In a message dated 3/28/2007 3:54:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
datjat1%40msn.com">datjat1
msn.com writes:
> This is an interesting link I found elsewhere but intuitively I
> suspect this is something which relates to my auditory image streaming.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/magazine/25voices.t.html
That is indeed interesting. Some of our breathing and energy-related
processes might indeed be useful, as might in a different way Windtunnel or
Freenoting. Our vast number of image-and-describe techniques are not very useful for
auditory imagery processing - one's own voice competing for the same senses and
circuits as what you're trying to hear - but I think I can see ways how
working with visual imagery in tandem with the experience of voices could help.
The first character described in the article, after all, did have a mind's eye
descriptive appearance of his speakers, which if attended gives something to
work with.
More generally, I expect beyond-conscious process to seize on involuntary
sub-personality effects such as these voices if one hasn't been receiving
information from his beyond-conscious any other way.
I note that this is a very different matter from hearing music, which also is
an auditory hallucinatory experience. I didn't even see that mentioned in
the article, which I think is a tacit admisssion that it represents a very
different phenomenon despite being likewise an auditory hallucination.
The several times I've experienced such a voice, were very special occasions
either because of what they led to, or because that focused my attention on a
key issue, or to make a point I had been overlooking. Each was a uniquely
special occasion, and did not seem to be the same voice from one occasion to the
next, nor to be part of any identifiable sub-personality. It was just my
beyond conscious finding a rare way to redirect my attention.
If we ever do figure out the nature of the phenomenon - which we won't do if
we keep slapping people full of drugs and parking them to the sides of life -
auditory senses do involve a lot of the brain, almost as much as does vision,
and is basic enough to be running when other brain and sensory functions are
stalled. I imagine that effective investigation in this area could turn up
some immense positive value. ...win
>
> Historically these people are labelled as insane but there are many I
> believe would benefit from the techniques we employ here.
>
> I don't hear a running dialog but only an occasional phrase. Win, I
> was wondering how a person could describe the dickens out of such a
> thing. Any thoughts?
>
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