Does thinking ever stop?

Does thinking ever stop?

Have you ever wondered about your thought process? Every second, we think. We could also say, that we think we think. We always take credit over our ability to creatively use our mind to solve problems. In fact, we believe that sentient thought processes are what separates us from animals; that somehow evolution bestowed upon us the leap of consciousness into the world of thought and thinking. Than we use this thought processes to conjure up ideas of the reality and fantasy, sometimes for good purposes; other times for destructive outcomes.

Could it also be said that instead of actively thinking, thinking is passively happening to us? Rene Descartes once said "I think, therefore I am". How about reversing that into "I am, therefore, I think". The reality is that our body is run by nerve systems that congregate at various centers known as plexus. The largest of these plexus is in our skull; a congregation of nerves so large that we give the organ a name, brain. The brain generates billions of impulses per second, constantly analyzing feedback from the surroundings with its sensory organs. These feedback form the imagery that is constantly arising in our field of consciousness, the mind, and we infer these as thought processes.

We can't consciously stop our heart beat as deep in our heart there is a tissue known as the sino-atrial node that generates impulses causing the heart to continue to beat for a lifetime. Similarly, is there such a tissue in our brain that causes thinking to continue to occur? If there is, we have not found it yet. Since time immemorial, sages and enlightened prophets have attempted to go into a state of 'no-mind'. Mind and thinking, is associated with the root cause of all suffering. Thus, to not suffer, meditation is a therapeutic strategy to stop the thought process.

Contrary to spiritual belief, to stop suffering you don't need to stop thinking. You just need to stop associating yourself with the gravitational pull of your thoughts. Thoughts happen to you, that is all. The thoughts within your head is not you. There is an awareness that is silently witnessing the thoughts that happen to you. You are that awareness and much more beyond that in the realm of stillness and absence. So, who exactly are you? Why don't you remain mentally still in absence from this world and collapse into a single point of awareness to find out your true nature?