Sekhem: Inner Sound, Relaxed Breath and Embodiment

Sharing: Inner Sound, Breath and Embodiment

Sharing: Focusing on the breath can bring a fear of not being able to breathe. During the All Love breath, breathing out love and breathing in all, there were distractions and a brief feeling of approaching hyperventilation. The first part passed quickly, with periods of sleep and dreams. Later, attention turned to a cricket-like sound, then to other sounds appearing to the left and right. Following those sounds led to a moment like a forceful waterfall, very loud and full of vibration, yet blissful and peaceful.

The mind interprets spiritual experiences through what it already knows of the world. It does not understand the flow of energy or timelessness, so it places familiar experiences and images onto what is happening. A flow of energy may become the image of a waterfall.

There is the physical body, and there is what can be called the soul body. The soul body is pure energy. When the mind cannot comprehend that energy directly, it finds something it can relate to: a waterfall or another familiar image.

This is an expansion of consciousness into other dimensions. Yet even these experiences are not the final step. The final step is the void. Going all the way back, there is simply space, the pure consciousness of love.

Recognising the Inner Sounds

A cricket-like sound may come from outside, but there is also an inner sound that sounds exactly like crickets. In his early work with inner sound meditation, Patrick Zeigler found this resemblance striking: a sound in nature could be identical to one of the inner sounds.

Inner sound, the music of the spheres and the chakras are related areas to explore. The experience of sound can unfold in stages. At the base chakra, it may sound like a drum, a motorcycle or a train.

As the base chakra begins to awaken, the mind may associate its rumbling with riding a motorcycle. This can even appear in a dream, with the sensation of riding. The mind supplies an experience that matches the vibration it is trying to understand.

Drumming may follow. As it builds, the tones become more refined. There may be a flute sound, and eventually the sound of an angelic choir. These are ways the sound is perceived as awareness moves higher.

Stay with the Consistent Tone

The key to inner sound meditation is not to listen with the ears. Listen to the highest, most consistent tone. There is always a tone after the tone.

The inner sound itself does not change. It is consistent and always the same. What changes is the perception of it. As the mind becomes quieter and less distracted by other things, the sound is perceived as a pure tone.

The earlier tones can catch attention and draw it into a story. A motorcycle-like sound may become an imagined motorcycle ride. Attention then leaves the sound and becomes absorbed in enjoying the cosmic motorcycle.

At a higher level, the sound of an angelic choir may lead to wanting to speak with angels or play in the angelic realms. A waterfall may become an experience of bathing beneath it. Even flying dolphins may appear. These experiences can be enjoyable, but they also give the mind something else to think about and distract it from the next step.

Sharing: After the waterfall experience, the sound was lost.

Stay focused on the sound. The image does not need to become the next activity. Let attention remain with the sound rather than following what the mind creates around it.