Have you ever wondered what spiritual effect your favourite song might have on you? The answer is more nuanced than it seems. MAV’s research shows that the spiritual impact of music depends not only on the song itself but also on the spiritual level of the artist singing it. As a person’s spiritual level increases, so does the Sattva (spiritual purity) they emit, which can influence listeners in subtle yet powerful ways.
For the past five years, MAV has had the privilege of working with Pradeep Chitnis, a singer at the 61% spiritual level. His advanced spiritual state offered a valuable opportunity to study how a spiritually evolved singer’s performance compares with that of an artist at a lower spiritual level, particularly when both sing the same Bollywood songs.
Mr Chitnis, from Thane, Maharashtra, is a disciple of Pandit Rajaram Shukla and sings in the Gosai tradition. He also holds a prestigious ‘Alankar’ degree in Music. With a Diploma in Music Therapy from Balaji University and Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Centre, he performs widely and teaches many students through Kamal Sangeet Vidyalaya.
Two experiments were conducted to examine the effect of the singer’s spiritual level on listeners.
Experiment 1: Mr Chitnis sang Bollywood songs for 45 minutes before an audience of seekers, with plants placed at the venue. Aura readings of both seekers and plants were taken with the Universal Aura Scanner (UAS) before and after the performance.
Experiment 2: The same Bollywood songs were sung by another singer, Anil Samant, whose spiritual level is below 60%. The same seekers participated, and the same plants were kept at the venue. UAS readings were again recorded before and after.
The contrast between the two performances was striking.
When Mr Chitnis sang:
In comparison, when Mr Samant sang the exact same songs:
The plants showed similar patterns, reinforcing the consistency of the effect.
Although the Bollywood songs used in this experiment were spiritually negative in nature due to their emphasis on enhancing the five senses, mind, and intellect, the performance of a spiritually evolved singer transformed their impact entirely. Due to Mr Chitnis’ high spiritual level, his renditions had a positive spiritual effect on the audience. In contrast, the same songs had a negative spiritual effect when sung by a singer with a lower spiritual level.
These results highlight a powerful insight: the artist's spiritual level plays a decisive role in shaping the subtle impact of a musical performance.
