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Mystical humming

EonTrinityEonTrinity Evansville, WI New
in Buddhism Basics

Good day all. I am wondering if folks have ever felt a “mystical humming”. I know it sounds a bit cheezy, but I experienced it this weekend, and am wondering if anyone else has experienced it, and what you make of it.

So this weekend, I visited the nearby Deer Park Buddhist Monastery in Oregon Wisconsin and was blessed to listen to an installment of the “Medium Lam Rim“ teaching by Geshe Tenzin Dorjee-la. I am newer to Buddhism, and this was my visit to the monastery. As I understood it, this is a mid-range teaching in difficulty. I am newer to Buddhism spiritually (but not intellectually) , and it the teaching was a little above my head, but I was able to keep up. The discussion was centered in on reality being composed of forms that appear like a reflection appears in a mirror. And he seemed to be saying that “reality” as we see it is really an interdependent form of perception. I think that was what he meant, and if I got it wrong – like I said, it was a little above me. But it was an amazing 2 hours. It was my first time sitting and listening to a Tibetan Monk (not sure if he was a master or even what qualifies one as a master) – but it was a pretty powerful teaching.

ANYWAY… I left the monastery downright buzzing, like I was in sync with everything around me. I went shopping, still humming. Went home and prepared dinner for the family – and buzzed/hummed through it while making my soup. Then I went and sat on the couch… humming, looking around in the sunlight at all of the forms around me, virtual galaxies of forms/labels… completely at peace. And there was this humming and everything felt like it had a glow to it and everything felt “in sync”. It was quite pleasurable, and I was so completely at peace and had simply let go of everything and completely in the mindful moment. It lasted for hours before I slowly shifted back to the more mundane. I didn’t try to cling to the feeling, I just let it gradually dissipate.

I am a pretty pragmatic person, and while I have experienced moments of peaceful repose or calm. This was something noticeably MORE.

What was that?

Has anybody else experienced that?

And before you ask – no drugs were involved! :)

Thanks for the insight.

ET

Comments

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    It sounds like a case of the "Dharma Dopamine Buzz" :)

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    @EonTrinity said:
    Good day all. I am wondering if folks have ever felt a “mystical humming”. I know it sounds a bit cheezy, but I experienced it this weekend, and am wondering if anyone else has experienced it, and what you make of it.

    So this weekend, I visited the nearby Deer Park Buddhist Monastery in Oregon Wisconsin and was blessed to listen to an installment of the “Medium Lam Rim“ teaching by Geshe Tenzin Dorjee-la. I am newer to Buddhism, and this was my visit to the monastery. As I understood it, this is a mid-range teaching in difficulty. I am newer to Buddhism spiritually (but not intellectually) , and it the teaching was a little above my head, but I was able to keep up. The discussion was centered in on reality being composed of forms that appear like a reflection appears in a mirror. And he seemed to be saying that “reality” as we see it is really an interdependent form of perception. I think that was what he meant, and if I got it wrong – like I said, it was a little above me. But it was an amazing 2 hours. It was my first time sitting and listening to a Tibetan Monk (not sure if he was a master or even what qualifies one as a master) – but it was a pretty powerful teaching.

    ANYWAY… I left the monastery downright buzzing, like I was in sync with everything around me. I went shopping, still humming. Went home and prepared dinner for the family – and buzzed/hummed through it while making my soup. Then I went and sat on the couch… humming, looking around in the sunlight at all of the forms around me, virtual galaxies of forms/labels… completely at peace. And there was this humming and everything felt like it had a glow to it and everything felt “in sync”. It was quite pleasurable, and I was so completely at peace and had simply let go of everything and completely in the mindful moment. It lasted for hours before I slowly shifted back to the more mundane. I didn’t try to cling to the feeling, I just let it gradually dissipate.

    I am a pretty pragmatic person, and while I have experienced moments of peaceful repose or calm. This was something noticeably MORE.

    What was that?

    Has anybody else experienced that?

    And before you ask – no drugs were involved! :)

    Thanks for the insight.

    ET

    On a more serious note @EonTrinity , it's best not to pay it too much attention, if you do you could end up labelling it "special" ....something to add to desire's (sense of a self) ever increasing list ...It's best just to see it as nothing special just an experience, one of many...with many more different experiences to come....and go....

  • DakiniDakini Veteran

    Cool! Take it as a sign that you're on the right path. =) Something resonated with you, literally. Carry on.

    Shoshinlobstersilver
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