Voices have also given inspiration to the writing of spiritual and theological texts of enduring value. The Revelations of Divine Love, by Julian of Norwich, provides an account of a visionary experience on which Julian reflected for many years, including the hearing of a voice. Revelations continues to be respected and reflected upon today, not only as the earliest text in the English language written by a woman, but also for its wisdom, theological insight, and beauty as a work of Christian spirituality.
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Despite the problems associated with hearing such voices, there is an inherent attractiveness to a voice which makes simpler the task of knowing what God wants. As Karl Rahner writes: In turbulent times, the minds of men are agitated not only by the events themselves, but they also seek an interpretation of present events and a promise for the future. And if they are believers they know that the interpretation of the present and the promise of the future ultimately can be found only in God. Then they hope that this enlightening and auspicious word of God may be imparted to them as clearly and unequivocally as possible. They seek people who claim to have perceived this special word from heaven, and they are disposed to believe in it.
Even if the information that Luke gives us about Zechariah and Mary is not historically reliable, so that it is not Zechariah or Mary who are trying to convey their religious experience in terms of seeing and hearing, but rather Luke himself, the voice of the angel as a narrative device is still significant. In the Lukan narrative God communicates with human beings. In this sense, at least, his voice is heard.
Eventually, in Chapter 21, a new heaven and a new earth emerge in the wake of the destruction of all things, and a holy city, a new Jerusalem, comes down from heaven. John hears a loud voice from heaven, which says: See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.112
I believe Scripture is a reliable source, but one that is up for interpretation to some extent. However, I would still encourage people to attempt to confirm God's voice there. We can often find the truth we're seeking in God's Word but even in the times we don't, we're still taking His Word into our hearts.
Hi Wren, thank you so much for visiting this blog post about hearing the voice of God and letting me know that it was helpful. Blessings to you as you grow in your faith and learn to hear His voice with regularity and clarity.
Hearing voices, seeing visions, words that leap off the pages of the Bible. Does God really speak in such real, tangible ways? Nudges, feelings in your heart, the sense of something larger. Are these from God or just tricks our mind plays? Are those who claim to hear from God a bit crazy or is God truly speaking? How can you know if God is speaking to you?
It sounds like your grandpa is experiencing a common form of Musical Ear Syndrome. It would be a good idea for him (and you) to carefully read my article on MES at -ear-syndrome-the-phantom-voices-ethereal-music-other-spooky-sounds-many-hard-of-hearing-people-secretly-experience/ and then follow the recommendations near the end of the article.
I recently accepted that I have paranoid schizophrenia with bipolar mania. I previously considered the conversations I had with myself as being healthy. I do not hear voices from other people and never have. I lately realized with MES hitting me this year that these conversations I am having with myself are causing a tremendous amount of anxiety. Tinnitus has suddenly become extremely loud in the past month especially when I wake up in the morning. I have since then been searching the Internet for some answers and treatment.
I suggest you carefully read my article on Musical Ear Syndrome at -ear-syndrome-the-phantom-voices-ethereal-music-other-spooky-sounds-many-hard-of-hearing-people-secretly-experience/ and then near the end it gives some things to consider in trying to alleviate or eliminate your MES.
The best thing for her to do is to read my article on musical ear syndrome as it explains what it is and the steps she can take to try and deal with it. She can read this article at -ear-syndrome-the-phantom-voices-ethereal-music-other-spooky-sounds-many-hard-of-hearing-people-secretly-experience/ .
Years ago my active 80 year old mother spoke of how she would hear voices coming from a certain fan when it was on in her room. So I stored away the fan and replaced it. I needed a fan last year and started using that one . I have at times ,and last night was quite interesting, heard what seemed like multiple radio stations tuning in and out, last night was music like you might associate with the 20s or 30s then what sounded like people talking on the radio but I could not make out the words . Now I feel that i am pretty sane and I know that what I was perceivably hearing was not coming out of the fan (like it was a speaker) but I feel there is something with radio waves electricity and whatever else that stimulates this .I think my test will be to have a am radio present and next time i get this musical ear I will get up and go through the stations and see if I can tune in the matching song or conversation .
And it has been lately stronger and more noticeable , I can hear it almost in any minimal background sound as I do nothing but think and try to fathom whether it is the onset of something really worrying. Do doctor I would really appreciate if can tell me hear a dull, faint choice whispering my name can be regarded as audio pareidolia. Big thanks
You are hearing MES sounds when you hear the phantom radio, phantom whispering, phantom cat, etc. These sounds go away when you search for them because you are engaging your brain in the search, so your brain suspends the phantom sounds while you are actively using it. Then they reappear when you relax again.
Dr. Neil,Thank you so much for writing this article. My Dad uses a CPAP and has heard voices/music for years..I started hearing voices when we got a white noice air filter table top device. I cut and paste your article in the CPAP fourm to shed light on this topic. Many thought foil hat and dental fillings were the blame. Now I just need to worry about the things that go bump in the night. Be well.
I can still conduct the music when my fan is blowing and create some incredible songs. but in that noise I can also hear the slight patterns that whispered and caused me to have the scariest weirdest year of my life.
Dear Dr,I hope you are doing well!I wish you can help me about this thing, Thank you!I took jogging outside alone at 6:30 today, the day was alnost turn dark, and I put on my ear phone to listen some stong rythm music, however, when i pass through a dark and barely no people place(just 2 people ware coming to me from 100m far side) just only few lights make this place little bright, but nobody near with me, I heard a weird voice in my earphone sounds like a man voice and last nearly 1 second,which down the music pitch making the music voice sounds werid, i never heard it before, I was so scared of this.
Hi, I am an 18 year old female and have been hearing phantom music all my life. I think I may have MES but what worries me is that a lot of people say it usually comes from the sound of something electric like a fan or air conditioner. I usually turn a fan on to drown out the phantom music. I only hear it when it is quiet and I only hear it at night. I have heard sounds such as a faint radio voices, eery music, light angelic humming, and so on. I was recently diagnosed as autistic and I know that autistic people (including myself) experience auditory processing delays and other issues with understanding speech so I do wonder if that has anything to do with it. If this is not MES and is in fact something else please let me know.
When hard of hearing people begin hearing phantom voices or music, they immediately worry they are going crazy. It never crosses their minds that they are sane and are just experiencing Musical Ear syndrome.
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