haha there's no problem I guess, but I was definitely going about observing them not quite right. I was waiting for them to appear, and by doing so focusing on their presence, identifying with them either in the silence they come out of or as thoughts.
I stumbled on a Mooji video that made a lot of stuff "click" together, the phrase "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear" never ceases to amaze me!
YouTube - Bliss and thoughts ______________Mooji