Whats your take on earworm cures?

[Monica]

What are ear worms?

I didn't know either, even though I've been afflicted with them all my life.

I can't believe I've never heard the term before! Except in a Night Gallery episode!

I looked it up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm

It's particularly annoying when it's some dreadful pop song with a hook! Arrggh!

I don't mind if I like the song...for a little while. But if it persists for days and days, then it starts ruining the song for me. So the only way out of it is to play a different song. Right now I've had a beautiful song by a fav band stuck in my head for about a week. I really love that song and played it about 5 times in a row, so I set myself up for it to get stuck.

Back to the topic: how to get rid of it so it doesn't play during meditation? Answer: The same way we get rid of chatter. Focus on the 3rd eye, chant, or whatever technique to stop the chatter.

For me, the Kriya Yoga technique of rubbing the eyeballs works the best to clear my mind and leave me with a blank slate.

Another good method is to memorize an image, say for example a Tarot card of your choice. Scan it row by row in your mind. Then, unscan it row by row, making it disappear. When it disappears. so will mind chatter...and earworms.

For awhile anyway. The idea is to get better at it and be able to empty the mind for longer periods of time.