I am very much impressed by the exchange in the parent-comments and cannot upvote sufficiently.
With regards to the ‘mental motion’:
In contrast, the model description you gave made it sound like craving was an active process that one could simply refrain from [...]
As I see it, the perspective of this (sometimes) being an active process makes sense from the global workspace theory perspective: There is a part of one’s mind that actually decides on activating craving or not. (Especially if trained through meditation) it is possible to connect this part to the global workspace and thus consciousness, which allows noticing and influencing the decision. If this connection is strong enough and can be activated consciously, it can make sense to call this process a mental motion.
I am very much impressed by the exchange in the parent-comments and cannot upvote sufficiently.
With regards to the ‘mental motion’:
As I see it, the perspective of this (sometimes) being an active process makes sense from the global workspace theory perspective: There is a part of one’s mind that actually decides on activating craving or not. (Especially if trained through meditation) it is possible to connect this part to the global workspace and thus consciousness, which allows noticing and influencing the decision. If this connection is strong enough and can be activated consciously, it can make sense to call this process a mental motion.