Noticing The Narrative Voice 😂

Do you have this internal ‘voice’ in your head that narrates stuff? That makes plans, and uses language despite that fact that you don't need the language since you're already 100% privy to whatever the voice knows? In me it’s similar to the voice that “reads aloud” internally when I’m writing this right now. I noticed in a meditation experience recently how incessant this voice was in my head. I was thinking at the voice, “dude, it’s just me here and I’m experiencing this fully, there’s no need to describe it” and then I realized that was the voice! After that I found “him” hilariously scrambling to find a new job: Meta-narrating that he was narrating! 😂 Since then I keep noticing how pervasive, and silly, this self-making habit is. I was at the climbing gym and started auto-thinking plans that were totally unnecessary—after the climb, I would have at least as much information as before, but be a lot more clear-headed.

If you do notice something similar in you, you might enjoy pausing the narrative habit and relaxing into a kind of pure perception. Immediate sense data, minimal interpretation. All the language for it feels a little too mystical—it is mystical, but it's simpler than that. The invitation is to set aside thought for a bit and discover what's still here.

With love, Jordan