The Witnessing Mind

This is a methodless method.
It can be done like devotion or it can be the purest awareness meditation.
It is a way to break addiction to thoughts.

I would name it:
To be with.

Meaning: Let come, let go.

Sit facing the empty blank wall with eyes open. Do nothing, no technique of any kind. Because doing is a thought game to feel you exist as doer or ego.

Whatever thoughts, sounds, emotions come, just be with them. And just watch out for not getting engaged and going into speaking, doing, or thinking—but instead, let them come and go.

You just keep staring at the wall, watch the drama of being you. Many stories from your life history will appear. But accept this, don't interfere, and don't analyze. Here, you will learn the feel of "let go," which means let come, let go.

No resistance to any thought or feeling. Feel your resistance, fear; let it play out.

You will notice again and again your mind will want to jump in and claim its control. But watch that game, do nothing at all.

If a painful memory is there, do nothing, just be with it. Don't operate on it.

This way, you are giving your mind wisdom a space to organize itself by playing out the repressed thoughts, memories, etc. So once your mind plays out the trapped energies of thoughts, it starts to get settled, then real wisdom energy of the mind will start to surface like a clean mirror.

This is also a deep devotion—just to be with in this moment with life, with yourself. You will sit with your beloved life, just feeling and listening. As the famous Beatles song goes, Let it be.

Don't push, don't withdraw, or ignore. As you look at the waves of the river rising and falling. You may taste the feel of acceptance, the juice of it, which means to be with things as they are.

Remember whatsoever happens, don't say, "Oh, I got trapped in thoughts" or "I am distracted." Let that be, create no further mind game—just realize and do nothing.

This is the highest form of meditation developed in humanity by Zen Buddhism as an improvisation on vipassana meditation, in which you focus on breath. But Zen Buddhism was a combination of Buddhist and Taoist philosophy, which is based on the water method of doing nothing but accepting and becoming the moment.

When you are moved by thoughts and memories, you become their slave. But when you do nothing, let them throw a tantrum without saying anything. You have become the master.

So claim your mastery by relaxing, sitting, facing a blank wall, opening your eyes, staring, and doing nothing about mind thoughts. Let things come and let them go.

The reason for open eyes is that with closed eyes, you fall into the dream world of thoughts. With open eyes, you stay aware of thought as thought, not reality.

Do not focus on breath either because that brings a choice of mind. This is deeper than that. Yes, you will become aware of your breath, but that is not your focus, but part of your passive awareness of your current situation.

This practice will give you a very powerful base to deal with all our issues which arise because of our attachment to compulsive thoughts and reactions.

There is a famous haiku by Basho, a Zen master and poet:

Sitting silently doing nothing. Spring comes and grass grows by itself.

When practicing, remember:
Good news is, nothing stays.
Bad news is, nothing stays.