Basically the same point made by Alan Watts and backed up by some psychology studies: the interna verbalisation seems to come after the decision to act was made somewhere in the brain. That is to say, your internal monologue is not “commanding you”, it’s organising after the act.
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You could almost say it’s telling a story to make sense of what you were going to do anyway. “Stop thinking, and end your problems.” — Tao.
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