[vijucat]

The "Who am I?" enquiry as described in "Self Inquiry Practice" [1] (just the first few minutes of the audio will suffice) and some combination of listening to the various Nisargadatta Maharaj audios on YouTube ([2], [3], for example) helped me.

It should be easy and effortless once you get the knack of it; you should be able to suspend all thought and enter silence on-demand. "Observe your breath", etc; are things that naturally occur AFTER one becomes silent (the intensity of the silence causes you to be attentive to each little movement in the here and now with new eyes). It seems to me that common meditation practice has this in the reverse order and unfortunately, I am not sure that mere imitation is going to help. Instead, abandon all postures and practices except one: the question "Who am I?". Please let me know if you have any further questions.

1. Self Inquiry Practice - Ramana Maharshi - Audiobook - Spoken by lomakayu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymvj01q44o0

2. I AM THAT excerpts pages 236 to 250: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VxOFa0GE9Y

3. I am only the Self: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzd0txiRN2E