That something is voluntary doesn't imply you have the power to choose.
Thoughts are voluntary. Can you stop yours?
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Thought content perhaps not, but thinking in itself seems to be voluntary, at least to a degree. I've gained some sparse control over mine.
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Ahhh? See how long you can not think. Don't jam the channel with a mantra or visualization or some such.
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At the moment, I'd say about 10-15 seconds. But will be something like:
Silence.
Random notion arises and passes.
Silence.
Another notion.
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Not voluntary. Even someone who no longer gets chatter, like Vinay, still gets thought.
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Fair enough. I see your point.
It seems to be the whole "not chatter" thing, but it's toggling on and off again all the time. Unstable.
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For someone who hasn't shut off chatter, I'm very good at shutting down thoughts. It all requires deliberate state manipulation
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you can relax completely, and that will empty out a ton; or you can channel jam thru attention so there's no room for thoughts.
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Seems to be the latter in this case. There's almost an audible sound like: youtu.be/a4Vu5latvTI
Then world gets loud, mind quiet.
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but I suggest you test this yourself. It's an opening to a rather important realization.
Go! ;)