Music is the essence of our lives.
There’s not a single moment that doesn’t have its own background melody.
Maybe we don’t even realize it, but it’s always there.
Even in ancient times, centuries before Christ, philosophers from Pythagoras’ school believed that the entire universe was immersed in music created by the movement of celestial bodies—a music we cannot hear because it has accompanied us since birth, only becoming noticeable if it were to stop.
Maybe that’s why music has a somewhat healing power over us.
Just like in ancient times, science today has re-evaluated and studied the therapeutic value of music. Those who suffer can find relaxation through music, which is crucial for enhancing conventional medical treatments. Music allows us to divert our attention from problems for a few moments, letting us escape, disconnect from immediate reality, and surrender to the flow of life and consciousness that connects us to that vast whole in which we are immersed.
Music is a balm for the soul, soothing its worries and torments, providing care. And because the link between the mind, soul, and body is so close, music becomes a remedy for the body as well.
We found all this in the notes of a pianist, Paul R. Cuddle, who composes relaxation music for well-being.
We met him, and the first thing we asked was what music meant to him.
His answer was that music is life. It is his life.
A life he loves and lives to the fullest because of music. His notes emerge from silence, a silence he found within himself, allowing him to deeply understand who he is.
These notes came from an escape from chaos, from the anxiety of never being enough for someone, something, or even for himself.
Philosophy helps: Kant defined the moral law as the necessity to treat humanity, whether in oneself or in others, always as an end and never merely as a means.
This is what music should help us do: find that state of inner well-being and relaxation that allows us to value ourselves as individuals, both alone and in relation to others.
Paul R. Cuddle gifts us notes that strike straight to the soul, carrying us into nature, among the stars, into feelings, into those dimensions where life begins.
And it was precisely from the chaos within me, Nietzsche-like, that the dancing star emerged, teaching me to enjoy everything in peace with myself.
It’s music that accompanies people during work or study, at the end of the day to recover some of the energy that daily life steals from us.
It’s the background for long hours in the car to “reorganize” thoughts or tackle problems.
It’s a comforting embrace that helps us reconnect with nature around us, which we all too often forget to see and live.
These notes are born with the purpose of making people feel good and discover that sense of transcendence, belonging to the All that makes us human.
Listen to Paul R. Cuddle’s songs on Spotify and Instagram