Thank you for your reply zendervish
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Austin-Lane <[email protected]> To: Zen_Forum <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Nov 18, 2011 10:17 am Subject: Re: [Zen] Curious experience I have tinnitus, but not so loud that it bothers me. There's a funny story: I didn't really conceptualize it as tinnitus until some friend was describing her tinnitus (as a rationale for why she prefers to live in urban settings) and I immediately said, "Hey, I have ringing in my ears a lot too!" Since mine isn't bothersome enough to do anything about except bear, I don't have much advice about treatment. It does seem to be another one of those things that is gradually getting worse (along with my eyes and my complaints about soreness when I sleep funny and so on--the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to). Sometimes its very vivid during zazen but really much less bothersome than itchy skin or sleepiness. SInce there's nothing to be done about it, I am not tempted to move; itchy skin will tempt me to scratch, and sleepiness to call it short. I'd guess some standard advice about not listening to really loud noises and getting enough sleep and good nourishment would apply :) Thanks, --Chris [email protected] +1-301-270-6524 On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: -----Original Message----- From: Juemiao Jingming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> To: Zen_Forum <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Nov 17, 2011 3:17 pm Subject: Re: [Zen] Curious experience Long Beach CA thanks Kirk Zendervish, Where do you live? JM On 11/17/2011 10:22 AM, salik888 wrote: Gasho For years now I have had Tinnitus, a condition of slight ringing in the ears. On October 22nd of this year I woke up with the ringing louder than before, and it has remained. After a month medical adventures (audiologists, doctors, specialists) I have ended up with two hearing aids and lots of sound therapy. With this new condition it is particularly difficult to do Zazen as before. Naturally, I am incorporating some sound therapy, water falls, etc . . . into my sitting. Any information from my brothers and sisters on the path would be helpful. Apparently there is some information out there about acupuncture and other treatments from China, etc . . . Also, someone was telling there were a few /Chan/Zen Masters who heard the crickets as well. Keep me posted huge gasho from cricket-san Good to be back zendervish
