I understand where you come from, and its not like I haven't ever heard good music, but it was so easy to discontinue it, and not even want to listen to it, and trust me I have so much more inspiration going on in my life than it ever did while there was music in it : ) (this ain't a debate, and people can easily come up with inspirational stories regarding music, but thats not even the slightest of what I'm talking about, I just don't expect anyone to understand, cause all this has nothing to do with logic, mind, good deeds etc, this is an entirely muslim eeman level discussion, and very few people actually acknowledge or are able to sense, their faltering /rising level of eeman, very few)
I can talk on and on about it, but i can imagine how it wont get past your or a music listener's perception because if you ain't been there, you ain't been there. Lets just say , music blocks a significant portion of our spiritual enlightenment, and In Islam, the Mind, body, Desires and Soul are very distinct entities, though entwined, but each having its own requirements.
All are aware of the mind, body and desires, and mostly people mistake the surge of adrenaline with soul, but soul is an entirely distinctive entity which as Allah subhanao Talla says in the Quran, is Only revived by the remembrance of Allah swt, He has exclusive rights on it. None , nothing, Nada can revive your soul, like the word of Allah swt, and THAT is the deceptive lure of satan, he creates pleasant sounds that fondle our inner desires, make us even happy, but they very subtly keep us away from the true spirit of our soul, which gets surrounded by sounds that it didn't ask for ,and constantly dampen it, attempt to malign it, block the effect of of the Quranic verses taking over you.
We all have base desires imprinted in us, all of which lead to pleasure, a sense of achievement and hope and so on, And Music is the voice that feeds to those desires.
Soul, is a totally different entity, soul has nothing to do with desires, infact the soul is empowered when the desires are met on the lowest possible survival level, and yet the essence of the soul ( what we assimilate to as eeman, faith in Islam ) is so powerful that it goes beyond the realm of material desires, hence it not only surpasses the thirst/ quench of material worldly/desires, it effuses out on a human being such a calm, serene composure, that there is neither any remorse for the loss of the base desires, nor any need for them. And Soul is Only fed by the word, remembrance and practice of Allah swt's recommendations. You just cant know what it is like to have a soul unless you hear Him, hear Him when impurities don't contaminate/intoxicate you.
I know people who listen to music will disagree, but I have listened to music in the past ( a lot of music indeed, all kinds) and I know it can Never do to you , what it does without it. Just no comparison of faith. And even coming across music by mistake or just by a chance, suddenly makes you want to move far away from there, cause you don't ever want to loose out on the level of eeman that is achieved when you don't listen to music, and IMO the level of eeman felt while you listen to music, is just not that sweet, no no. : )
