Author Archives: Vincent Flammini

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!”

There is nothing to do. Watch. Watch the imposter’s belief-thought that much can be done to “awaken.” Watch the thought ‘there are books to read;’ watch the thought ‘there are practices to do;’ watch the thought ‘there are films to view;’ watch the thought ‘there are conversations to have;’ watch the thought ‘there are tapesContinue reading “Something To Do”

There is nothing to do. Watch. Watch the imposter’s belief-thought that much can be done to “awaken.” Watch the thought ‘there are books to read;’ watch the thought ‘there are practices to do;’ watch the thought ‘there are films to view;’ watch the thought ‘there are conversations to have;’ watch the thought ‘there are tapesContinue reading “Something To Do”

Give up. This body never had a chance. Born in the deepest ocean, it began sinking before its first breath. Stop thrashing. Sink. Breathe in what you fear. The water will dissolve what you never were, leaving only Love.

You mistake yourself for the sun but are Space; You mistake yourself for the wave but are Ocean; You mistake yourself for a body but are Being; You mistake yourself for alive but are Never Born; You mistake yourself for a seeker but are the Sought; You mistake yourself for a student but are Knowing;Continue reading “Mistakes (In no particular order)”