You are not the thinker

The beginning of mindfulness is the realization that you are not "the thinker."
The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated.
You then begin to realize that there is a vast realm of intelligence beyond thought,
that thought is only a tiny aspect of that intelligence. 

You also realize that all the things that truly matter
​ - beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace - arise from beyond the mind.

You begin to awaken.

Echart Tolle