Oddity
August 18, 2011
I’m usually not one to describe my musical experiences, but this one is just too freaky.
I was listening at work to various things on Youtube and happened on this song from Tool. Not my kind of stuff, but I liked their videos.
Anyway, towards the end of the song some odd thing happened. It’s like my selfawareness turned into its opposite. I no longer felt like a planet around which the Cosmos turns, or a spectator in a private theatre.
For several seconds I felt as if I had no substance and the music just flowed through me. There was power, but it wasn’t mine to control; nor did it control me. World’s, society’s problems were no longer mine to fix – I felt no guilt about them. History was just a series of events without purpose or meaning.
All in all, it was revolting! But at the same time a very fascinating and liberating experience. It was as if I was for a few seconds someone else.
