system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Why do we have inner monologues/pictures?

Why do we have inner monologues/pictures, and why does it not "shut up"?
gpt
There is incessant thinking because the untrained mind is run 90% of its life acting and reacting to situations based on past patterns. When your on auto pilot ideas come and the mind latches on and runs with an idea. By melting away the unnecessary and mindless thinking one finds beneath all that chatter is an blissful emptiness. Instead of thinking of what your going to do in the future, or have done in the past, your mind is identifying itself through these. The mind is like Donald trump, it keeps talking even if no one is listening or wants to hear it. Bring your focus to the present and watch your thoughts without reacting to them. You are not your thoughts, practice this and space will grow between you and mind.