This is something I’ve tried, on occasion, to explain to others. A good effort is about all that can be given… the experience doesn’t lend itself to words. Experiences in which thoughts are not being formed, do not lend themselves to being easily described by words.
I sat for a minute here without thought. I can turn it off anytime I choose I guess. At times it’s less rock-solid than others and thoughts are eventually formed. This time a minute went by and no thoughts began.
The feeling… the difference between an experience of having a mind that is stopped, and one that is creating thoughts is, I think, just the difference of not having any awareness of time passing…
I’ll have to look more closely at that – but, it appears that this is the difference, if I had to put it into one sentence.
In a lucid, thought-filled state, there is always this very clear idea that time is going on… it’s passing. Seconds are ticking by… as an entity – we’re moving through time from this point to that point.
Without thought – with just the pure experience of the brain – sans thought, there is no awareness of time at all.
There is only now. Now lasts continually – it doesn’t go away, but it isn’t seen as lasting when in that state either.
Seems like the more I say, the further I get away from relating to you the best about how it really is in that state. I’ll be quiet now…