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It's the same with violinists, and I can speak better for them. Violinists need to find their own sound and that's how they are. It's amazing, but it's also good that it's like that. The sound of one violinist is warm, and the sound of another is a little more energetic, just like their character traits. So, the technique is only a way to express yourself, to put your being into the sound. Many musicians like to escape into the musical world and shut themselves up. They like to live in there and close their eyes when problems come up, or when problems exist in the outside world. It's very easy then, but I think that's not the way to live.
And when you're working on stage, you often come into situations where you see in yourself what other things are there. For me, this is a request to know more about myself and to find out what other things exist, and that was the beginning for me in searching further, and finally becoming a better human being.
Because music can connect us, we can be ambassadors, and we can bring joy, but in order to change our environment and ourselves, we have to have a warmer heart, a more loving way to treat each other. And I think this is the best path that humanity can walk and this is also the reason that I came to our beloved Master Ching Hai.
I believe that music was given to us in order to make our emotions finer and to make us happy for a short period of time. I think that it is very important to develop our conscience, to investigate our thoughts, how we treat each other, and to develop further so that our hearts become bigger. I believe that this is the most important thing that we can do in this world, and I experienced Master Ching Hai as Someone who gives so much goodness, so much love, that it simply makes you cry. That was a great experience. I hope that we, as disciples, can develop so that we can really share love, not just the feeling but also the state, and then we can be happy to have been here.
Q: What attracted you most to Master and Her teachings?
J: I experienced the support of Her unconditional love. She really takes everyone into Her love, and She also has an incredible sense of humor, and She is very clear. It's the brightness and freedom that She expresses that drew me to Her.
Q: Did Master's artistic creations also attract you to Her?
J: Not in the first place because I didn't know about them when I first got to know Her. At that time I didn't know that She wrote. Later, I learned that She wrote poems, before and maybe still now, and the paintings, or some of Her paintings, I saw later, and Her wonderful voice, I also heard later.
Q: Do you like Her paintings?
J: I like Her paintings; I really like them very much.
Q: And the songs that She has composed?
J: Oh yes, I just heard two of them today. They seem to be a little sad, in contrast to the way I know Her from the videos. They're beautiful, beautiful. I like them.
Q: If you met Master personally, what would you like to tell Her or ask Her?
J: We will see. Now I don't know; there are many questions, but She has already answered some of them through other disciples. Questions like "Where do we come from?" and "Where do we go?" are not so urgent for me anymore.
Final words by Mr. Schurig:
Everything we do is a mirror of ourselves. When we go on stage, it's of course also a mirror of ourselves. According to our feelings or the situation, we can experience nice or sometimes not so nice things. Everyone who is on stage knows this. And then we see different things that demand to be taken care of in order for us to go further. It's very good to love music, but I think there are also other things that we as human beings have to do. That's what I have experienced. It's important to experience a lot about yourself, as much as possible, and to share good things and become a better human being. To achieve this, we still have to learn. A conductor recently said that there are great musicians, but not every musician is a good human being. And every musician should think about this because he has been given the tools in order to give and to share. And when a person develops further, of course, he will be able to share more.
http://ap.hichannel.com.tw/play?url_id=72989 (Dial-up - German)
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