I was under the impression that your thoughts never did stop. until you die, even then, what if your soul (if you have one) has thoughts. then it really would be infinite
There are times when I don't have any thoughts...When extreme focus is required I have no recolection of any thought. I don't think soul soul thinks, it just feels. Your mind thinks.
I agree. If you can actually shut your mind off (the part that thinks in words) you can do some amazing things.
The best way to learn how to turn the minds thoughts off is to stop trying to remember what it was you were just thinking. If you try and remember to do this you will have to realize you will need to originally forget accidently and only apply the technique when you instinctually reach out for the memory.
sometimes when i wake up early in the morning i cant stop thinking about random things in my mind and its so uncomfortable. i wont say painful, but its annoying to think that early in the morning, so i try to make my mind go blank.
sometimes my mind is like somebody who won't stop talking to you when you're trying to watch a movie. And then it'll go "hey, what's going on there?" and expect you to explain the whole movie to it.