Puloma
22 June 2015, 08:44 PM
Namaste,
I have been practicing meditation with OM for some time. I close my eyes, watch my thoughts till they more or less subside, and when I am quieter inside, I mentally repeat the mantra OM. For some days now, I hear the OM sound as if coming from a distance, like somebody doing a low pitched chanting or a vibration. It is there during the time I am meditating, and it's not the same sound that I am mentally repeating. I can hear it through the day too, sometimes louder, sometimes fainter, as Ooooo or Mmmmm or OmOmOm.... or overlapping Om's or as unclear gurgling of mantras. The sound is loud enough to be distracting sometimes, and it seems to come for a distance. The first day I thought a puja was going on in another house, until I realised it had something to do with me.
I wanted to know, is this natural? Can this happen after some time of meditation? Does it mean anything in particular or is it an effect to be ignored? I also read about something called tinnitus on Wikipedia. Here's the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus
If this has nothing to do with meditation, it could be tinnitus and I will need to visit the doctor. If somebody here has any idea about this, please do share with me.
Pranam.
I have been practicing meditation with OM for some time. I close my eyes, watch my thoughts till they more or less subside, and when I am quieter inside, I mentally repeat the mantra OM. For some days now, I hear the OM sound as if coming from a distance, like somebody doing a low pitched chanting or a vibration. It is there during the time I am meditating, and it's not the same sound that I am mentally repeating. I can hear it through the day too, sometimes louder, sometimes fainter, as Ooooo or Mmmmm or OmOmOm.... or overlapping Om's or as unclear gurgling of mantras. The sound is loud enough to be distracting sometimes, and it seems to come for a distance. The first day I thought a puja was going on in another house, until I realised it had something to do with me.
I wanted to know, is this natural? Can this happen after some time of meditation? Does it mean anything in particular or is it an effect to be ignored? I also read about something called tinnitus on Wikipedia. Here's the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus
If this has nothing to do with meditation, it could be tinnitus and I will need to visit the doctor. If somebody here has any idea about this, please do share with me.
Pranam.