Are You Coming to Your Senses? Your Soul’s Sense of Sound
Welcome to the second part of a five-part series on how your soul perceives your physical senses. In our previous article, The Sense of Sight, we discussed insight — the ability to see what is beyond the physical that is around you. Insight is a well-recognized phenomenon and is commonly referred to as the Sixth Sense, the Third Eye, or psychic ability, which you can learn more about from intuition expert Sonia Choquette.
Have you ever pondered that there might be a similar soul experience for sound? What might we call such an experience? Your inner sound waves of insight? Sound that is in alignment? For the purpose of this article we will refer to it as in-sound.
Sound as a Spiritual Experience
On the human plane of existence, sound is an important part of your spiritual experience. For example, music has never been more popular than it is today. There are numerous healing practitioners who use sound therapy of some form or another with their clients. And sound-based activities such as drumming circles are gaining in popularity outside of indigenous communities as a means for humans to connect with themselves and Source.
Thinking about the sense of sound in other ways…how many humans claim to hear voices at some time or another? Almost anyone who has spent much time in nature would say they’ve imagined they heard a voice in the wind at some point. Has it ever happened that you thought you heard the crying out of a woman or child, yet you can’t figure out where the sound has come from?
Have you ever heard some sort of a tone or had a ringing in your ears when there is nothing around you that could be making that sound? For instance, there isn’t a bell ringing or a television show on in your home or the next-door neighbor’s house. There’s no phone ringing, or even an electrical current hooked up to some device that would justify you hearing something. There is nothing physical that could be held accountable for making the noise, and yet you hear a sound.
The Sound of Your Soul
These sounds or voices that we are speaking of are the voices from within. This is your soul connecting to the oneness that is around you. These are the beings, so to speak, that are in the dimensions that are all around you. This is the energy connection to your flame.
Every soul emits a tone, and all high-vibrational essence beings know you by your sound.
What is the tonality of another soul, and how do you hear that sound? You hear it through the in-sound of your own soul! You don’t hear it standing next to someone else. You can’t hear someone else’s sound by holding your ear really close to their physical embodiment and saying to them “What is it I am listening for? I’ve been told there is a tonality to you and your existence, but I just can’t hear it!”
There’s too much density to the human body in the physical. Light, which is inside of you, has a high frequency pitch to it. This is what your soul aligns itself with. You can’t hear another soul’s tone with your physical ears — you can only hear it in your soul.
The Presence of Energy
You have to remember that science can’t prove this. Science can only prove the physical. Yet science knows it exists. How? Because the energy shows itself in scientific experiments on scales and meters, even though there is no physical proof of it! Theoretically, science predicts that sound and tonality will go even higher on their scales, but they don’t have an explanation for it. Science can’t accept it as it being something spiritual because they have no understanding of that aspect.
Energy is present even when you can’t see it. Have you ever stood under a group of overhead electrical wires and heard a popping or humming sound? Those wires are carrying currents of energy that most human beings use every day, yet you can’t see the energy…but you can certainly hear it!
What we would tell you is that there is energy that is more refined than what science can even comprehend. Science has recognized tones and sound that it can’t explain, so can we call it a midway or perhaps a middle ground of acceptance?
Experience the Energy of Sound
Meet renowned sound healer and modern-day Mystic Tom Kenyon in the film Song of the New Earth. He integrates modern-day scientific advances in sound research with mystical and ancient traditions including alchemy, Shamanism, and more. Sound can heal not only us but our planet, Mother Earth.
Hearing the Voices Within
Humans have been taught in most cases to run away from their in-sound, from the voices within. Why is that? Because religions have dictated that this is an evil occurrence, that it’s your alter ego or even the Devil speaking to you. In reality, it’s just the opposite…
What you hear through your physical ear is the altered ego state, and what you hear coming from within you is the God Voice.
You must remember, though, that everything has been designed through social consciousness to dis-empower you. Why? Those in power know that if you were to become empowered, you would not continue to serve them. So they have continued to come up with threats. The ultimate threat being that of Hell and damnation if you don’t abide by the guidelines they have laid out for you in the physical.
Many people are able to gain access to their in-sound during meditation. Spontaneous chanting during meditation or spiritual ceremonies is really the soul declaring itself, aligning itself with the tonalities from within. You are accessing sounds from interdimensional worlds and bringing them forth into the physical. Before you can produce sounds vocally, you have to hear them internally. That is the inner sound we are speaking about. And that is in alignment with your soul.
To access these higher forms of consciousness and further empower yourself, try Gaiam TV’s Fractal Meditation System. It can help you stimulate your mind into enhanced awareness.
The Difference Between Healing and Emotion
Feelings are the sensory system based upon the physical. Feelings are mostly shallow and fleeting, easily changed, and influenced by what is going on around you. In contrast, the emotional sensory system of the soul is a deeply resonating experience. It is the experience that is carried with you from lifetime to lifetime, from existence to existence. These are the emotions that move, change, shift, and expand you.
Can you see or feel the difference? Will you now HEAR things differently in your life? We hope this perspective on in-sound has opened you up to hearing your soul speaking to you.
Expand Your Soul with Gaia
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Lucid Dreams: Can Dreaming Be a Spiritual Practice?
Lucid dreams are those in which people are aware that they are dreaming while still asleep. This ability not only facilitates the conscious manipulation of the dream but also serves as a valuable tool for personal and spiritual growth. In this article, we explore what lucid dreams are, how to induce them, and their potential for spiritual transformation.
Table of Contents
- What Are Lucid Dreams?
- 5 Techniques to Induce Lucid Dreams
- What Is the Purpose of Having Lucid Dreams?
- Lucid Nightmares: How to Manage and Transform Them
- Dreaming as a Spiritual Tool
What Are Lucid Dreams?
Lucid dreams are those in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming and can, in many cases, control the dream. This phenomenon can occur spontaneously or through the use of specific techniques that enhance lucidity. Lucid dreamers can interact with the dream environment, make conscious decisions, and explore their scenarios with full awareness.
This capacity of control and awareness in the dream has multiple applications, from problem-solving and practicing skills to exploring deeper aspects of the self. Lucid dreams also offer a path to confront and transform recurring nightmares, turning them into less disturbing and more enriching experiences. The practice of lucid dreaming can strengthen the connection between the conscious mind and the subconscious, facilitating greater self-understanding and personal growth.
In the third season of Mystery Teachings, available on Gaia, Theresa Bullard explores how dreams can serve as a spiritual tool. She provides methods and practices to increase lucidity and use sleep time as an opportunity for self-exploration and spiritual development.
5 Techniques to Induce Lucid Dreams
Inducing lucid dreams can be achieved by implementing habits and techniques that prepare the mind to recognize the dream state. This process involves a combination of daytime and nighttime practices that increase awareness and dream memory. It is essential to maintain a clear and consistent intention to experience lucid dreams, as repeating this intention reinforces the mind’s ability to detect the dream state.
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Keep a dream journal
Keeping a dream journal is a fundamental tool for inducing lucid dreams. By writing down your dreams every morning, you improve your dream memory and recognize recurring patterns. This habit strengthens your ability to remember dreams and increases the likelihood of identifying that you are dreaming. Additionally, regularly reviewing your dream journal helps you become familiar with the common themes and symbols in your dreams, making it easier to recognize these elements while you are dreaming.
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Perform reality checks
Reality checks involve performing small experiments during the day to verify if you are dreaming. For example, you can look at your hands and count your fingers, or try to push a finger through the palm of your other hand. If you are dreaming, these actions will produce unusual results. Practicing these reality checks habitually trains your mind to question the nature of reality, increasing the likelihood that you will do the same during a dream, which will allow you to achieve lucidity.
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Practice the MILD technique (Memorized Induction of Lucid Dreams)
The MILD technique involves repeating a phrase or affirmation before sleeping, such as “Tonight, I will realize that I am dreaming.” This method relies on intention and prospective memory to induce lucidity. By focusing on your desire to have a lucid dream as you fall asleep, you program your mind to remember this desire. This constant practice reinforces your ability to become aware in the dream and increase the frequency of your lucid dreams.
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Use the WBTB technique (Wake Back To Bed)
The WBTB technique involves waking up after about five or six hours of sleep, staying awake for 20–30 minutes, and then going back to sleep with the intention of having a lucid dream. This method takes advantage of the fact that REM dreams, where lucid dreams occur, are more frequent and longer in the second half of the night. Being awake briefly disrupts your sleep cycle, increasing your mental alertness as you fall back asleep, which facilitates lucidity.
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Meditate before sleeping
Meditating before sleeping is an effective practice for inducing lucid dreams. Meditation helps calm the mind and reduce stress, creating a mental state conducive to lucidity. Practicing mindfulness and concentration before sleeping improves your ability to maintain awareness while you sleep. Additionally, meditation can help you establish a clear intention to have a lucid dream, facilitating the conscious transition into the dream state.
What Is the Purpose of Having Lucid Dreams?
Having lucid dreams is not only a fascinating experience, but it also offers multiple practical and spiritual benefits. Lucid dreamers can use this state to explore and resolve personal problems, practice skills, and experience a deeper connection with their subconscious. Lucid dreams are a powerful tool for personal growth, enabling a profound exploration of the mind and spirit.
- Overcoming fears: Lucid dreams allow you to face and overcome phobias and anxieties in a safe and controlled environment. This can lead to a reduction of fear in everyday life.
- Problem solving: Using lucid dreams to explore creative solutions to problems can result in unique ideas. The subconscious mind can offer new and valuable perspectives.
- Skill practice: Athletes and musicians, among others, can practice and perfect skills within lucid dreams. This can improve performance in waking life through mental rehearsal.
- Self-knowledge: Lucid dreams facilitate introspection and self-awareness. By interacting with the subconscious, dreamers can discover desires and internal conflicts.
- Spiritual exploration: Lucid dreams can serve as a platform for spiritual and meditative experiences. Dreamers can explore spiritual dimensions and gain a deeper understanding of their inner selves.
Lucid Nightmares: How to Manage and Transform Them
Lucid nightmares are those in which the dreamer is aware of being in a dream but is trapped in a negative experience. The advantage of lucidity is that the dreamer has the capacity to transform the nightmare into a positive experience. To handle a lucid nightmare, it is crucial to first remember that the environment is not real and that the dreamer has control.
An effective technique is to confront and dialogue with the frightening elements of the nightmare. Asking them why they are there or what they want to communicate can deactivate their negativity. This not only transforms the nightmare, but it can also provide information about the fears and internal conflicts that generate it.
Another strategy is to deliberately change the dream environment. By remembering that you are in a dream, the dreamer can try to modify the scene, create protective objects, or fly away from danger. These actions reinforce the sense of control and can turn the experience into something enriching and empowering.
Dreaming as a Spiritual Tool
Dreaming can become a profound spiritual practice. Dreams, especially lucid dreams, allow access to levels of consciousness that are normally outside of our reach. This access can facilitate encounters with spiritual guides, the resolution of internal conflicts, and the integration of forgotten or repressed aspects of our personality.
Lucid dreams can also be a gateway to the exploration of other planes of existence and realities beyond the physical world. Many spiritual practitioners often use lucid dreams for astral travel, communicating with spiritual entities, and receiving teachings directly in the dream state. This exploration not only enriches spiritual life but also provides a greater understanding of life’s purpose and the universe.
Moreover, dreams can serve as a mirror of the individual’s internal state, reflecting both spiritual progress and the areas that need attention. Interpreting and working with dreams can be a powerful way of self-discovery and spiritual growth. Through the conscious practice of lucid dreaming, it is possible to access a deep inner wisdom and transform daily life with the teachings received during sleep.
