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White Noise and the Ego

Pollyanna83Pollyanna83 Explorer
edited December 2011 in Meditation
It occurred to me during my meditation this morning that I have (of late) lots of (what seems to me) senseless chatter going on in my mind (who doesn't?), and realize that I spend countless hours going over old conversations or planning out future ones. Is it avoidance of the present or is it possibly something else?

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  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited December 2011
    It's something else.
    It's simply called 'Monkey Mind' and absolutely everyone, without exception, has to deal with it.
    You just notice it more because your effort to meditate, and to be mindful, is more apparent now.
    it hasn't actually increased at all. You have simply become more aware of it.
  • zenffzenff Veteran
    The progress you made is that you see the chatter without “being” it.

    Maybe that’s what meditation does.
    Everything in our mind is just happening there – is just passing by. And because we are meditating; the normal process of identifying with all that stuff is not happening.
    Meditating is “dropping off body and mind”.

  • Pollyanna83Pollyanna83 Explorer
    It's just a bit strange for me because I've never noticed it after four plus years of meditating...
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Aaah. That's because you've obviously been doing it wrong all that time, then......











    Just kidding.....

    Nothing stays the same.... we all come across different aspects and factors in meditation, at different times.... maybe this is just a new development for you.

    And that's ok.


    Don't sweat it, or get stuck on it..... :)
  • Pollyanna83Pollyanna83 Explorer
    Thanks! I appreciate it the encouragement.
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