A little while back after a meditation on this beach in Sardinia I was talking with a friend with a somewhat humorous tone about meditation in terms of ism and aboutism. Ism is the type of subtle thought which is directly connected with what is actually happening right now and aboutism is the mental chatter that  is commenting  on and  distancing you from what is actually  being experienced. A bit of fun,  but at the same time it can be useful as a way of detecting a remote and distant  way of thinking  which  is not actually  allowing you to experience what is going on.