Clairaudience, or ‘Clear Hearing’ – some definitions of the inner voice or intuition
Clairaudience - can be a voice felt in the ear, from outside, or inside the head
Clairaudience is a term that defines our ability to hear the inner voice or higher guidance from the spiritual perspective.
I’m quite highly clairaudient and have had many experiences of hearing that ‘still, small voice’.
Clairaudience or hearing voices not something that’s particularly socially acceptable to discuss in Western society though…since there is a perception that listening to the inner voice is a sign of imbalance or perhaps even mental illness.
It’s the nature of the voice that is important to define.
An inner voice that berates or brings you down, or simply tells you to do ‘bad things’ is most likely NOT your inner guidance, clairaudience, or higher guidance from angels and other types of guides.
An inner voice that ‘saves your bacon’ if you paid attention, or helped you avoid a sticky situation, or assisted in the formulation of a positive idea, is most likely clairaudience or your inner guidance.
Some examples of clairaudience – has this happened to you?
In Doreen Virtue’s recent book The Angel Therapy Handbook
- Upon awakening, you hear your name called by a disembodied voice.
- Out of nowhere, you detect a strain of beautiful, celestial-sounding music.
- You hear a song repeatedly, either in your head or on the radio.
- There’s a loud, shrill ringing noise in one ear.
- You overhear a conversation in which a stranger says the exact thing you need to hear (clairaudience + synchronicity).
- You just ‘happen’ to turn on the television or radio at the precise moment when a relevant discussion is occurring.
- You pick up on a loved one’s call for help, and it turns out that he or she needed assistance just then.
- A disembodied voice gives you a warning or a life-enhancing message.
- You’re looking for a lost item, you pray for assistance, and then you hear a voice tell you where to locate it.
What I particularly like about these examples from Doreen Virtue is that they demonstrate clairaudience in ways that are not so commonly discussed. You may find a way here that demonstrates the experience of clairaudience in your life.
Some of my experiences of clairaudience
In my experience the voice heard may sound like your own, or nothing like yours at all, and sometimes an opposite gender voice.
I’ve received messages during clairaudience from…
- a voice that sounds exactly like my own (thought to be your own soul, or higher self, speaking)
- A man’s voice (once upon awakening in my house with only my children at home, I clearly heard a man’s voice say “She needs to read the book!”. I wish he could have told me which one – there are so many!).
- A warning voice which could have been male or female, which I felt was from an angel or guide…I was in the middle of something completely unconnected, and got full instructions to carry out a particular task. I even argued with the voice in my head, but it said “Do this now, you need to protect your family!” And the voice was right.
- A voice during a kinesiology session I was giving a friend. This particular voice comes from a now regular guide, who helps me to suggest homeopathic remedies and essential oils for clients.
Are you interested in learning more about the different ‘clairs’ and where your intuitive strengths may lie?
If you’re interested in learning more about clairaudience or any of the other ‘clairs’, I offer online sessions where I will connect with your Personal Energy Field and help you clarify your intuitive gifts. We all have unique intuitive patterns which combine one or many of the clairs and our expression of this is as individual as our energy.
My services site is at www.newworldenergetics.com
Take a look and choose what resonates!
You can also contact me direct from this site to arrange an intuitive session.
I’d love to hear other people’s stories of clairaudience, or any of the other ‘clairs’.
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Great post! I have heard my inner voice many times. Too bad it took me so long to listen to it! Songs in my head also happen frequently. Definately going to pick up a few of her books. Thanks!
Thanks Amy,
I agree, it takes practice (as you can see from the article, I even argue with mine!)
I’m sure you’ll enjoy Doreen’s work.
Cheers
Sarah
Oh wow! I didn’t know that all of these were considered clairaudient. Maybe I am clairaudient after all. Since I was young, about 10, I noticed ringing noises in one ear only. Sometimes they were so loud, I could hardly concentrate. I do also sometimes hear very beautiful music – mostly string orchestral arrangements – and I just thought I was imagining things, or making them up in my head. So what do these things mean? What should I do when they happen again?
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In my experience Mare the ‘ringing’ is a download of information, or inspiration of some kind. What Doreen suggests is that during or after the experiences, ask for a sign or help deciphering the meaning of the experiences.
Also in my experience, you will get an answer pretty quickly!
Hugs
Sarah
Lovely article Sarah.
I think that however we interpret our internal experience, there is great value in quieting the mind. I operate from the principle that there is a vast reservoir of wisdom within each of us. Whether that wisdom comes from within or without or both, is not, to me, as important as being open to communicate with ‘it’, whichever way that may happen for an individual
Thanks a bunch Steve! .
Enjoying your blog too, there’s some great articles on there. Will be sharing more…
Cheers
Sarah
Clairaudience is a new word for me, and the examples you have mentioned of Clairaudience has never really happened with me!
May be I am not spiritual enough
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Hi Debra,
Thanks so much for posting this comment. It’s my belief that we all have preferred ‘channels’ of intuition and that we are very individual in our approach to utilizing these inputs. It may be that a preferred input is more prevalent in one person’s case than another, some people are intensely clairvoyant (clear seeing) and don’t hear messages at all, sometimes it’s just that the request to receive the inspiration a certain way has not yet been made.
For me, spirituality is a practice to open us to a deeper knowledge of ourselves, and in my experience practice has always produced results of some kind.
I would simply suggest that you read this article for a reason, not a coincidence, and spend some time thinking about the questions that came up for you. If you would like to know a little more about intuitive processes, I offer online sessions to assist people in discovering more… and one specifically for intuitive gifts. http://www.newworldenergetics.com/energetics-toolkit/your-intuitive-gifts
Thanks again for responding!
Sarah
LOVE this Sarah. I especially loved your examples since many of them I would not have considered as clear hearing.
Thanks for the clarification. Monica
I do not know if I have clairaudience abilities, or not. I can only tell you what I experienced and let you decide.
I was singing with the radio, doing my dishes, and out of the blue, I hear this voice. telling me that someone, and it even gives the person’s name, is trying to leave the elementary school, with my daughter. I say out loud, “no, my daughter will not leave with no one, whom she is not suppose to leave with.” The voice, says the same thing to me, but LOUDER this time. I think I am losing my mind, and ignore it.
I go to school, to pick up my children…and my daughter runs up to me, and says, “Mommy, (the person’s name) tried to get me to leave with her today, but I did not”. I could not believe my ears. It was the person that the voice has told me. I drove home, went in my bedroom, and cried like a baby. I said I was sorry for not listening to it, and that from here on, I would. And I do. I thought it was a angel, or a loved one who had passed on, someone who warns me of things. What do you think?
Hi Rita,
Thank you so much for taking the time to submit your story. I have some thoughts about your comment, so I’m going to blog about it!
Wishing you love and light on your spiritual journey
Sarah
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I just stumbled upon your website and read the definitions of a clairaudient. I have had this gift since I was 5 years old. When I was 5 years old, I began to see and hear my spirit guide, little children spirits and sometimes ghosts. With the good comes the bad, I also heard not so friendly spirits. Really nasty ones. I shared this experience with my mother and my grandfather. My mom did not take it so well. She had the house blessed and told me not to speak about my guide nor the spirits talking to me during the night. To top everything off, my mom sent me to Sunday School. However, my grandfather reacted quite differently. He came to my room, as I remembered it, and said that sometimes spirits visit us to play with us and to talk to us because we can see and hear them. That I should not tell people who are afraid of the spirit world. I told him that I seen a strange older man in my closet. He smiled and said, “Is he mean or nice?” I replied, “he just stands there with a halo over his head. He looks ancient and he speaks to me in my head.” My grandfather smudged the room and spoke to the spirit guide and the others not to scare me and to only come around when I feel comfortable. He smiled and nodded. I continued to see my guide but, I also remember seeing fairies and little people. Some people call them leprachauns. I’m not entirely sure of what I saw. But, one day, I mistakenly revealed to me that I saw spirits in the house. She just said: “don’t talk about this anymore.” I knew that she saw them also but, I think she just didn’t want to deal with all of this. Each night, I prayed to god that I wouldn’t see or hear anymore of my guide and spirits and ghosts anymore. Gradually, my prayers were answered. I closed my gift off for good, or at least I thought. Until I started reading spiritual books and listening to spiritual teachers, I wanted to hear and see my guide and the other spirits again. During my second year of university, I read Sonia Choquette’s Diary of a Psychic book and was really curious about meditation techniques, especially the one chapter about how we found her spirit guide, dot. I don’t think this was coincedence. I re-read the passage many times. I practiced the meditation techniques for a month, focusing on a single space on the wall. I blocked out all of the noise and just focused on my breathing and silencing my mind. Finally, one night, I heard: “Hi!” in a man’s voice. My heart felt like someone put electrodes around it and gave it a big jolt. I got up from my bed and darted out of my apartment building down the hallway as quickly as my feet could take me. A minute later, I realized that I was running away from a disembodied voice or slowly going insane. I was wearing a tshirt and jogging pants with no socks in a soundproof apartment complex. Walls were all white and the front door was transparent marked with the a number on it. Don’t recall what number. As I walked slowly back in, I acted as if there was an intruder in my apartment. How crazy was this? I announced to the empty space in my living room that I was coming back and I didn’t want to be bothered. I remember this day like no other.
I have more to say but, I’ll stop there for now. I’ll give more details another time.
Anyways, suffice it to say, I was awakened that day. Ever since that day, I have been hearing my two spirit guides and other spirits loud and clear. What am I doing with this gift? I used to read tarot and give readings but, I have been too busy to pick it up until today.
I just wanted to share my story. I hope this helps you out!
If you wish to contact me and share your experiences, my email is dish25@hotmail.com. Thanks.
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