Detachment...........

    Spiritual alignment is with context rather than content.  To
watch the mind is far different from identifying with it.  To
witness and observe are beneficially removed from the
alternative of emotional involvement and gain-or-loss
participation in the world of perception.  To watch the mind
from a detached position is educational, nonstressful, and
can be done with equanimity.  Whereas the consciousness
level of the witness/observer increases awareness, the ego
watches with the expectation of 'doing' or 'getting'
something.

-David Hawkins, Discovery of the Presence of God