TheOtherDave comments on Ureshiku Naritai - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 December 2010 03:26:49PM 0 points [-]

My impression from reading meditation and doing some of it is that shutting down one's internal monologue is something that happens after a practicing for quite a while. (Months? Years?) It isn't an initial goal.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 10 December 2010 03:38:42PM 0 points [-]

It's not a binary thing, either. One common technique is to be aware of one's internal monologue without investing emotionally in it or trying to suppress it; (this is described in lots of different language) this tends to reduce its intensity and ubiquity over time.