can perpetuate darkness, or it can perpetuate light. It can be simply cathartic, or it can be constructive. Unfortunately in this world today a lot of negative values are the top moneymakers, but this is why the song “Happy” is such a refreshing turn back to our original hearts, a message promoting peace, a healthy lifestyle and a positive attitude—things we all long for. It reflects the good that is also dying to be expressed, a spark in a broken world that can light a whole new wildfire that makes the top chart hits through speaking to our innermost, unencumbered hearts. If we had the power to create music, is this not the kind of message we would want to perpetuate?

God Loves Music!

How can we use the influence of music to bring our world back to God? Mega-churches, known for their huge media and music component, grow immensely and rapidly compared to churches that aren’t so musically focused. Oftentimes, in a religious service, music has more power than even the sermon itself. What happens, then, when we combine the two: music and a message? It sticks in our head, repeating over and over, and the message gets stuck in our heads along with the melody. As a music enthusiast and possibly even a musician yourself, what message do you want to put out there?

What are you listening to now? Post one song with positive values on your Facebook wall. Spread the goodness through music.

Need ideas? Read our three top hits that are actually about God.

Are you a songwriter? Go the extra mile and put a new song out there for the world to hum to.