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I spent three months in meditation retreat some years ago. I'd never heard of this phenomenon. At some point, I started hearing various tones that weren't comin
by monktastic1 10y ago
I spent three months in meditation retreat some years ago. I'd never heard of this phenomenon. At some point, I started hearing various tones that weren't coming from outside. They eventually became quite loud. I noticed three tones in particular, and wrote some code to pin down their frequencies.
I discovered that they were C, E, and G, where the A would have been 432 Hz (or very close to it; certainly much closer than to 440). Some internet searching turned up this phenomenon. Apparently ancient Hindus and Buddhists heard similar tones during meditation, and related them to various points in the body.
Maybe there is something to the notion that it's related to our neurology or physiology in some way.
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- brokenmachine 10y ago> I noticed three tones in particular, and wrote some code to pin down their frequencies. What kind of code does one write to get the exact frequency of a sound in your head?
- monktastic1 10y agoHaha yeah I could have explained better. I wrote code to play a solid tone where I could adjust the frequency via keyboard input. I played around until it matched what I heard internally. I have some musical training and know I can do that pretty well.
- spraak 10y agoThanks for sharing that. I think that the article's author missing the point here: > and I think that if 432 Hz were some kind of a sweet spot, someone would have noticed by now. because that's exactly what people who talk about 432 Hz are saying, that it's a sweet spot!