Ears ringing during meditation?

[prettypolly]

Hi guys

I wondered if any of you have experienced this and what it means please?

I medidated tonight and half way through my left ear started ringing for around 15 seconds, stopped and never came back.

Has anyone else experienced this please and can you tell me what it means?

Thanks

[Xan]

Yes prettypolly... This is probably the Inner Sound Current. It's a core element of my meditation practice, and many other people too.

There's an article and thread about it here: http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3703 (http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/redir.php?link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiritualforums.co m%2Fvb%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D3703)


Xan

[Miss Hepburn]

Lucky.
:wink:

Tune into it and follow it, use laser focus and only concentrate on it.
It leads to lovely thngs.


It has many names - Celestial Harmony
Music of the Spheres, Divine Music...
There are levels of sounds ----keep with it.
Dismiss nothing - it brings as much peace as listening to crickets or distant thunder on a summer vacation or the crashing of waves -
all are there inside you with no external stimulii.

Place earplugs even in your ears and keep listening.
:smile:

If you listen for a second- it can easily be dismissed, don't.

[silent whisper]

The angels all in chorus....rubbing their hands together in joy and glee........and infinite blessings of course......:)

[hoonsince89]

Yer as everyone else said, focus all your intention on it. It raises your frequency dramatically and you will experience some wonderful feelings!

[Gem]

Yes, one day your's ears rang for 15 minutes and then it went away, so that's all it is.

I would say don't try to make anything happen, just be with what is.

[Xan]

Yes... just listen.


Xan

[prettypolly]

So it's a good thing? :-)

Thanks guys, the ringing has stopped but now my ears feel and sound like light wave or swirling sound, can only hear it when I am in absolute quite. I have recently been to the doctors about my ears anyway and he said they looked fine last time.

[Emmalevine]

Ringing in ears can be a sign of developing clairaudience. This was the case for me. When I focussed on the ringing it began to change form over time, it became higher pitched and then eventually turned into low voices.

That said, that may or may not happen to you, so best to stay with the ringing and see what happens. The important thing is to know it's nothing to be afraid of. As long as you've been medically checked, relax and go with it :)

[prettypolly]

Thank you I was just about to ask about Clairaudience and if this is what it may turn out to be.

Because it only happened on my meditation last night does it mean I will experience the ringing the next time I meditate?

Before Christmas I developed an infection in my ear, which resulted in ears hurting, constant ringing and hearing loss. But as I said I went back to the doctors a few weeks ago about my ears and he said all looks fine now so I know medicially I am okay.
Even though the ringing last night lasted 15 seconds I now feel as if I have a very light breeze in my ears does that make sense? Is that 'normal' as well?

[Emmalevine]

Yep, the breeze in and around ears happens to me as well.

I can't say whether the ringing will or won't happen everytime you meditate - try not to have expectations if possible, although I know that is hard. If you are developing clairaudience, it will happen in its own time only when it is right for you. What helped me was to tune in to the noise in my ears - but without expectation - just being with it. Much like someone would mindfully sit with pain in their body to try and really feel and understand it, without expecting it to worsen or disappear. If you can be with the noise and really hear it, you may find answers.

Do bear in mind this may simply be the result of your infection - this is possible - although personally I feel that tinnitus is closely related to spiritual experience anyhow.

[prettypolly]

Thank you, if it happens again I will try and tune into the noise. :-)

[Miss Hepburn]

...I now feel as if I have a very light breeze in my ears does that make sense? Is that 'normal' as well?

Breeze, not sure...but now that I know you had an ear inf. before
and it is winter, try protectng
your ear with a little cotton for a day or two. Baby your ear.
Be sure not to get any moisture in there from a shower...blow a
hair dryer in the ear if you think you did. :smile:

I had Meniere's disease (should be called a syndrome) so I know
about ears now.

Ear infection info, no need for antibiotics or MDs:

I put Hydrogen peroxide in the ear canal, tilt head, drain,
heat and dry with a hair dryer, then 2-3 drops of olive oil, leave in,
protect with the cotton,
sleep with a bean bag heated right on it -and in the morning no more problem....gone.
Protect with cotton for a day.

I have never had an ear infection because of doing the above.
I believe I've taken antibiotics
once in my life because they made me when I was younger.

Hope this was ok to give my remedy, being off topic.
:smile:

[prettypolly]

Thanks for that, I have only had one ear infection and that was recently. I also had a chest and throat infection at the same time (so my doctor says anyway). Seen him last he said all was clear and nothing was wrong.

[Jyotir]

Hi prettypolly,

Is it only during meditation, or is it that you are likely to notice it during meditation? Whatever the origin, there can be many causes. It might be useful to explore and rule out some. In that vein, suggest reading about 'tinnitus'.

Here is the wiki article on tinnitus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus )

~ J

[prettypolly]

It only happened last night during meditation and it was a high pitch ringing in my left ear that disappeared within 15 seconds. I honestly don't think I have Tinnitus.

[Gem]

It only happened last night during meditation and it was a high pitch ringing in my left ear that disappeared within 15 seconds. I honestly don't think I have Tinnitus.

Yeah I get it all the time. I don't read any meaning into it at all. I kinda chuckle over the speculations. It's like you go, 'oh my ears were ringing' and these people are like 'it must've been a supernatural event of some kind'. teehee:tongue:

[prettypolly]

I read in my ESP book this is what one might experience when developing....I don't see what is wrong with believing?

[Miss Hepburn]

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Ringing-Sound/Eric-A-Gustafson/e/9780966535808 (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Ringing-Sound/Eric-A-Gustafson/e/9780966535808)

This is a comprehesive book to purchase - answers most everything and beyond.

The Ringing Sound by Eric Gustafson

He did extensive research on the subject.

[prettypolly]

Thank you for the book reccomendation, looks interesting.

[Gem]

I read in my ESP book this is what one might experience when developing....I don't see what is wrong with believing?

I just think it's best not to dwell on it, and not get stuck on it, so it happened and move on, no big deal.

[Xan]

I read in my ESP book this is what one might experience when developing....I don't see what is wrong with believing?
Right... we have to believe something in order to go ahead in our lives.

Learning about the inner sounds gave me more incentive to pay attention to them, and this has been very beneficial in my spiritual progress.


Xan

[Gem]

The sound in your head makes a great meditation, just listen and see what happens.

[Emmalevine]

Right... we have to believe something in order to go ahead in our lives.

Learning about the inner sounds gave me more incentive to pay attention to them, and this has been very beneficial in my spiritual progress.


Xan

I'm the same although at the time I experienced the ringing I had no idea I was developing clairaudience. What I did know was that something special was happening due to everything else I was feeling and sensing. Paying attention and believing what I was feeling was more than simply tinnitus helped me focus and finally open up even more. Polly you say yourself you know it isn't tinnitus...you've been checked out by a doctor...so trust yourself. It's always good to trust your inner experience but it can be helpful to know what others have experienced.

[Gem]

Look Polly... everyone is trying to tell you what THEY have experienced.

If you like the sound meditation then pay full attention to the sound in your head and see how it goes... that's your experience.

If you listen to these stories and build up expectations, that won't be helpful to you, that's why I'm not jumping on this bandwagon.

The sound is a good medation to do... but your experience is your discovery, it's not what happens to others.

[prettypolly]

@Starbuck: So do you have tinnitus then? And it helped you more with your Clairaudience?
Just wondering what else you started to feel/sense?

I am still getting the wooshing and light breeze feeling in my ears (but I still do have a cough) and thought if it's not clear by the end of the week I am going to go back to my doctors and see what else they said. But I did go a few weeks back and he said my ears we're fine.

[prettypolly]

Yes I know people are giving me their experiences, I never said otherwise did I? This is why I am asking questions to see what everyone else has experienced and maybe what it might/could be for me.

At the end of the day I am beginning on my journey and I thought asking questions and sharing my experiences was a good thing with like minded people?

Look Polly... everyone is trying to tell you what THEY have experienced.

If you like the sound meditation then pay full attention to the sound in your head and see how it goes... that's your experience.

If you listen to these stories and build up expectations, that won't be helpful to you, that's why I'm not jumping on this bandwagon.

The sound is a good medation to do... but your experience is your discovery, it's not what happens to others.

[Swami Chihuahuananda]

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Ringing-Sound/Eric-A-Gustafson/e/9780966535808 (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Ringing-Sound/Eric-A-Gustafson/e/9780966535808)

This is a comprehesive book to purchase - answers most everything and beyond.

The Ringing Sound by Eric Gustafson

He did extensive research on the subject.

Curious thought just whizzed by .... a book .... about the sound .
Remember the saying "remember the word" (I know you do , unless it's someone else I'm thinking of , of course:cool: ) . Maybe there's some music about the word . A book of words about the sound, and music about 'the word' . (kind of a 'joke' I thought of , not poking fun at the book, which looks cool) .

Maybe not as paradoxical as it seems at first . Listening to the sounds around me on a walk in the woods, those are like the sounds inside, and those are os subtle vibrational energy , like the 'word' of breath, and the light, etc..

But to the O.P., by all means , stay tuned . Maybe the ringing is to get your attention , to draw you towards the universe of sound inside :D .
D

[Gem]

Yes I know people are giving me their experiences, I never said otherwise did I? This is why I am asking questions to see what everyone else has experienced and maybe what it might/could be for me.

At the end of the day I am beginning on my journey and I thought asking questions and sharing my experiences was a good thing with like minded people?

I'm concerned the allusions to the most wonderful will cause you to expect something more than your own particular experience, so I say, listen and see what happens. It might be very different to anything you've been told. It may be very different to anything you hoped for. It's the reality as it is experienced by you.

[SoulSparkles]

You have some good advice given to you here prettypolly and I think its great that you obviously know it was something rather special and you want to learn more about it.
Ive had this ringing (if indeed it is the same) for much of my life.. I used to think it was angelic information being received, you know how sometimes you KNOW things, the right turn to take, without really thinking about it... I still do believe that. I also use it as an alert that spirit has something to say to me...I hear it and I say to myself ''arhhh, incoming message'' I then relax and make a conscious effort to tune into the spirit realm and shortly afterwards the message arrives...
I personally would definately see it as a gift emerging, and like others have said before me, it will emerge more when you are ready and at the right time.....:-)

[SoulSparkles]

Disclaimer: Just thought I would add here that I am talking about my own personal experience and commenting on yours prettypolly as you have placed it in a spiritual forum and asked for comments....
Everybodies experiences are unique to them, you will discover what it means for you when you are meant to, I personally am telling you what it meant for me with absolutley no promise that our experiences will be the same....

[Orbie]

Tinnitus is extremely hard to diagnose. You have had an ear infection and it could be that your ears are still sensitive. It cant take a few weeks/months for them to settle again. I mean no disrespect just hoping to help :) Soul Sparkles hit the nail on the head, your experience is unique to you.

[Swami Chihuahuananda]

I'm concerned the allusions to the most wonderful will cause you to expect something more than your own particular experience, so I say, listen and see what happens. It might be very different to anything you've been told. It may be very different to anything you hoped for. It's the reality as it is experienced by you.

That's something important to remember regarding just about every aspect of this journey we're all on. I spent a whole lot of years thinking I should be feeling this or that way, according to what other people's experiences were, and I hadn't learned to appreciate my own.

The real , meaningful , freedom and lifting of the burden of 'getting it right'
came when I realized that mucking it up was no longer possible . A big part of that was to stop defining my path by what anyone else was doing, to recognize, accept , and appreciate the path that was unfolding in front of me, and what I had always been on. Everywhere I went got me where I am , even the places that weren't fun at the time .

The point being exactly what you just said .

DS

[Orbie]

Expectations eh :rolleyes:! Just gotta love em and leave em behind....:D

[mysticalfocus]

Tinnitus is extremely hard to diagnose. You have had an ear infection and it could be that your ears are still sensitive. It cant take a few weeks/months for them to settle again. I mean no disrespect just hoping to help :) Soul Sparkles hit the nail on the head, your experience is unique to you.

I agree with Orbie on this one. I developed tinitus gradually over a number of years, it wasn't there when I first started meditating years ago, but following an ear infection became quite dire. It's now really loud when I am in a quiet place, i.e. meditating/before sleep/on waking...

Also, the doctors said my ears were fine yet I had terrible tinnitus so I don't believe that they're opinion is sound here. Even doctors admit they can't identify it in many cases, just causes of it. One ear specialist was able to block out the tinnitus sound using white-noise type frequencies, but that wasn't a mean to an end, just confirmation via my feedback that the tinnitus was present.

[Swami Chihuahuananda]

Expectations eh :rolleyes:! Just gotta love em and leave em behind....:D

I expect to leave them all behind eventually :wink:

[Emmalevine]

@Starbuck: So do you have tinnitus then? And it helped you more with your Clairaudience?
Just wondering what else you started to feel/sense?

I am still getting the wooshing and light breeze feeling in my ears (but I still do have a cough) and thought if it's not clear by the end of the week I am going to go back to my doctors and see what else they said. But I did go a few weeks back and he said my ears we're fine.

Hi Polly

I have experienced tinnitus in the past, usually in conjunction with a viral infection. When my clairaudience started I knew it was very different. For one thing, it was part of a variety of psychic experiences that occured around that time. I felt the same breeze as you describe, plus I saw bright colours in front of my eyes, sensed buzzing, humming and whistling sensations around my head, and started to experience clairvoyant images. Obviously this might not happen to you, but that is what made me so certain I did not have simple tinnitus. As it happened, my feeling was soon proven when the ringing turned to voices. I still hear the voices a lot but can't always make out what they are saying.

The ringing, humming and whistling in my ears often comes on AFTER I HAVE STARTED meditating, so it is not something that occurs just because I am quiet. Very often I can be in a quiet room without any at all, but once I start to meditate I will hear the sounds and see the colours and other things.

People here can obviously only tell you their perspective - myself included - and it is good you are ruling out medical factors. But always trust your intuition foremost. It is usually right. That means doing what feels right for you, and if you want to seek out other people's experiences and perspectives then so be it, if you can obviously learn to follow your own inner guidance too. Some people told me a while back that looking up dream interpretations online was not a good thing to do because it all comes from 'within.' However, I found a very good website whose interpretations reasonate deeply with my own inner sense of what my dreams mean and they often shed light when I am totally stuck, so I find the website extremely helpful in my journey. There is no 'one size fits all' and being someone who enjoys learning about other people's experiences, I honestly can't see anything wrong with it., Enjoy!:smile:

[prettypolly]

Thank you for your reply, it's lovely to read your experience.

Can I ask when you first started with the ringing in your ears how soon was it until it developed into Clairaudience? Someone said on here at the beginning of the thread if it is spirit and the start of Clairaudience ask for the ringing sound to be turned down. Today was my meditation day (as I do it three times a week at the moment). The loud ringing started again 15 minutes into my meditation so I asked spirit if they would turn the ringing sound down and guess what? It happened and I've not had it since today apart from the breeze sounds that I still have. :smile: I have seen colours before as I ask what colour I am today and get flashes/blob of colours, followed by eyes and faces.

Hi Polly

I have experienced tinnitus in the past, usually in conjunction with a viral infection. When my clairaudience started I knew it was very different. For one thing, it was part of a variety of psychic experiences that occured around that time. I felt the same breeze as you describe, plus I saw bright colours in front of my eyes, sensed buzzing, humming and whistling sensations around my head, and started to experience clairvoyant images. Obviously this might not happen to you, but that is what made me so certain I did not have simple tinnitus. As it happened, my feeling was soon proven when the ringing turned to voices. I still hear the voices a lot but can't always make out what they are saying.

The ringing, humming and whistling in my ears often comes on AFTER I HAVE STARTED meditating, so it is not something that occurs just because I am quiet. Very often I can be in a quiet room without any at all, but once I start to meditate I will hear the sounds and see the colours and other things.

People here can obviously only tell you their perspective - myself included - and it is good you are ruling out medical factors. But always trust your intuition foremost. It is usually right. That means doing what feels right for you, and if you want to seek out other people's experiences and perspectives then so be it, if you can obviously learn to follow your own inner guidance too. Some people told me a while back that looking up dream interpretations online was not a good thing to do because it all comes from 'within.' However, I found a very good website whose interpretations reasonate deeply with my own inner sense of what my dreams mean and they often shed light when I am totally stuck, so I find the website extremely helpful in my journey. There is no 'one size fits all' and being someone who enjoys learning about other people's experiences, I honestly can't see anything wrong with it., Enjoy!:smile:

[Orbie]

I expect to leave them all behind eventually :wink:

:D I think its the nearest to total contentment you can ever get. Managed it once for about a day :rolleyes:

Have to say this ringing business is a toughie for me to comment on coz I live with deafness and tinnitus. There is a ringing though that has a ... compulsion behind it though which makes me sit up and pay attention. (I'm repeating myself I know I have posted about this before sorry :rolleyes: ). Its like a warning.

However there are different kinds of sounds that can be classes as tinnitus. Whooshing, ringing, birds tweeting, beeps, rushing sounds, etc. Tinnitus can be more apparent when you feel stress, run down, bit like a barometer for illness. Diet can apparently also play its part.

For some its truly a curse and I count my blessing I rarely have one of those days but when I do its not nice. Best thing to do is ignore it I've found, dont try to anaylse it as it just gets worse.

When I meditate, which isnt often enough at the moment, there is some ringing but I always try to just leave it be, dont give it attention and just focus on my breath.

The one time I did hear spirit during a meditation there was a metallic sound emerging that eventually changed to a voice when I asked for clarity. Happened four years ago. I have felt/heard voices (prob clairsentience) but this was a real hearing thing. Like many others have seen images, faces etc and colours during med and a mini movie in my head during a meditation once, funnily enough just beforehand there was a sound like radio being tuned in. Never happened again but happen it did.

Cant really comment on the ringing with spritual contact as the last year or two has seen a shut down and that my lovelies is a different subject completely ! :hug3:

[Schurchy]

this happened to me today!

[Swami Chihuahuananda]

:D I think its the nearest to total contentment you can ever get. Managed it once for about a day :rolleyes:

Have to say this ringing business is a toughie for me to comment on coz I live with deafness and tinnitus. There is a ringing though that has a ... compulsion behind it though which makes me sit up and pay attention. (I'm repeating myself I know I have posted about this before sorry ). Its like a warning.

However there are different kinds of sounds that can be classes as tinnitus. Whooshing, ringing, birds tweeting, beeps, rushing sounds, etc. Tinnitus can be more apparent when you feel stress, run down, bit like a barometer for illness. Diet can apparently also play its part.

For some its truly a curse and I count my blessing I rarely have one of those days but when I do its not nice. Best thing to do is ignore it I've found, dont try to anaylse it as it just gets worse.

When I meditate, which isnt often enough at the moment, there is some ringing but I always try to just leave it be, dont give it attention and just focus on my breath.

The one time I did hear spirit during a meditation there was a metallic sound emerging that eventually changed to a voice when I asked for clarity. Happened four years ago. I have felt/heard voices (prob clairsentience) but this was a real hearing thing. Like many others have seen images, faces etc and colours during med and a mini movie in my head during a meditation once, funnily enough just beforehand there was a sound like radio being tuned in. Never happened again but happen it did.

Cant really comment on the ringing with spritual contact as the last year or two has seen a shut down and that my lovelies is a different subject completely ! :hug3:

I did not know that tinnitus also made those sounds , birds, etc. That's interesting, and of course people should get their checkups done and health confirmed and all that .

The fact that (some of) the sounds inside can be attributed to a physical condition in some people does not , in my opinion, mean that physical conditions are necessarily what cause all of the sounds inside. From a dry, clinical standpoint, there's nothing to any of this meditation, other dimensions, near death , out-of-body, at all ; one with that perspective might argue that it's all in our minds .

What I think of in respionse to that sort of mentality is along the lines of our minds then being so creative and magical that this stuff might as well be real , because it's almost more astonishing that we could create it all inside our heads. What I think of as far as how I actually look at things is more along the lines of us being the entire universe (and/or omniverse) expressing itself as a single point, so it's natural that we would be able to look inwards and find all the sorts of things that people like us bring up on boards like this.
That's like second nature to me now.

So, what this provides as far as a context for hearing internal sounds is a framework, or a deeper reality , a cosmic reality infused with consciousness and power of intention to manifest things from 'other dimensions' into these bodies . In other words , there's a bigger , more fundamental inner reality ,
where these sounds are really coming from , like just about any of the other things that come up here that people experience internally that are inexplicable and intangible to gross scientific measurement and categorization.

So, about internal sounds all being caused by physical conditions in the ear, I have to say that I think there's more to it than that :smile: . I don't even know if anybody said they were all physically caused, I just got an idea and started typing away :dink:

DS

[Gem]

I did not know that tinnitus also made those sounds , birds, etc. That's interesting, and of course people should get their checkups done and health confirmed and all that .

The fact that (some of) the sounds inside can be attributed to a physical condition in some people does not , in my opinion, mean that physical conditions are necessarily what cause all of the sounds inside. From a dry, clinical standpoint, there's nothing to any of this meditation, other dimensions, near death , out-of-body, at all ; one with that perspective might argue that it's all in our minds .

What I think of in respionse to that sort of mentality is along the lines of our minds then being so creative and magical that this stuff might as well be real , because it's almost more astonishing that we could create it all inside our heads. What I think of as far as how I actually look at things is more along the lines of us being the entire universe (and/or omniverse) expressing itself as a single point, so it's natural that we would be able to look inwards and find all the sorts of things that people like us bring up on boards like this.
That's like second nature to me now.

So, what this provides as far as a context for hearing internal sounds is a framework, or a deeper reality , a cosmic reality infused with consciousness and power of intention to manifest things from 'other dimensions' into these bodies . In other words , there's a bigger , more fundamental inner reality ,
where these sounds are really coming from , like just about any of the other things that come up here that people experience internally that are inexplicable and intangible to gross scientific measurement and categorization.

So, about internal sounds all being caused by physical conditions in the ear, I have to say that I think there's more to it than that :smile: . I don't even know if anybody said they were all physically caused, I just got an idea and started typing away :dink:

DS

If one want to meditate on the sound they have to listen to the sound that's there.

[Orbie]

"So, about internal sounds all being caused by physical conditions in the ear, I have to say that I think there's more to it than that :smile:"

Yup me too, Im just not trying to work out what the difference is anymore, it makes for a more peaceful existence :)

[Swami Chihuahuananda]

If one want to meditate on the sound they have to listen to the sound that's there.

...and the more one listens the more one hears , because it's big in there :D

[Swami Chihuahuananda]

"So, about internal sounds all being caused by physical conditions in the ear, I have to say that I think there's more to it than that :smile:"

Yup me too, Im just not trying to work out what the difference is anymore, it makes for a more peaceful existence :)

Sure thing !. If someone's worried there's a related medical issue, that should be checked out. Back in the day we did those 'chemistry experiments'
and I would hear all kinds of stuff , and at the time I thought it was just the chemistry, and maybe it was . But I also know that those experiments helped open the channels , helped create pathways in my brain that made me receptive to the inner world of sound , so that even though there was the physical connection , to a degree , the bigger reality is the overall one , where the body is a sort of multidimensional vehicle , not just a bag of bones and biology . I didn't hear the sounds without the chemistry until I meditated for a while and found them again . :cool:

[Gem]

...and the more one listens the more one hears , because it's big in there :D

Agree... Listen more/hear more.

[Orbie]

"...and the more one listens the more one hears , because it's big in there :D" Dar

It sure is big in there! :)

[Swami Chihuahuananda]

Agree... Listen more/hear more.

Hey, I checked out your signature !. :smile: