Of Stillness and "hearing silence"

[yuval]

The experience of stillness is mentioned many times with relation to the mystical/psychedelic experience. People report of actually HEARING silence as a sound. Silence as a soundis also part of the yoga system.


Some examples:


The famous AUM mantra is said to have 3 and a half sounds: A, U, M and the silence that comes afterwards (the kundalini energy is said to spiral 3.5 times around the base of the spine, reflecting this).


"Stillness Speaks" by eckhart tolle is all about how to experience the "stillness behind words". it is the sequal to his classic "the power of now", the most notable spiritual book of the 90s.


"Yoga - the spirit and practice of moving into stillness" is a highly regarded yoga book ( http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...0671534807/ref =wl_it_dp/104-1689667-9487132?%5Fencoding=UTF8&coliid=I2 CFDOF0R5G47J&v=glance&colid=CIAKLWT0YVME )


when i did a 10-day vipassana retreat (www.dhamma.org) i felt, at around the 8th day, ROARING silence. i wish i could recreate the experience - although i think some fragment of it remained with me since, some sensitivity that enables satori experiences (a glimpse of stillness) tooccur to me.


i had not had this experience while on acid. perhaps the speedy effect it hasrevved up my thoughts too much for this to happen.


please share your own stillness experience, or thoughts regarding this...


peace


yuval

[Diphenhydramine]

Hmm, the closest I guess I've ever come is hearing miniscule sounds
while meditating, like a pocket watch ticking a couple rooms over or
someone shifting in their seat downstairs. Just a heightened
sense of hearing I guess. Wish I knew what you were talking about
from experience, sounds interesting.

[phenethylamine]

I am able to hear loud silence when meditating. I've recently uncovered an ability to meditate in such a way that my body is filled with this feeling, its like a nonsexual orgasm that is literally throughout my entire body. At this point, I can hear the silence softly but loudly. That usually distracts me and the sensation leaves. I am having difficulty staying focused. I am not that trained in these sorts of things. I have had a life changing experience recently that has literally blown open possibilities of what I can do through meditation andbeing an completely positive and good person. I feel that I have a muchmore completeunderstanding of life and how I am in it. I feel it is very clear that my eyes are looking into a void, and reality is behind them. You know?

[The_Great_Sage]

whoa, thats weird you said that. will SWIM andhis freind were on some
DXM they found a noise, under all noise. it was like a growling or a
umm growning or some shit. and when i would stop talking and stop
listening i would hear it, i would also hear some faint noises
resembling a language i dont understand