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What I always found most interesting in meditation were those moments when I would be jolted by the sound of very loud gong-like tones. They sounded identical to 'real' sounds out in the world but they came only from inside my head. It always struck me as an example of the brain/mind's power to recreate sensorially 'real' experiences with no external stimulus (much like dreaming). If only I could tap THAT as my primary instrument :-) Its like Hendrix said once (and I paraphrase) "Its such a drag playing with these strings and all so tonight I'm just going to play like they're not there" Kevin David Myers wrote: > A few years back I took a poll of friends and acquaintances (and even >this > list) concerning this question; the varied responses I received were >quite > interesting. There are certainly "sourceless" sounds present in the > organism which have nothing to do with ear damage, and I have often >referred > my friends to Cage's observation. My conclusion is that, apart from > tinitus--which must certainly be very real and problematic for certain > people--there are interior sounds which always exist. They are >probably, as > Harvard had it, the nervous system and circulatory system--and a few >things > else besides. In very quiet environments I have been able to detect at > least these bands and perhaps also a third which I almost want to >describe > as "muscular". People familiar with meditative practice seem most >inclined > to know of these sounds, but even the most quiet and introspective > individuals sometimes profess complete ignorance of them. It is a bit >of a > puzzle. I even see in myself that at times I hear the sounds and at >other > times do not; it depends on where my attention is focused. If I actively > look for the sound, it is there. Most curiously: men report the >awareness > of this much more often than women! > > David Lee Myers > > on 6/20/01 8:37 PM, Travis Hartnett at tiktok@sprintmail.com wrote: > > > The BBC site has a summary of a documentary they're running on Radio4 >on > > experimental music. There's a few audio clips of interviews, one of >which > > is with John Cage telling the story of his first visit to Harvard's >anechoic > > chamber, which to his surpise didn't *sound* silent when he was in it. > You > > can listen to the Realaudio clip if you'd like, but for the > > bandwidth-limited, he told one of the Harvard guys that something was >wrong > > with the "silent" room, because he heard two sounds in it--one very >high, > > the other very low. Harvard's answer was that the high tone was the >sound > > of his nervous system, and the low tone was that of his circulatory >system. > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/experimental.shtml > > > > > > TH