[electriclizard]

> thinking in words and sentences sounds like thoughts being weighed and slowed down

This has been my experience as I've learned to stop thinking in words. I realized at one point that words are learned; which means that there was a point where you were thinking without them, before you learned language.

I've done a lot of work on myself with therapy and meditation and learned to think without words. And what I've noticed is that when I think with words, they occur AFTER what I'd call sensational thinking; thinking without words is a full-body sensational experience for me and not something that only occurs in a slice of the mind like a vapid calculation.

>mind chatter

A few times I've experienced acting without any chatter. A pure quietness. It's wonderful.

I've been working on myself to make this a permanent thing.