CoffeeDrinker
Bluelighter
Dude aren't you an avid meditator? You control your thoughts then, don't you?
By control I mean alter in some way according to your own conscious efforts. By that definition when you are counting your breaths and thoughts crop up during meditation you choose to keep counting and the thoughts go away. I'm not talking about rigid control, but you can definitely gently guide your thoughts along a certain way if you so choose.
Also, by studying you are controlling the thoughts you have regarding a particular subject, which may overlap and alter the thoughts you have in any number of other areas.
I hold that you can preemptively control your thoughts by conditioning yourself to think and act a certain way when a certain event takes place, that's not to say that it's guaranteed to think the "way you want" when the time comes, but it makes it easier for sure.
Are you talking about something different?
I tend to have some uncontrollable thoughts too, like sometimes I think to myself "what would realistically happen if I just slapped a guy at the bank?" often times when I get those thoughts they are far more violent than that example however. I just notice them and ignore them at this point, like you said, that's the best way to have them move on.
By control I mean alter in some way according to your own conscious efforts. By that definition when you are counting your breaths and thoughts crop up during meditation you choose to keep counting and the thoughts go away. I'm not talking about rigid control, but you can definitely gently guide your thoughts along a certain way if you so choose.
Also, by studying you are controlling the thoughts you have regarding a particular subject, which may overlap and alter the thoughts you have in any number of other areas.
I hold that you can preemptively control your thoughts by conditioning yourself to think and act a certain way when a certain event takes place, that's not to say that it's guaranteed to think the "way you want" when the time comes, but it makes it easier for sure.
Are you talking about something different?
I tend to have some uncontrollable thoughts too, like sometimes I think to myself "what would realistically happen if I just slapped a guy at the bank?" often times when I get those thoughts they are far more violent than that example however. I just notice them and ignore them at this point, like you said, that's the best way to have them move on.