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Re:The effect of meditation on brain structure (2012) by bnjms on Sunday September 22, 2019 @05:55PM (#21044223)
Correct me if mistaken but isn’t the goal of mindfulness meditation to accept the inner dialogue rather than fighting it?

For instance at one point as a child I had a conscience that would talk to me but as I grew older the voice passed into the background. Now my thoughts are the sort of jumbled mess meditators talk about.

So I don’t understand why developing the ability to hear and accept these other voices would be a detriment.

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Re:The effect of meditation on brain structure (2012) by qwerty456127 on Sunday September 22, 2019 @07:53PM (#21044802)
It's not the goal, it's the way. It disappears as you actually learn to observe it and everything mindfully all the time. E.g. now I only have inner dialogue when I choose to entertain myself this way and some times I feel too lazy even for this.
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