Oh, I can turn My internal monologue off! When I was a teenager, I read how language shapes our ability to think. So I trained Myself to think without language, to increase the range of thoughts I’m capable of having and reduce bias.
Sometimes I realise I’m getting overstimulated (autism) by too much talking in My life, so I spend a few days with less internal monologue, to give Myself a break from speech, at least in My head. Then the buzzing sensation goes away and I slowly go back to having an internal monologue.
How interesting and cool. I mean, I can have certainly have experiences that flood over me without being articulated, and I can sort of stop talking to myself for a while and I don’t lose the ability to function or anything, but it really cannot last more than a few minutes. Processing the world is deeply tied to language for me.
I’m with the others here: I want to hear more! I know it’s ironic to ask you to put it into language, but what is your experience when you are thinking without internal monologue?
Less person. More animal/monster. More images. More feelings. Mindset changes. Less wanting to conform. Less society in head. More direct desire. More motivation, willpower. Want do things. Want cuddle mate, want eat food, want do work for good life.
Oh, I can turn My internal monologue off! When I was a teenager, I read how language shapes our ability to think. So I trained Myself to think without language, to increase the range of thoughts I’m capable of having and reduce bias.
Sometimes I realise I’m getting overstimulated (autism) by too much talking in My life, so I spend a few days with less internal monologue, to give Myself a break from speech, at least in My head. Then the buzzing sensation goes away and I slowly go back to having an internal monologue.
A vow of silence is part of a formal monastic life… probably for the same reason you do your retreats.
Train us, sensei, in these dark arts!
How interesting and cool. I mean, I can have certainly have experiences that flood over me without being articulated, and I can sort of stop talking to myself for a while and I don’t lose the ability to function or anything, but it really cannot last more than a few minutes. Processing the world is deeply tied to language for me.
It habit. To form, practice think without talk. Spend more and more time. Use few word when have to speak. Better for keeping habit going.
~ Vivace
I’m with the others here: I want to hear more! I know it’s ironic to ask you to put it into language, but what is your experience when you are thinking without internal monologue?
Less person. More animal/monster. More images. More feelings. Mindset changes. Less wanting to conform. Less society in head. More direct desire. More motivation, willpower. Want do things. Want cuddle mate, want eat food, want do work for good life.
~ Vivace