Author Archives: Vincent Flammini

Seeing this – whatever ‘this’ is – isn’t about finding a way to never experience anything uncomfortable or painful. It is about seeing that the discomfort or pain forms in and is composed of a sea of spacious awareness – just like a stream or a whirlpool is formed in and of the water thatContinue reading “No Escape”

We only know what we are doing after-the-fact. The ‘decision’ to do whatever it is we’re doing is ‘made’, that is, comes to us fully-formed. Then, we say ‘I decided.’ Thought is always after-the-fact. What we think of as our ‘life’ is only known in retrospect. Now is completely unknown.

Awareness, Cognizing Emptiness, Knowing, Seeing, Space, Presence, It – whatever name we use – is an absolutely loving mother. She opens her arms and completely allows all that arises – welcomes it, in fact. We can rest in her arms and follow her example of loving allowance or we can fight. In the end, itContinue reading “Mom”

Any instruction other than to leave everything alone, to relax, to just rest as you are, is dangerous. It is dangerous because it points us back into the shadow realm of thought, technique, manipulation, alteration, effort, and theory. The good news is that the very shining awareness that we are is the source and substanceContinue reading “Danger – sort of”

All of your suffering is your fault. All of my suffering is my fault. It isn’t our mother’s fault or the fault of our teacher or boss or spouse or partner or dog or genes or the president or the economy or the weather.  Our suffering has nothing to do with our income, our education,Continue reading “It’s All Your Fault – and That’s the Good News”

Awareness cannot be taught.  Awareness cannot be learned.  Awareness cannot be investigated. Awareness cannot be sold. Awareness cannot be marketed. Awareness cannot be spun. Awareness cannot be caught. Awareness cannot be found or lost. Awareness cannot be created. Awareness cannot be conceptualized.  Awareness cannot be analyzed.  Awareness cannot be deconstructed.  Awareness cannot be seen, heard,Continue reading “Awareness Is Worthless”

M: Hi! My name is Michele; I am so happy you have started a blog and shared your insights. I have been reading your posts for a couple of months, following the link from Annette’s site. V: Annette was a HUGE help to me. M: I decided to put myself at the keyboard this morningContinue reading “Is Awareness Chronically Shy?”

Helma: I’d like everything to be totally clear. No residues in believing things that aren’t true. No more lies to be believed in. It’s like I won’t rest before everything is seen for what it is. V: Might I suggest that belief is completely unnecessary? Forget belief completely. This is a completely existential understanding –Continue reading “Much Ado About Nothing”

Sometimes, people ask what Awareness is. Hmmm. How do we describe what is essentially indescribable? How do we describe the eye to the eye? How do we describe water to the fish? The ocean to the wave? Air to the breeze? How does thought describe Awareness to thought with more thought? You know the answer.Continue reading “Thinking It Is Not It”

Once upon a time there was small bee enjoying the flowers and trees and summer breeze. In his bee-meanderings, he flew into a house…and could not find his way out! He flew everywhere he could attempting to find a way out. He flew through the kitchen, the fruit bowl, in and out of clothes-filled closets.Continue reading “Just Bee Awareness”