In this guided meditation you'll discover how thoughts arise in the mind as either visual images that seem to be projected onto a mental screen or auditory sensations such as the inner monologue. By practicing this technique you will teach the mind the disidentify from thoughts and in so doing, you will be less likely to get lost in the thought stream or suffer from rumination and worrying. You will learn how to step back from thought activity and become the witness. This is extremely useful if you are prone to anxious thought patterns. Even if you are not struggling with those issues, being able to notice thoughts as empty mental phenomena, rather than being lost in the story that the mind is telling, is a great skill to have. This skill is known as meta-cognition and is something you can develop with practice.