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Which is more musical, a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school? If you ask people the question above, it would be hard for most of them to answer. It is very possible that the trucks are actually tuned to the same frequency, or they even have tunes playing in both trucks. If this is the case, the analogy would still hold true. People are musical in nature.
They are capable of listening to music in different ways, and they can respond differently to music depending on what they are doing at the time. If someone is walking, listening to music will make them tired. When someone is focusing on work, music is not going to give them any kind of pleasure.
But if someone is walking down the street with their mind elsewhere, music will start to resonate with them and lead to an enjoyable experience.
Source: Silence: Lectures And Writings
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