Ear Ringing

Meditationtime Forum Post

Date:  Posted 3 years before Oct 01, 2016

Cube 3 years ago

Hello everybody,

I was directed to this forum to ask about a topic that I find to be of great interest. To give a little background info, it was about 2 years ago that I became interested in psychic phenomena, with an emphasis on out of body experiences. I had a hunch from the very start that this phenomena could very well be the answer to the mystery of death, and I wanted to experience it for myself, so I began to practice meditation before I went to sleep every night. Something I read had recommended that I try and still my mind as best as I could, so that's what I did each night before bed. What I found in the stillness of my mind was a peculiar phenomena that I hadn't noticed before. I discovered that there are sounds in the quiet mind, sounds of various pitch and tone that can be focused on and tuned into and so in my longing to have an out of body experience these sounds are what I meditated on.

It was about a week or 2 later that I realized that I might be onto something, the sounds appeared to me to be a doorway of sorts and I began to experience lucid dreams and other psychic phenomena, which I had never experienced before doing this meditation. Every so often I would wake up in the middle of the night lucid. One of my most memorable experiences was waking up fully conscious in a lucid state and finding myself surrounded by white light in front of a swirling vortex of energy, I had the sensation that time was speeding up and that something was about to happen, but I killed the experience before anything could happen out of fear of the unknown. This was my first break through and so I carried on hoping to have an OBE.

Soon afterwards another phenomena emerged. I would wake up in the middle of the night lucid, but instead of visuals I began perceiving real-time audio at a distance such as conversations and movements within the house. In one instance I identified the speaker as being that of a neighbor down the street having a conversation with someone I didn't recognize. The things that I heard in conversations while in this state were usually topics that I know absolutely nothing about and so I took it as a strong indicator that this was not coming from my own mind.

Time goes on, months went by and my nightly commitment to the meditation gradually waned as life took over. But I never forgot about the sounds, or should I say they wouldn't let me forget them. I began picking up a spontaneous ear ringing while going about my daily business. It would occur sometimes once or several times a day, every day, sometimes every few days, for weeks at a time. I would be going about my day when all of a sudden I get an intense ringing in one of my ears, it's almost as if someone is trying to signal me. Could it be that someone or something from another realm is trying to get my attention? As I wondered about this that became my definite conclusion, but could it be that I'm just being superstitious? After all, I really have no subjective evidence of this being the case. Sometimes when this happens I stop whatever I'm doing and try to tune into the ringing until it gradually fades out a few seconds later, and then it’s over. What could it mean?

Sorry for typing so much for you to read, I really like to talk about this and I'm very curious as to what insights you guys may have on the matter. I guess what I'd really like to know is whether or not my hunch about the spontaneous ear ringing is correct, and if so what could I do in those moments when it happens? What is the significance of it occurring in either the left or right ear? Please feel free to share what you know about ear ringing and the sounds of the mind.

Alfredo 3 years ago

One of the classic ways to attain lucidity or become aware of an astral projection, as described in the famous Raduga book "School of Out-of-Body Travel", is concentrating on sound while trying to quiet the mind.

This sound is described in Vedic literature as Pranava or Naad, which is, as Aum or Om, the primordial sound of creation.

The concentration on this Naad will, sooner or later, give way to psychic phenomena.

But it is not easy, and the fact that you were able to experience some of these phenomena, speaks highly of your potential.

My recommendation is that you get, read, and study, Michael's book "Astral Projection", available through Amazon.com.

MiBeloved 3 years ago

Please use the Search feature on the Menu bar above. Put in naad. Put in sound current. Put in Om. There may be information which you are seeking given in previous posts.

Regarding the significance of right side or left side sound of naad. The general situation is that each of us have a particular hearing sensitivity where we listen more to one side than to the other. This is similar to right hand and left hand use, where usually one person is termed as a right-hander because of the more frequent use of the right hand as compared to the left one.

Naad sound is heard more frequently on the sensitive side for the particular person.

Alfredo suggested the Astral Projection book. I would advise you to also read the Meditation Pictorial book. If you cannot get these books in your area, please inform us.

Each name of each book mentioned is itself a link to a page where there is a description of the book but at Amazon.com, you may use the Search Inside book feature to read some of the book before you purchase it.

unlimitedsun 3 years ago

Hey Cube, nothing square about you; no pun intended!

So how were you directed to this site, mind telling us more...?

You are off to an extraordinary start! Surely you will appreciate it in time...

This spirituality, or particular format of self-discovery is unique,

and all things considered any facility at any point on the path is great boon.