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The Ringing Sound : An Introduction to the Sound Current

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The "Ringing Sound" is a most incredible book. The author has explained a difficult subject that is little known and less understood. He brings it out of darkness and into the light of understanding nicely. This subject matter touches everyone's life. At some point we all have heard the ringing and buzzing sound in our ears. I heard it almost all of my life but didn't know what it was. Now it is plesantly with me all the time.
Most people who hear it fear that there is something wrong with them. I am a health proffessional and I get clients with this ringing often, I suggest that they read Eric's book. I am very gratefull to have such a wonderfull resource.
The book is an introduction to the world of energy and is not designed as an exstended meditaiton program. It is for the general public and anyone who is begining to explore the world of energy and meditation.
Eric explains this normal phenomenon in a way that is both logical and mystical at the same time. This is an easy, must read, one to keep by the bedstand.

I was very disappointed by this book. Ninety-five percent of it was anecdotes and generalities, none of which had much value. The writing is mostly in the nature of celebrating the fact that this wonderful thing, the ringing sound, exists, and how great it is to have found it. All of which I agree with, but I wanted more about how to meditate on it, and I found very little here. The best thing about the book is the bibliography, where you might find authors who have more of substance to offer.

There isn't a lot written about the ringing sound (anahata nadam in Sanskrit, or Naam). I, for one, will have to keep looking.

The Ringing Sound is not just for those experiencing unusual auditory sensations. It is a revealing and enlightening guide to an ancient, secretly guarded meditation technique known as the Sound Current. As an introduction to the Sound Current, the book unites physics with metaphysics in an exploration of the nature of all life as energy. Tapping into the Source of energy through the Sound Current is the exciting goal.

The book is a culmination of many years spent by the author studying a variety of spiritual paths ranging from Shamanism to yoga and marshal arts. Written in a clear, concise style, it is beautifully formatted with intriguing sidebar quotations which add literary beauty as well as meaning to the main text. The result for this reader was a joyful, ahaa feeling on practically every page. It is highly recommended for all who seek an accelerated journey along the spiritual path.

I had dismissed the constant ringing in my ears as a physical phenomenem and an annoyance that I was destined to live with for the rest of my life. But when a physicist explains to me in layman terms that this may be spiritual energy, the sounds take on an entirely different meaning. The author unselfishly shares the mystical secrets of sound current which have been hidden away for centuries. It is obvious that he has a direct connection with Source.

Many books have been written about the sound current but very, very few provide actual technique.

Instead, the typical seeker will be directed to join organizations, pay fees, read mystical literature, attend meetings, undergo initiations, adopt devotional practices and even change diet.

This is an alternative. It offers background and complete instructions. What a concept.

The sound current is not heard with physical ears. It is not merely some curious medical phenomenon, but much more. Practice and find out for yourself.

The book has a great title and a good but brief introduction to the topic, but falls short of the promise by padding a few good pages of information into book-length with "la-la" filler. I was bothered that the entire "what you hear" section was vague and hardly filled one page. For example, there was no mention that many folks hear chords, and no mention of the pitch, that very curiously for many is the older musical key of A (~425 Hz), might possibly be the source of our musical scale, and no mention that the sounds become stronger when one clinches one's teeth. Nonetheless, this book is the first entry into a field rarely separately discussed, and my hope is that we don't have to wait long for the "fully researched and revised edition".