So are thoughts controlled or spontaneous? And what do meditators mean when they say thoughts are not under your control?

I notice that when I intentionally think of something (for example, my mother’s face or a specific movie scene), I can reliably bring up the image in my mind. This makes it feel like thoughts are my under control.

At the same time, many meditation teachings say that thoughts arise on their own. Can some meditation practitioners help me understand this. I feel like I can choose my thoughts but most meditators say thoughts appear spontaneously?

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u/paitanoz5 — 6 days ago

the old GRE quant section seems a bit too easy . IS it really reliable for IQ?

I usually score around 110s in most iq tests, but got 130 in the quant section of the old GRE.

I did average in the other two sections (110V , 115A) , but curious as to how reliable the quant section is ?

This is the test i took btw: https://cognitivemetrics.com/test/GRE

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u/paitanoz5 — 10 days ago

Can i survive grad school possibly a PHD program with this IQ?

Will be graduating from my bachelors in CS next year. Currently my GPA is 3.7 Should i even bother with grad school ?

u/paitanoz5 — 11 days ago