[logpogingg]

during meditation i studied the thought process and came to the conclusion that there are at least two steps of thinking.
first there is the pure thought or the intention to think. i call it thought impulse. then after the thought impulse we write out the thought in full like we are thinking 'i must go to the shop', 'i have to eat something' and so on. during normal life were not aware of the first step but we are just 'hearing' the inner monologue.
during meditation when i try to calm my mind i manage to prevent it from doing the second step but the thought impulse still comes. when this happens i just ignore it.
so are you reaching a state where even the thought impulse doesnt come or is it sufficient just to prevent the second step? in my understanding it would be even dangerous to prevent the thought impulse because you would never think again...
but maybe there is a step before the thought impulse that im not aware of yet. what do you say?