Same thing as everyone else, our thoughts just take a different shape. My thoughts are pretty abstract, I have neither an inner monologue nor mind’s eye, but it’s not just total emptiness and silence when I meditate.
Everyone’s got an inner monologue. Some are just better at articulating it.
But meditation isn’t about thinking, it’s about breathing. Slow, deep breaths to calm your heart and relax your muscles. The idea is to clear your mind by physically releasing stress, not to dwell on your problems by squeezing your eyes shut and catastrophizing.
nope, there are actually people who don’t have an inner monologue. they think with pictures, associations, and feelings but cannot hear themselves in their head.
It’s possible to transition. I used to have a constant voice in my head, it’s no longer constant but I can think that way if I want to.
Meditation does “help”, though I don’t think it’s necessarily a goal to eliminate that voice. But as you let your mind settle and open your awareness to your whole body while avoiding judgement, the voice gets quieter and calmer.
I really wonder what happens during meditation to those people without an inner monologue…
Same thing as everyone else, our thoughts just take a different shape. My thoughts are pretty abstract, I have neither an inner monologue nor mind’s eye, but it’s not just total emptiness and silence when I meditate.
Having both, that sounds really unimagenly strange and alien to me… 😯
Everyone’s got an inner monologue. Some are just better at articulating it.
But meditation isn’t about thinking, it’s about breathing. Slow, deep breaths to calm your heart and relax your muscles. The idea is to clear your mind by physically releasing stress, not to dwell on your problems by squeezing your eyes shut and catastrophizing.
nope, there are actually people who don’t have an inner monologue. they think with pictures, associations, and feelings but cannot hear themselves in their head.
It’s possible to transition. I used to have a constant voice in my head, it’s no longer constant but I can think that way if I want to.
Meditation does “help”, though I don’t think it’s necessarily a goal to eliminate that voice. But as you let your mind settle and open your awareness to your whole body while avoiding judgement, the voice gets quieter and calmer.
There’s actually lots of kinds of meditation.
Thats like saying the purpose of surgery is to take stuff out or the purpose of drugs is to stop headaches.