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just rest just rest there is nothing we need to do other than to stop just rest what we search for can never be found in thought just rest and your true identity will become obvious saturday september 17 2016 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 moved remains here as always stay here you re really never anywhere else anyway you just think you are there is no welcome home for you because you never really left posted by vince flammini at 6 17 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday may 31 2012 don t be fooled by smoke 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 all arises within this space and we are that space the sky is completely unaffected by whatever is passing through it the sky remains completely unaffected and clear and by taking short moments we get to know that and we gain confidence in it we are that sky too we are not just the arisings we can t hold onto any insight that might happen as a result of resting as the awareness that we are these objects of awareness that we call insights arise only in the moment understanding only happens in this moment now this moment and now this moment none of it can be grasped any insight is just another object another thought no matter how beautiful it can only be enjoyed in the moment the smoke takes a particular shape in this moment and then it is gone we use the thoughts that arise to limit ourselves in many ways we tell ourselves what we can and can t do what arises doesn t really limit us in any way it is like smoke taking the shape of steel bars and then we believe we cannot move through it we forget that it is just smoke understanding not understanding getting it not getting it all of it is smoke taking one or another shape and it is just us forgetting that it is simply smoke and we can walk through it at anytime we don t need to do anything about it we just rest as we are and it will clear this smoke is what we are dealing with in every moment of our lives we believe we are dealing with reality but we are always just dealing with smoke we let smoke stop us from doing what needs to be done in any moment we just keep coming back to resting simply in this moment as we rely on this open space of awareness the shapes that smoke takes no longer hoodwinks us don t be fooled the smoke is still there and it will still make frightening shapes but we won t be thrown by it any longer we know what it is and it can no longer scare us by just resting in this moment we have all we need right now there is nothing special about this yet it can completely transform our life posted by vince flammini at 10 12 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday march 19 2011 no separation awareness is present when the me sense is present awareness is present when the me sense is not present awareness is present when the sense of beingness is present awareness is present when the sense of beingness is not present awareness is present when there is a sense of knowing awareness is present when there is no sense of knowing awareness is not dependent upon anything everything is dependent upon awareness awarenesseverything posted by vince flammini at 10 37 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday march 14 2011 stop wherever you are right now reading this stop what do you notice sounds sights sensations smells allow them all what notices thoughts probably stumble through that say i do or me or my brain or my senses or something similar what notices those thoughts welcome home to the place you never left posted by vince flammini at 1 05 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday december 16 2010 isness is infinitely is ing being what you really are is not difficult being what you are not and then arguing for or against it is what is difficult notice that right now if you just rest and welcome everything really everything including your rejection of anything there is nothing else that needs to be done in order for isness to is so to speak it is only a thought which says i m not getting it or i am missing something even these thoughts are isness taking shape as particular thoughts isness is is ing everything isness is ing as this computer isness is ing as the big blond dog on the floor isness is ing fingers isness is ing uncertainty and confusion isness is ing a vince and a tom and a sue and a roberta and a karl and isness is ing is ing no effort is necessary for is ing to is rest and welcome the fizzing is ing nothing to do right here right now rest posted by vince flammini at 12 56 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday december 12 2010 awareness is stuff stuff is awareness even though awareness cannot be experienced this doesn t mean that awareness being is somehow separate from all of the stuff of life on the contrary life is awareness beingness itself absolutely everything is known in by and as awareness nothing is separate from this everyday awareness present here now it is never anywhere other than here a line from the heart sutra says that form is nothing other than emptiness and emptiness nothing other than form it is only thought that separates the two if you live in the middle of the cornfields of illinois as i do you might say it this way awareness is full of stuff and stuff is full of awareness posted by vince flammini at 2 53 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest no experience necessary what you are can never be experienced looking for a particular experience as confirmation of what you are whether peace or love or anger or irritation or rain or cold wind or sand between your toes or terror or calm or equanimity or hunger or sublime spiritual visions takes you in the wrong direction and will keep you searching forever searching finding celebrating losing and grieving only to begin searching again and again is samsara suffering no experience is what you are read that again yes i mean that in both ways in fact any experience can only serve to point you back to this present awareness upon within throughout which this very experience right now is registered beingness as an employer has few requirements no experience necessary posted by vince flammini at 12 34 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom followers popular posts isness is infinitely is ing being what you really are is not difficult being what you are not and then arguing for or against it is what is difficult notice that ri it is all a story including this step 1 i ve mentioned before in other posts that all that is ever really experienced is thinking and sensation no matter what it looks like e allow it all allow if there was only one word to use as a pointer this would be a pretty good one allow allow whatever is happening right now r is awareness chronically shy 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 there isn t really anyone who rests in amsterdam questioner i keep trying to rest but my mind just keeps going another teacher told me that this pointer to just rest will lead me astray no separation awareness is present when the me sense is present awareness is present when the me sense is not present awareness no experience necessary what you are can never be experienced looking for a particular experience as confirmation of what you are whether peace or love or ange theo s search for the center once upon a time a lovely and unremarkable spider theo not poisonous not mean spirited just your typical fly and gnat eating spider s there is nothing to be done and yet there is nothing that needs to be done about the world the world is a concept it arises in this present awareness as various combination don t be fooled by smoke regardless of our understanding difficult states continue to come up but we don t focus on them we just allow them to be ther helpful links sailor bob adamson australia ameeta ami flammini off the mat springfield illinois u s annette nibley california u s awakening to one sukhbir singh charlie hayes oklahoma u s gilbert schultz urban guru australia jeff foster great britain joan tollifson ashland oregon usa joe winslow john wheeler california u s leo hartong netherlands life as 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