Hi man!
Oooooh the voice in the head!! that old chesnut huh?
I didnt actually ever think about it until around 3 years ago when I found a book called Mind Calm, and started to read a bit about the mind which led to mindfulness.
Personally the "voice in my head" was always a confident one in most aspects of life whilst growing up, but obviously were have all different voices in different heads. Be wary of the ones who say "what voice?" - this means they are completely under the power of the mind and you will, if you know them , be able to start seeing the difference of how people react to life situations and how they are as a human, depending on the level of awareness that they have in relationship of the voice.
Say if someone really has no clue what your talking about, this means that the voice in the head is so strong in control that the voice said exactly what the person said, with no gap in thought, just splutting out the minds no acceptance that it even exists and thats that. Maybe one day they will see its just a voice, and that it is separate from true self and also that the voice ultimately just wants you to feel UNHAPPY.
Our minds (the voice) are completely conditioned by our upbringings.
continuously comparing a current situation to the past where you maybe failed or somebody said something that you dont remember , but your subconsciousness does, and is still just repeating the magnet of emotion pain toward yourself. Its shitty, but thats just how it is!
We can practice to reset and quieten this voice (we must practice regular to keep it from gaining power again, even on days the voice isnt so chatty) with mindfullness techniques. Myself, I do it on 2 bus rides each day, 30 mins each way and the mind is pritty silent throughout. But if I miss a day or two which of course happen since getting the Steem App, then I realise that im just thinking again (listening to the voice and conversating in mind.) Shit then this leads to seeing who crazy people are, just people who conversate answers to the thinking mind, but out loud instead of quietly like "sane" people do.
Sorry for the long reply ill bring it to an end, im also a herbalist and these herbs here make you chatty it seems but to be fair though this subject your freewrite is about, is something im studying since a few years and love it, fascinating how we are literally prisoners of our mind!
Big love!
great points you bring up! definitely be aware of someone who says they have no voice hahaha!! that unconsciousness as you say leads to unreflective living! interesting ideas that the voice wants us to be unhappy - i wonder why that is? safety? basic fear of change?
definitely a good practice to remember to meditate- i've had cycles of doing it more and i know it definitely helps my clarity, mental health and as you say we get space from it! it's healthy for sure!
this line really interested me; it's a great point!
haha, the sane people just have the dialogue inside... that made me laugh! big love <3
hahhahah yep, sad but true! The unhappy thing has been labelled "The Pain Body" this is like the emotional side of ego and is exactly what you describe about the "im not good enough" thing. I think it stems from our minds always looking for dangers like a sabertooth tiger from back in the caveman days (if that even happened who really knows?!) but these days we have no threats like this so the mind is left with not much to do, so it creates threats that arn't real :)