Author Archives: Vincent Flammini

It started this morning. I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Not for any reason I can pinpoint, but an off mood nonetheless. At breakfast I was making eggs for my wife and feeding the dogs and thinking all along how selfish she was for sitting there. I do so much! NoneContinue reading “A No Good Horrible Very Bad Day”

This “awakening from the dream” is really a very gentle happening (or non-happening). It is simply a recognition of what has been SEEING everything all along, and recognizing that the SEEING is what you are. Everything seen – absolutely everything – including these ideas about seeing – are more dream images arising in you. Trees,Continue reading “It’s Very Gentle”

From a Reader (R): R: I also read with interest the postings by both of you at Randall’s blog site, particularly your light bubbly words (It’s Very Gentle). It is quite clear and I can easily see the fact of what you say. I address you this mail, however, out of some genuine concerns andContinue reading “Response to “A Glorified Coping Mechanism?””

R: It was thrilling to find a newly minted awakened person, whose blog started 2 days ago (yesterday) thanks to Randall Friend’s blog. I too have been accessing Annette Nibley’s site for years. VF: Hi Sam. Thanks for writing. I’m happy to share what I can with you. As I mentioned in the blog, severalContinue reading “Is-ing All-ness: A Response to a Reader (R)”

I wanted to end seeking. People who had come to an end suggested that there was nothing I needed to do. They said, Do Nothing. Thought interrupts and asks, “What do you mean, do nothing?” Thought is itself, a doing. Even the thought, “OK, I get it. I’ll do nothing,” is doing. Then the thoughtContinue reading “Do Nothing – Or Less”

VF: Hi Ron. Good to hear from you again. Let’s clear this up so you can get on with things! Ron: I am fully clear in my head that, as you put it, “thought” is not necessary to know ‘I exist”. I can also see that ‘sensations’ coalesce to produce the body and the sensationsContinue reading “Quit Playing and Run Home to Your Mother”

VF: Hello Sam – good hearing from you again. I’m sorry this response is so late in coming, but I haven’t had much of a chance to do anything other than my “paid” work recently. Sam: Thank you for your prompt and generous response.What I get from your reply is that the endless flounderings ofContinue reading “You Can’t Drain the Water from a Mirage”

Imagine that whatever you are looking for – let’s call it ‘The Answer’ – is in the middle of a toy snow globe (you know, a clear glass globe with some sort of picture or figure in the middle and filled with tiny, white flakes). Now, imagine that thoughts and experiences, all objects, are likeContinue reading “Put the Snow Globe Down”

Life is a wreck. Nothing will ever go right – at least, not for long. Rain will fall on the picnic. The basement will flood. The car tire will go flat. The computer’s hard drive will crash. The light in the kitchen will burn out. The ceiling fan will stop running. The refrigerator will stopContinue reading “Your Life is a Wreck”

Bring a finger (your choice) up to one of your eyes – very close – notice that your entire field of vision is ‘filled by finger’. There is nothing but finger. If you get it close enough, you will discover that it cannot even be recognized as ‘finger’ any longer. Slowly, move your finger awayContinue reading “You Are a Finger in Your Eye…Seriously!”