user14104: Watching bodily sensations is simple ,there is always a sensation to recognize in the present moment .Same with breathing ,hearing and seeing.Always a reception exists realtime.

For example:-
In breathing: there is a slow breath ,heavy breath ,refreshing breath.
In the body:There is comfort ,tightness ,discomfort.

But the mind as a sixth sense isn't as easy .It doesn't seem like it always keeps receiving a continuous stream of thoughts to recognize in the present.
Is there a meditation practice that can help recognize thoughts continuously ?.Or do thoughts pop out erratically and according to ones interaction with the aggregates?. 
Edit
What I mean by thoughts as in ideas coming to the mind.

user43: But the mind as a sixth sense isn't as easy. It doesn't seem like it always keeps receiving a continuous stream of thoughts to recognize in the present?
In Tibetan tradition they say that the watching mind is also a kind of thinking. So the impulses like "let me watch this", "let me watch that", and recognitions like "I see this", "I see nothing" etc. - are all examples of thinking.
Also, the quality of the watching mind is something you can notice. Like, is the watching mind clear, or slow, or sleepy, or irritated, or restless, or suppressing something etc.
Is there a meditation practice that can help recognize thoughts continuously?
(Indirectly) watch the watching mind, and see how its opinion about what it watches becomes the next thought.

user12022: The part of your mind that is seeing thoughts is mind. Therefore you have awareness of mind. As you watch mind, thoughts, sensations, feelings, emotions, perceptions, all this arises then passes away. There isn't a special need to watch thought-stream. It's just one of the things happening, so its recorded and detailed in meditation instructions merely to help you become aware.
middle discourses 10
Mindfulness Meditation - Satipaṭṭhānasutta
3. Observing the Mind
And how does a mendicant meditate observing an aspect of the mind?
It’s when a mendicant knows mind with greed as ‘mind with greed,’ and mind without greed as ‘mind without greed.’ They know mind with hate as ‘mind with hate,’ and mind without hate as ‘mind without hate.’ They know mind with delusion as ‘mind with delusion,’ and mind without delusion as ‘mind without delusion.’ They know constricted mind as ‘constricted mind,’ and scattered mind as ‘scattered mind.’ They know expansive mind as ‘expansive mind,’ and unexpansive mind as ‘unexpansive mind.’ They know mind that is not supreme as ‘mind that is not supreme,’ and mind that is supreme as ‘mind that is supreme.’ They know mind immersed in samādhi as ‘mind immersed in samādhi,’ and mind not immersed in samādhi as ‘mind not immersed in samādhi.’ They know freed mind as ‘freed mind,’ and unfreed mind as ‘unfreed mind.’
And so they meditate observing an aspect of the mind internally, externally, and both internally and externally.They meditate observing the mind as liable to originate, as liable to vanish, and as liable to both originate and vanish. Or mindfulness is established that the mind exists, to the extent necessary for knowledge and mindfulness. They meditate independent, not grasping at anything in the world. That’s how a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the mind.
https://suttacentral.net/mn10/en/sujato

user-1: I don’t really understand what you want to watch,.
Do you want to watch the mind or the mind objects (thoughts)?
There are a lot of ways to observe the mind.
Here some questions you can ask yourself for practice, but also in daily life:

How am I feeling right now overall, pleasant, unpleasant or neutral?
Are there any unwholesome states, like anger, greed, frustration, restlessness, uneasiness, irritation, boredom, impatience, clinging, distraction, and so on?
In case of wanting: Can I see if it’s a wholesome desire or an unwholesome one?

Point I’m trying to make is that the mind is so much more than thoughts. 
Of course, watching thoughts can help in determining what state the mind is in. But watching them is not the same as getting to understand the mind. The mind is more than it's objects.
Another thing that might be useful to know is that what someone means when they say thought can differ.
Some mean stories in their head, others impulses that come up, and so on. I’m sure you can see that there is a significant difference here. So, it might be useful to always figure out what one means with the word ‘thought’.
Hope this helps a bit.

14104: <p>Watching bodily sensations is simple ,there is <strong>always</strong> a sensation to recognize in the present moment .Same with breathing ,hearing and seeing.Always a reception exists realtime.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>For example:-</p>
  
  <p>In breathing: there is a slow breath ,heavy breath ,refreshing breath.</p>
  
  <p>In the body:There is comfort ,tightness ,discomfort.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>But the mind as a sixth sense isn't as easy .It doesn't seem like it always keeps receiving a continuous stream of thoughts to recognize in the present.</p>

<p>Is there a meditation practice that can help recognize thoughts continuously ?.Or do thoughts pop out erratically and according to ones interaction with the aggregates?. </p>

<p><strong>Edit</strong></p>

<p>What I mean by thoughts as in ideas coming to the mind.</p>
 43: <p><code>But the mind as a sixth sense isn't as easy. It doesn't seem like it always keeps receiving a continuous stream of thoughts to recognize in the present?</code></p>

<p>In Tibetan tradition they say that the watching mind is also a kind of thinking. So the impulses like "let me watch this", "let me watch that", and recognitions like "I see this", "I see nothing" etc. - are all examples of thinking.</p>

<p>Also, the quality of the watching mind is something you can notice. Like, is the watching mind clear, or slow, or sleepy, or irritated, or restless, or suppressing something etc.</p>

<p><code>Is there a meditation practice that can help recognize thoughts continuously?</code></p>

<p>(Indirectly) watch the watching mind, and see how its <em>opinion about</em> what it watches becomes <em>the next thought</em>.</p>
 12022: <p>The part of your mind that is seeing thoughts is mind. Therefore you have awareness of mind. As you watch mind, thoughts, sensations, feelings, emotions, perceptions, all this arises then passes away. There isn't a special need to watch thought-stream. It's just one of the things happening, so its recorded and detailed in meditation instructions merely to help you become aware.</p>

<p>middle discourses 10
Mindfulness Meditation - Satipaṭṭhānasutta
3. Observing the Mind
And how does a mendicant meditate observing an aspect of the mind?
It’s when a mendicant knows mind with greed as ‘mind with greed,’ and mind without greed as ‘mind without greed.’ They know mind with hate as ‘mind with hate,’ and mind without hate as ‘mind without hate.’ They know mind with delusion as ‘mind with delusion,’ and mind without delusion as ‘mind without delusion.’ They know constricted mind as ‘constricted mind,’ and scattered mind as ‘scattered mind.’ They know expansive mind as ‘expansive mind,’ and unexpansive mind as ‘unexpansive mind.’ They know mind that is not supreme as ‘mind that is not supreme,’ and mind that is supreme as ‘mind that is supreme.’ They know mind immersed in samādhi as ‘mind immersed in samādhi,’ and mind not immersed in samādhi as ‘mind not immersed in samādhi.’ They know freed mind as ‘freed mind,’ and unfreed mind as ‘unfreed mind.’
And so they meditate observing an aspect of the mind internally, externally, and both internally and externally.They meditate observing the mind as liable to originate, as liable to vanish, and as liable to both originate and vanish. Or mindfulness is established that the mind exists, to the extent necessary for knowledge and mindfulness. They meditate independent, not grasping at anything in the world. That’s how a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the mind.
<a href="https://suttacentral.net/mn10/en/sujato" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://suttacentral.net/mn10/en/sujato</a></p>
 -1: <p>I don’t really understand what you want to watch,.</p>

<p>Do you want to watch the mind or the mind objects (thoughts)?</p>

<p>There are a lot of ways to observe the mind.
Here some questions you can ask yourself for practice, but also in daily life:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>How am I feeling right now overall, pleasant, unpleasant or neutral?</p></li>
<li><p>Are there any unwholesome states, like anger, greed, frustration, restlessness, uneasiness, irritation, boredom, impatience, clinging, distraction, and so on?</p></li>
<li><p>In case of wanting: Can I see if it’s a wholesome desire or an unwholesome one?</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Point I’m trying to make is that the mind is so much more than thoughts. </p>

<p>Of course, watching thoughts can help in determining what state the mind is in. But watching them is not the same as getting to understand the mind. The mind is more than it's objects.</p>

<p>Another thing that might be useful to know is that what someone means when they say thought can differ.
Some mean stories in their head, others impulses that come up, and so on. I’m sure you can see that there is a significant difference here. So, it might be useful to always figure out what one means with the word ‘thought’.</p>

<p>Hope this helps a bit.</p>
