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 Im not sure why, but this reminds me of this game that we played in high school. The game is simple, the object of the game is not to think of the game. When you do think of the game, you lose the game and when you dont think about the game you win the game. Those are the only rules. In this sense, the only way to win the game is not to be aware of it. Once you are thinking about the game, however, it is pretty impossible to forget about it. I would like to think that it is somewhat possible to control thought, but there are so many things going on in our surrounding environment that trigger thoughts that I think it would be hard to completely control what you are thinking. Whenever I hear/read/think about the word game, I remember "The Game" I played in high school. At the same time, there are often points in time where thoughts simply pop into my head. I didnt try to put them there and they are not generally connected to anything I am doing at the moment. This could connect with the fact that the nervous system is a generative system. Instead of completely controlling our thoughts, our nervous system is working with input/output as well as input from within the nervous system.