It's not really about turning off your thoughts, so much as "stepping back" and observing your thoughts. How interesting that that thought wandered by just aft

It's not really about turning off your thoughts, so much as "stepping back" and observing your thoughts. How interesting that that thought wandered by just after this other one. It's "smile", that one feels pretty good. This next one is "boredom"... Fascinating! What is that about? Why do I feel it? What happens if I use "smile" on it? What about this monologue? Can I step back and observe those thoughts? The Zen master says he's thinking about nothing while meditating. That doesn't mean no thought, it means observing the thing that Null pointers point to.