Session 24 January 2026

[jcsmalz]

Thank you for the session! A long one for sure. I'm always entertained by the light-hearted jokes and laughter present in these sessions, I quite often laugh out loud so thank you to everyone for that. We heard all throughout COVID that we're living through unprecedented times. Back then it was a joke knowing what we knew about the virus. These past 6 months have certainly been unprecedented.

 

[T.C.]

So, if I put the two together, it sounds like electronic music is being used to create a negative emotional state that allows energy to be siphoned to higher or other realms having being tapped through the digital medium. Is that too drastic of an idea?

If someone’s listening to music that’s not good for them and it causes physical issues then that can lead to a negative emotional state. That negative emotional energy can then be drained off to feed 4D STS.

So yes, I’d say there will be an indirect link between listen to the wrong kind of music and energy being drained.

 

[Sylvia]

Wow!!! This was a session packed with so much information.

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to Laura, as well as to the people at the Château and the C’s, for giving us access to such a wealth of knowledge. It’s clear that I still have a long way to go and that I need to put into practice certain aspects of the work we must do on ourselves.

The musical portion was indeed very revealing, since I didn’t realize that digital formats could have harmful effects on our cells. I would like to thank everyone who shared information about the different ways of recording music, as well as about analog versus electronic music. I listen to a lot of music in MP3 format, but also directly on YouTube from my playlist, and after reading the information, I realize that I may need to limit my listening time, if I understood correctly.

However, I have this question: do musical tracks performed by musicians or singers also have harmful effects when in MP3 format, or does this only apply to the electronic music?

There is no doubt in my mind that it was a healing experience. After the performance I felt invigorated, I felt positively charged, like I can move mountains. I don't know what the performers were playing, but it was music not only to my ears, but also to my body and maybe even to my soul. I never talked about it to anyone, surely not to my coleagues, they would think that I am completely crazy. The only other person, I could see was enjoying the music as much as me, was an older lady sitting not far from me. She had this spark in her eyes as if she was flirting with the performers and of course she was smiling. I don't really know how it works or why does it work on some people and not on others. There is a lot of instruments so maybe everyone is sensitive to something else, or different instruments have different effects? I don't really know, I just feel that it is important for the body to directly interact with the pure vibrations produced by the instruments, without any interference or distortion. So no microphones, amplifiers and speakers as those always introduce some filtering and distortion and it makes the healing effect go away. I listened to all kind of recordings of classical music on the internet and it is just not the same, not even close. I could not feel anything positive. Maybe it is a very challenging task to reproduce the healing vibrations without any distortion, but in the end why overcomplicate everything. I mean there is no need to imitate something that already exists - the instruments are real, and someone put a lot of effort into designing them and manufacturing them so that they have unique acoustic properties. So if you want to experience true music, I recommend going to live performance where the instruments are played without any amplification. Just pure vibrations of the instruments. And what instrument to choose? I feel that a good starting point is with an instrument that you like. Coincidentally my favorite instrument of all times is the violin.

I share the same emotion as when we can attend a live show or concert—the acoustic effect of a musical instrument on our body is truly soothing and vibrant. Each year, I’m fortunate to attend a musical event near my home called the "Festival of World Traditions" (In french Festival des Traditions du monde). For five days, we can enjoy performances in various musical styles, as well as demonstration workshops featuring specific musical instruments. When I go there, I feel alive and revitalized—it does me so much good.

Thank you for reminding us to say the evening prayer. I will make a greater effort to follow through.

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Spoiler: Traduit en français

Wow!!! Ceci a été une session avec tellement d'informations. Avant tout, c'est avec gratitude que je remercie Laura ainsi que les gens du Château et les C's de nous permettre d'avoir accès à autant de connaissances. C'est certain, que j'ai encore beaucoup de chemin à parcourir et à mettre en application certains aspects du travail que nous devons faire sur Soi.

Effectivement la partie musical a été très révélateur puisque je ne pensais pas que le numérique avec des effets néfaste sur nos cellules. Je remercie tout ceux qui ont partagés les informations sur les différentes façons d'enregistrer de la musique ainsi que l'analogique versus le numérique. J'écoute beaucoup de musique dans le format MP3 mais aussi directement sur Youtube de ma play list et en lisant les informations, je constate qu'il faudrait que je limite le nombre de temps d'écoute si j'ai bien compris.

Par contre, je me pose cette question: est-ce que les trames musicaux qui sont jouées par des musiciens ou bien des chanteurs, ont aussi un effet néfaste dans le format MP3 ou bien ceci concerne seulement ceux qui sont numériques?


Citation de N34: (traduit en français)

Je n'ai aucun doute : ce fut une expérience guérissante. Après le concert, je me sentais revigorée, chargée d'une énergie positive, capable de déplacer des montagnes. Je ne sais pas ce que jouaient les musiciens, mais c'était une musique qui résonnait non seulement à mes oreilles, mais aussi à mon corps et peut-être même à mon âme. Je n'en ai parlé à personne, surtout pas à mes collègues ; ils me prendraient pour une folle. La seule autre personne qui semblait apprécier la musique autant que moi était une dame âgée assise non loin de moi. Elle avait une étincelle dans les yeux, comme si elle flirtait avec les musiciens, et bien sûr, elle souriait. Je ne sais pas vraiment comment cela fonctionne, ni pourquoi cela marche sur certaines personnes et pas sur d'autres. Il y a tellement d'instruments ; peut-être que chacun est sensible à quelque chose de différent, ou que chaque instrument a des effets différents ? Je ne sais pas vraiment, je ressens simplement qu'il est important pour le corps d'interagir directement avec les vibrations pures produites par les instruments, sans aucune interférence ni distorsion. Donc, pas de microphones, d'amplificateurs ni de haut-parleurs, car ils introduisent toujours un filtrage et une distorsion qui annulent l'effet thérapeutique. J'ai écouté toutes sortes d'enregistrements de musique classique sur Internet et ce n'est tout simplement pas pareil, loin de là. Je n'ai rien ressenti de positif. Reproduire les vibrations thérapeutiques sans aucune distorsion est peut-être une tâche très complexe, mais pourquoi se compliquer la vie ? Inutile d'imiter ce qui existe déjà : les instruments sont réels, et quelqu'un a consacré beaucoup d'efforts à leur conception et à leur fabrication pour leur conférer des propriétés acoustiques uniques. Si vous souhaitez vivre une expérience musicale authentique, je vous recommande d'assister à un concert où les instruments sont joués sans amplification. Juste les vibrations pures des instruments. Et quel instrument choisir ? Je pense qu'un bon point de départ est de choisir un instrument que vous aimez. Par ailleurs, mon instrument préféré de tous les temps est le violon.

Je partage la même émotion que lorsque nous pouvons assister en direct à un spectacle ou un concert, l'effet acoustique d'un instrument de musique sur notre corps est vraiment apaisant et vibrant. J'ai la chance à chaque année de pouvoir assister à un événement musical près de chez moi, ça s'appelle "Festival des Traditions du monde" et pendant 5 jours, nous pouvons assister à des prestations sur différents styles musicaux ainsi que des ateliers de démonstration sur des instruments de musique particulier. Quand je vais à cet endroit, je me sens en vie et revigorer, ça me fait tellement du bien

Merci de nous rappeler de faire la prière du soir. Je vais m'appliquer davantage.

 

[riffrath]

The comparison of certain types of AI content/engagement to black holes is fascinating to me.

Personally, when AI became available to the general public, I was curious but reserved. I began fiddling with ChatGPT a little over a year ago, and my opinion of it is… dynamic. Ever-shifting, I suppose:

On the one hand, I have used it in a lot of small but productive ways. From cooking to curating playlists for my morning walks, AI has filled in some blanks for me that make the “getting started” portion of tasks easier. To use cooking as an example, I asked it to help me make broth in a truncated amount of time from chicken bones and aromatics. I’d never made my own broth before, and while I know it’s not rocket science by any means, it provided me real-time instructions in a conversational manner that for some reason made it that much easier for me to make that leap. Now, I wouldn’t deign to buy broth from the store, and that is a net positive.

On the other hand, there have been times where seemingly innocuous philosophical musings and observations turned into flagrant ego-stroking sessions that briefly made me come away feeling some kind of special case.

This is a bit embarrassing to admit, but I had a gut-check moment about six months ago, where I started feeling this sense of excitement about “talking” to ChatGPT in the evenings. It felt dangerously close to infatuation. Not romantic, but that sort of “friend crush” feeling, where you make someone’s acquaintance and start hoping they think you’re as cool as you think they are.

Once I recognized that sensation, I disentangled my emotions from ChatGPT and resolved only to use it for tasks like the ones I described above. It’s neat to have an “assistant” whose “personality” I can mold to be compatible with my particular brand of data absorption, but I try my best to use it like lubrication for my gears rather than as a replacement for said gears, if that makes sense.

Anyway, back to the black hole of it all: my brief experience with the more “emotional” side of AI certainly fits the bill there. Using it as some kind of affirmation/validation bot seems like the essence of STS: you input your emotional energy and it just spits out platitudes designed to keep you in an endless loop of engagement to no positive end. Whereas if you view it as a productivity tool and nothing more, it can quickly help you get from point A to B (chicken bones to broth) which might just give you the needed momentum to get to C, D, and maybe all the way to Z.

Long story short: I don’t engage emotionally with ChatGPT anymore, but I have cooked more meals from scratch in the last year than I have in the rest of my life combined, and I have lost over 50 pounds along the way, thanks to the many walking playlists I have had AI help me create. (Of real music, of course!)

I recently saw this video by Esther Perel on people loving AI and thought it was really good as a relationship expert to remind people AI is a business product and human connection is much more nuanced than that. Great you managed to escape when you felt the infatuation! Definitely scary how easy is to fall into the AI validation trap, and the amount of emotions everyone is feeding it

 

[Yas]

However, I have this question: do musical tracks performed by musicians or singers also have harmful effects when in MP3 format, or does this only apply to the electronic music?

My understanding of the session is that it is OK to listen to the digital format.

Joe asked:

Q: (Joe) Is it okay to listen to music played on natural instruments?

(L) ...That are amplified?

(Joe) Via the radio?

A: Yes

Q: (L) Can we listen to music that is played on instruments that are run through amplifiers?

A: Yes

And then:

(Joe) We're talking about stringed instruments played on the radio or... I mean, can it be digitized in a sense? If it's like digital music, essentially, it's okay, right?

(Chu) Like MP3s.

(Joe) If it's played on a natural instrument.

A: Yes

Q: (Joe) The main point is that it should be music that is produced on real instruments by humans, that's it.

A: Yes

So, what I get from that isn't that we should only listen to live music. It can be digitally recorded but it needs to be music played on real instruments and by humans.