Awareness vs Mind/Thought

This last two months has been a resurgence of what some might say is my mental illness. Triggered by the event of John telling me he had a message for me from a spirit (read past posts starting January 28 with Where to Begin) I have come around without major fallout (no hospital, or self-mutilation). I have been laying low. Not much reading. Meditation has been only on the breath. I am noticing the space as much as possible. A tool that works really well in calming my brain. Instead of noticing the tree, the house, the person - all objects of sight, I notice the space between everything (when it is snowing it is easy to see the space). It is here I find peace and quiet in the mind. Mind and Awareness are separate. Mind/Thought is of objects and Awareness is of space.