Being lost in thoughts is a form of masturbation. But it makes a difference whether you are aware of something or of anything. You can play a lot of games with meditation that are pure wastes of time. Gurdjieff's self-remembering is the same thing as Theravada's mindfulness. Minds are incredibly prone to travel in ruts.
Small children hum like cats when they eat.
The memory is worth recovering. Text copyright 2000 Freddie Yam. Freddie Yam is an avid collector of audiovisual recordings. Despite the huge size of his collection, he finds himself replaying a small part of it over and over to the exclusion of the rest. He writes frequently for this website.