I wrote a lesson plan that was used in a chess camp this summer, and one section covered various thought processes. Here is an excerpt from that section.
"As time goes on, your thought process will start to be based more and more on your positional intuition. Instead of explicitly weighing certain details against each other, you will instinctively be able to feel what direction the game is headed in. This intuition does not come naturally, but instead is the result of playing hundreds and thousands of chess games. Over the course of all those games, you will see positions similar to the one you are playing right now, and even though you may not explicitly internalize them, your subconsciousness will recognize the themes from before, and you will have some vague recollection or understanding of the position based on your prior experience."
"As time goes on, your thought process will start to be based more and more on your positional intuition. Instead of explicitly weighing certain details against each other, you will instinctively be able to feel what direction the game is headed in. This intuition does not come naturally, but instead is the result of playing hundreds and thousands of chess games. Over the course of all those games, you will see positions similar to the one you are playing right now, and even though you may not explicitly internalize them, your subconsciousness will recognize the themes from before, and you will have some vague recollection or understanding of the position based on your prior experience."