Inspiration in Music

I have a playlist on my iPod called "Strength". If someone were to ask me what is in it my answer would be "inspirational music, music I use to connect to the Divine". What are you imagining? Yoga music? Faith music? Not so much.

Long before I identified as a Buddhist and even before I recognized I was on a spiritual path, I loved certain songs. I grew up listening to country music. But country or pop, I loved music that talked about that perfect love. Which was odd since I didn't really go for that whole perfect romantic love notion.

A couple of years ago, I realized why the songs were speaking to me. For me, that perfect love is that perfect love with the Divine. It's that connection with my inner Buddha.

Now when I listen to those songs, it becomes part of my spiritual practice. Some random examples:

Kelly Clarkson: “You got a piece of me / And honestly, / My life would suck without you”.

Sinead O’Connor: “I was not listening anymore / Still you continued to affect me”.

Jessie Farrell: “Each time you came around I felt a bit lighter / Lost in a sense of something so right”.