Regardless of our understanding, difficult states continue to come up, but we don’t focus on them. We just allow them to be there, allow them to arise and do whatever it is they do, but continue to practice short moments of resting as we are again and again. We begin to see that it allContinue reading “Don’t Be Fooled By Smoke”
Author Archives: Vincent Flammini
Shiny Objects
You are already what you’re looking for. You can’t ‘become’ it, ‘find’ it, ‘create’ it, or ‘lose’ it. All that is ever happening is that our attention gets caught by shiny objects. Misdirected attention. When it happens – and it will – see that only the attention has moved. What knows the attention has movedContinue reading “Shiny Objects”
It’s a Binary Choice
As we go through the day we have thousands of thoughts coursing through awareness of all sorts – practical, happy, sad, memories, plans, judgments, criticisms, fantasies – the list is endless. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. The amount of thinking we have, the speed of our thinking, the tone of our thinking, theContinue reading “It’s a Binary Choice”
The Bricks in Your Head
About three years ago, my wife and I decided to brick our backyard. We have two big trees that cast shade across the yard throughout the growing season; those, combined with four dogs meant no grass and plenty of mud. We had a hard time finding the bricks we wanted to use, but when weContinue reading “The Bricks in Your Head”
The Practice of Returning Home
Mind is space. Space is the multidimensional canvas in which Thought appears. Consciousness brings Thought to life. Regardless of what Thought and Consciousness are bringing to life, each moment, return home to Mind.
So What?
My clients come to see me with sometimes sad, crazy, unpredictable, irritated, altruistic, calm, sublime, lustful, brilliant, anxious, poetic, ugly, murderous, hideous, self-centered, terrified, thinking. My thinking can also be sometimes sad, crazy, unpredictable, irritated, altruistic, calm, sublime, lustful, brilliant, anxious, poetic, ugly, murderous, hideous, self-centered, and terrified. When my clients leave and move onContinue reading “So What?”
Peace Already Here
We can never find peace in thoughts – at least, not permanent peace. Real peace is before thought. It is the space in which thought arises. This space is Mind. This space is what all of us and every animate and inanimate object already are. Just stay here. No effort needed.
Personal Thought or Mind?
We usually walk around imagining that our moment-to-moment experience of life is the result of situations and people around us: * I’m irritated because that guy cut me off in traffic * I’m cranky because I have to go to work early * I’m bummed because my boyfriend or girlfriend wants to end our relationshipContinue reading “Personal Thought or Mind?”
The Wasps in Your Head
Last week, I was with a client who was struggling. We were discussing the role Thought plays in creating our moment-to-moment experience of life. When I asked him if it was making sense to him, he said, “Yeah. So what you’re saying is that I need to push away or smack down the bad thinkingContinue reading “The Wasps in Your Head”
Leave It Alone
There is something far deeper in all of us than our thoughts, emotions, or sensations. Even the word ‘deeper’ doesn’t quite capture it – it is not only deeper but bigger, wider, clearer, wiser, calmer. This ‘something’ is the foundation of everything else that can be experienced and the ‘space’ in which it all takesContinue reading “Leave It Alone”