Listening meditation

  Listen to the sounds, around you. If you have ringing in the ears, listen to your ringing. Listen to it until it becomes different and then listen to the sounds around you. When you have mastered the ringing you'll see that no matter the ringing you hear the sounds as well. Master every sound one by one, open your ears as if youd open your eyes. Don't think about time. After you do this, try to hear with your mind. Try to hear the people around. Like people above or below or someone next room, etc. In this method you master the physical sounds, and then try to go deeper and see whats under the surface. This is not telepathy exercise btw.. just calming meditation. And, it gives you ability to meditate even when there are loud sounds around. Or, when youre feeling tired and dont want to fall asleep while meditating. Some kinds of meditation are opposite of relaxation, this relaxes in the end but in its own nature its activity. There are different kinds of meditation, void meditation is another one. One more thing, try to be patient a bit with this.