Improving one's hearing

[jbischke]

Kind of a different question but I had my father in town this week and he's over 60 now and starting to have some difficulty hearing, especially when there is a lot of background noise (i.e. at a restaurant). I'd be interested in hearing if there are any ways to naturally improve hearing. I seem to recall something on Oprah a while back about cleaning ears (qtips apparently are *not* good) and maybe this would help. I'd love to improve my own hearing as well as prevent deterioration over time.

And yes, I'm sure not listening to loud music is probably a good idea...

[tropicality]

I haven't had my hearing deteriorate but I perform a sound meditation that can likely help if you are willing to practice it.

Sound Meditation


The benefits of meditating on sounds are the opening of more pathways within the brain. Any sounds can be used for this meditation. This includes any kind of music. Close your eyes and relax. Open your mind and try to 'see' the sounds. Sounds usually come in motion and in specific shapes, colors and waves. The ability to see sounds is called “synesthesia.” “Synesthesia” is a medical term for those of us who are born with the ability to see sounds and/or experience different senses at the same time, like hearing colors or tasting/smelling shapes. A small percentage of the population were born with synesthesia. It often fades with age and in most cases is pronounced during childhood.

The experience of seeing sounds and crossing the senses is common with the use of psychedelic drugs such as LSD, though drug use induces synesthesia through artificial means and it cannot be controlled.

With drugs, the user is not in control, the drug is, and in self-empowerment it is extremely important for the practitioner to always be in control through his/her own natural ability. Dependence on powerful mind altering substances creates weakness of character and also creates holes in the aura and a weakening of the astral body. I am not talking recreational marijuana use here, I am referring to dependence on powerful chemicals in order to reach an altered state as some mages have been known to do.

Synesthetic people are often very psychic and highly intelligent according to medical studies. CIA and U.S. Military psychics reported going through stages of synesthesia when performing extensive exercises to open their minds for psychic warfare.

Synesthesia may happen with your first sound meditation or with practice. Close your eyes and note the colors, shapes and movements of the sounds. You should write this in your journal if you keep one. You should put aside all thoughts and visions as you would for void meditation and try to “see” the sound(s)/music. In time, other senses can also come into play- what does it taste like? Smell like? The most common experience is to see the sounds, but don’t put any limitations on yourself.

Natural synesthesia facilitates clairvoyance, clairaudience and other psychic abilities. Synesthesia can be a very beautiful experience and a rewarding session of meditation. The more pathways we open and empower in our brains, the more experiences and abilities we are able to have. We are no longer just using “5-10%” of our brains. To fully develop this ability, one should listen to a variety of music and also each day, take time out to listen and “see” the sounds in one’s environment. Like anything else, the more we use this ability, the stronger it becomes.

[jbischke]

Interesting...

I read a couple of books a while back on improving one's vision naturally. They included some interesting exercises like when you're driving pick out one color and try to notice everything that is that color. This helps you enhance your ability to pick out colors which in turn "improves" your vision.

Curious if any other similar books/exercises are out there for hearing...

[RT Wolf]

Edit: Deleted post. Better asked in PM.