GianKarlo wrote:When you first start to meditate you may find it difficult to let go of your inner voice, being plagued by busy thoughts...
Indeed.
I also find busy thoughts depend on my energy levels and stress levels.
For me there is a very definite difference bewteen the voice I purposefully use to help myself, my self compassionate voice, and the voice of my 'automatic' thoughts. It might just be that the latter is usually acompanied by visual and other audio thought aswell.
My self compassionate voice is nearly always louder than automatic thoughts, which is helpful.

It even sometimes breaks out into speaking out loud.
Nick