MUSIC ON THE WAY TO SILENCE
Wellness is more than massage and Fango, candlelight dinner and yoghurt. Wellness describes a longing that goes beyond indulgence and relaxation. It longs and asks for more self-responsibility., which is "wellbeing" in a holistic sense. The famous scientist Matthias Horx called this collective desire "Selfness".
Selfness is characterized by the following abilities:
The ability, to eat healthy food, to do sports, to keep fit (competence of the body)
The ability to balance out your personal life and work ("Work-Life-Balance"), to communicate and be in contact with your partner, family and work collegues in an emotionally healthy way. (Emotional life- competence)
The ability, to decide in complex and difficult situations on your own. (biographical competence of growth and evolution)
The ability to keep learning and getting wiser until old age (competence of maturing)
Along with these abilities or competencies a second wave of wellness ("wellness-2- wave") is going to come over the next years. It will not focus any more on a fleeting state of relaxation but on a constant and long termed change of self. Tourism already offers successfully tours and travels including transformational experiences. ("Selfness Travelling"). "Find your self" is the slogan of many products in the media world. It has substituted the idea of "show and promote yourself", which was used a lot over the past years.
This CD "Music On The Way To Silence" on Erdenklang Label offers a music that authentically and sincerely enhances the inner journey to the self. Selfness requires honesty and passion, an uncompromising attitude of dealing with ones problems. Music can help on this journey, but it can not necessarily solve all the problems. One should not expect too much.
The nowadays intelligent wellness protagonist will say:
"There is a problem here, that cannot be solved from outside." Or: " I am responsible for myself. Products of any kind cannot be the solution." In this way wellness leaves behind the prison of wishes to get relaxed and comforted and becomes a conscious effort to work on one self.
The music of Erdenklang helps people to open their senses and listen to their innermost voice.
(This text refers to a study of Matthias Horx, scientist of trends and future, founder of the "Institute of Future" in Kelkheim/Taunus and in Vienna. Any commercial use of this text only in agreement with the author. we like to thank Matthias Horx for his friendly permission to use his material. Info: www.zukunftsinstitut.de, www.horx.com
