Is self-talk in my mind normal during meditation?

Thats the biggest mistake people do while in meditation. They tend to understand focus/attention/concentration as meditation. Most of the people (99%) understand the meditation in complete wrong way. Its because no one have taught them or guided them about meditation. read more

Many meditation techniques suggest dealing with the thoughts that arise simply by labeling them (often simply by mentally calling the thought"thinking") and returning to the object of the meditation, most commonly the breath. read more

The focus of meditation is to mend or control the mind through various techniques, such as, rhythemic breathing , arresting thought processes and diverting its multiple ways of operation to single minded devotion through concentration. read more

If your meditation is just sitting around and thinking, then is no point in talking about the mind wandering as if it is something outside the practice because that is what you are doing. However, if you are practicing mindfulness, allowing the mind to wander is what you are trying to avoid. read more