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That's the first step. Once seen as sensations, thoughts eventually grow quiescent. Triggered sometimes by association, then quickly gone.

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Franklin Delafleur

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Oct 26, 2017

I do not catch cessations (I think) but am now able to "shift" easily into a "watcher" point of view, where thoughts feels like sensations https://twitter.com/Triquetrea/status/923507155482939392…

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Oct 26, 2017

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Much of what we call "thinking" is more like the feedback loop triggered by scratching an itch.

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Oct 26, 2017

"This is really itchy. Better scratch it. GAH! Oh bother, now I need to salve it. Uh. Still stings. Maybe I shouldn't scratch that." Etc.

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@Triquetrea

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Oct 26, 2017

Thought-as-sensation injects a new signal into the loop, disrupts it. Funny thing is you can often feel the trigger that amplifies the loop.

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Oct 26, 2017

Thought triggers bellyaching anxiety (oft perceived as thought) triggers reflexive self-judgement (tightening of facial muscles) triggers...

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Oct 26, 2017

But when perceived this way, it's sometimes so fucking funny that you can't help but laugh/snort/shake your head, and it breaks the pattern.

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Oct 26, 2017

Thought felt as sensation doesn't particularly incite to further thought on its own. A cascade eventually reaches a definitive end point.