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• August 10, 2025

Singing (By Kundan Kumar )

(Mindfulness # 01) By Kundan Kumar

Some amazing facts -

1. There is an amazing fact - God has sent human beings on this earth with a musical instrument. And the musical instrument is located in our throat. In addition, God has loaded a software in our mind with which we are compatible with music (सुर, राग, लय, ताल).

2. There is another amazing fact - among all the living beings on the earth, only the human beings have the capability to sing.

Here is a question - 

Why  do only human beings have the capability to sing ?

The answer is -

The human mind is amazingly powerful; the capability of the human mind is just infinite. But there is a problem with this fact. The human mind is so fast and powerful that it generates negative thoughts, negative emotions and mental complexities. The human mind is very susceptible to anger, sadness, anxieties, stress, frustration, depression etc. So probably to fight these mental sickness, God has provided the musical instrument in the throat of human beings.

3. There is yet another peculiar fact - all human beings have the capability to sing, but hardly (say) 10% of the people sing.

Probable reasons - 

Some people think they do not possess the art of singing, some think their voice is not good for singing, some people feel shy to sing, some hesitate.

Whatever may be the excuse, all excuses are not true. All human beings possess a natural ability to sing. 

Beneficial aspects of singing 

Singing is one of those very very few acts which has no negative outcome; it has got only positive outcomes and benefits. 

In fact, singing is a divine  ability given by the almighty to all human beings. 

 Some of the benefits are -

1. With the act of singing, one can very easily fight his mental sickness like anger, sadness, anxiety, tension, stress etc. Those who sing, suffer less with mental problems and sickness. 

If you have stress in your job, try singing. It will give you great relief.

If you are in the bad habit of getting angry so easily, try singing.

2. Many people suffer from hesitation and shyness. Those who suffer from shyness and hesitation, can not perform with full capacity according to their talent; such people can not achieve that success for which he is capable of. 

Such people can fight shyness and hesitation with singing to a great extent.  

3. If you are a student and suffer from poor concentration, try singing.

4. If you want to increase love and romance among you (husband and wife), add singing as a common activity. Life would be enjoyable.

5. If you keep a weekend family singing program, you spend quality time with your family. 

6. Singing is performed in various flavours and emotions like Prem Ras (romantic flavour), Bhakti Ras (devotional flavour), Deshbhakti Ras (patriotic flavour), Hasya Ras (laughter flavour) etc. Whatever may be the flavour, singing brings peace and happiness.

7. If you are about to do some very important or stressful work, to make your mind stable and balanced, do light singing before you start the work.

8. Singing has good health effects. It improves the immune system. It cures those health problems which arise because of mental stress and anxiety.

9. Singing improves one's livelihood. People live happy and peaceful. 

10. If you live lonely moments, you are more prone to catching negative thoughts, bad emotions and mental complexities. Adopt singing to protect yourself.

Mindfulness aspect of singing 

Singing is living completely in the present moment and enjoying the happiness of each passing moment.

Singing is living in complete awareness with full focus and concentration.

Singing is living with the state of mind when the mind is totally unburdened from the load of unwanted thoughts and negative emotions.

Singing is one of those activities when the individual becomes capable of channelizing his mental energy and his attention energy. The capability of channelizing one's mental energy and attention is a wonderful skill which is required to achieve big success.

Take away 

Every human being is born with the capability to sing.

Every human being is empowered with a musical instrument in his throat and a musical software in his brain. 

With the power of singing, one can fight his mental sicknesses like anger, sadness, stress, tension.

With the habit of singing, one lives a life of happiness.

So do not hesitate, do not feel shy, just sing and live happy.