Mental Talk As A Gateway To Disconnect With The Thoughts

We all have that mental talk in our auditory telling us lots of things without any of our intention to contact with these thoughts. In this meditation, we explore the auditory aspect of our thoughts. We use this mental talk as a gateway to disconnect from thoughts that come and go. We are going to work with this inner space talk from which thoughts arise.

Transcript

Hello, In today's meditation, We're going to focus on the mental talk. Okay, So the mental talk is in that inner box space in your auditory, The voice that you hear in your ears that constantly saying things to do or thought comes and goes. So we try to connect with this mental talk and use it as a getaway to this identify with thoughts. So we're going to explore the auditory aspect of thoughts in a way that can help us disconnect with them and perhaps connect what lies beyond them, Where they're coming from, Which could be the source. So there is a strong relationship to the mind. Any sort of meditation practice that we do, Mind is the heart of what we are working with. And that's what makes it a little bit challenging sometimes. So as we know from the moment to moment, Mind get busy, We also know that thoughts arises and they might not be to our best interest. So we are going to work with that inner space talk that can put us close to the source from which the thoughts arise and which we have no control. So let's settle in, Find the posture that you can maintain without needing to change it or to make too many adjustments. You can sit cross-legged, You can sit on a chair, You can lie down, Find that really comfortable position for yourself. You can even move slightly, Wiggle, Move your hip side to side just to make sure you're really finding that cozy, Juicy, Comfortable spot to sit comfortable in a good posture. So let's close our eyes to hold our attention in our thought space, In particular in auditory component in our thought. So let's zoom in to our inner space. So we're going to do a little bit of exercise to synthesizing before we begin just to be aware of what this auditory, The inner space in our mind is. So I invite you to start counting to five, So start from one to five, Just slowly counting in sight. Count in very relaxed way as you're counting, Allow some space between the number, Don't rush. So you're counting in a calm voice, In relaxed voice. Keep repeating, Every time you reach to five, You go back to number one. Where you are hearing those numbers is your inner box space, Your auditory, The voice that you hear inside your ears and that you're repeating. Continue counting. You can even speed it up slightly. You can even say them loud if you find that it's really engaging you and you can connect with that inner box space. You might notice there is a great energy connecting with this audio sensation as you're just counting the numbers. Now let go of the numbers. You can even think of a song or words that keep repeating sometime in your inner chatting box. You might even feel sometime hearing that sound or that music makes you move. So that again is that inner box space, Your audio, Sound that is in your, Behind your ears and it's inside. So this is your inner auditory thinking space. This is what tells you sometime you wake up and you can hear it or sometime even interrupt you others talking and you kind of hear that little box, Chat box activating. So we are going to focus on that. It's a little bit challenging but it's there if you focus on it, It's there. So now we are going to sit back in that comfortable posture that we're sitting with closed eyes and observe this inner space, Your auditory thoughts. Become aware that there are sounds and we are not interested in the content of that sounds that thought. We're not interested in the content, Why is there, Just we want to observe, We just want to connect with that sound. So we don't want to caught up in the story or any ideas, Just noticing the thought. Sometimes the thoughts may come very quickly, They may be one after each other, Maybe two together, Very hard to even have time to catch them or it could be with some space in between, Between those auditory thoughts. So if you are lucky and there is a space in between, We can hang around. Let's just observe all these. We are not looking for quiet mind, We are just observing whatever is there. We are simply noticing, Noticing if there is talk or space between those auditory thoughts or maybe there is not. Maybe there is a space, Just noticing. You can actually say the word ON when there is an activity happening in your auditory or say OFF when there is no activity. This might be hard to track, Don't worry about it, It is okay. And if you are late in catching the thought, That's perfectly okay. Just hang around. If the thought comes in, Say ON and if the thought is gone, Just say the word OFF. Sometimes we might get some mental images, Just ignore these for now. And they might come and go, We are not interested in them, These images. We notice that we are already less engaged in mind by not getting involved in too many thoughts. You might have some sticky thoughts that you feel you are really engaging in them and you feel you got stuck on that, No problem. Just back up from them. And if that was just a sound arising and passing, Why? Without engaging, Just let it go. We can observe a quiet mind. We can observe if there are no thoughts. We are going to shift our attention to the thought, To the moment that end, Just the moment that the thought is leaving. And you can know that gone. We can have many different variety of thoughts going and coming and again going. Thoughts will flow with awareness. See if you can notice when an individual thought end and it's gone. You might have that little voice inside you saying, But I don't know this or I don't understand how to catch the end of the thought. That's okay. So you might experience this in your auditory box, The mental talk. Keep noticing, Keep focusing on your thought. And before you know it, You will notice when they're coming and when they're going. When they're going, Just note gone or end. So you are not engaging. You are just noticing gone. We cannot control the thoughts that are arising. We cannot even ask where the thoughts are coming from and why they are coming randomly. We may use the word source, They're coming from source or the mystery. Could this give us an opportunity to experience the source or the mystery? Think of the thought like the waves from the ocean that arises and passes. Never stay in one place, Always moving. Just treat them as a constant movement that start and end over and over. And that's what our mystery or source is doing, Sending us all those thoughts that are calm and they're leaving. Perhaps we may start thinking that the thoughts are the expression of the source, Always changing, Always coming randomly and always leaving. Then we start thinking that our thoughts should have a specific quality or that they should be spiritual thought and they should be a good thought. So if we don't have that experience of good spiritual thought, So there is something wrong with my thought, With my inner box. And I will invite you perhaps knowing that we are not the source or we are not responsible for these thoughts and knowing that I don't create them. Maybe I can connect with that space and awareness, But I don't create them. I am not responsible for them and I'm not going to try to change them. Just staying here. This way we get ourselves off the hook. So we are not getting stuck in stories or ideas or changing any behavior. We're thinking of how I can fix this, How I can get rid of it. How can I get rid of judgment? How can I make that person behave better? And so on and so forth. We are not here to change anything or be responsible for any thought. Let all these thoughts come and go like waves. We see them, They're gone. Just say gone. Don't attach to them. Don't let them limit you or control you. Just like that ocean, We cannot control the ocean, The waves. They're randomly rising, Coming, Going, And there is a moment of quiet space and there's a moment of too many random waves. Let them come. Let them go. No attachment. The moment you dis-identify from everything your mind no longer has any business with you. The minute you disconnect from the thought, Your mind no longer has any power over you. So we're coming to the end of our meditation today. And we worked with our inner auditory thinking space. That quiet time is very active and it might be very annoying. Knowing that you have nothing to do with it and let it come and go. Just bring some light, Some peace, Some awareness, And get you off the hook and not judging yourself. Don't try to change anything. Be who you are. As we're coming to the end of our meditation, I want to thank you for your practice and have a wonderful day. Namaste.