[Master_B]

It is possible, with regular practice, to still the mind. but I don't think this itself automatically opens the door to clear thinking. It might open the door to "no thinking" .

fojiao2

in theravada, vipassana does not involve any thinking.

in mahayana, vipassana is often defined as analytical reasoning, but this is not vipassana

in theravada, analytical reasoning is called 'yonisomanasikara'

the word 'vipassana' is 'vi' = 'clearly' and 'passa' = 'to see'

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For a person whose mind is concentrated, there is no need for an act of will, 'May I know & see things as they actually are.' It is in the nature of things that a person whose mind is concentrated knows & sees things as they actually are.

Cetana Sutta: An Act of Will