You Are Not Book.indb - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

COnTEMplATE
88 / You Are Not
1) Nothing is true – Nothing is false simultaneously.
2) Notice the non-verbal I AM.
iMpUlSES ARE An OUTWARD MOvEMEnT
Of COnSCiOUSnESS. iT iS pART Of THE
pUlSATiOn CAllED SpAnDA. iMAGininG THAT
An “i” OR “YOU” CAn OR SHOUlD CHAnGE
OR AlTER SOMETHinG iS TO DEnY THE iMpUlSE,
WHiCH iS likE TRYinG TO SWiM UpSTREAM, likE
A WATER DROplET in THE OCEAn, TRYinG TO
MOvE in THE OppOSiTE DiRECTiOn AS THE OCEAn.
WHEn “YOU” TRY TO CHAnGE, AlTER, OR DEnY
THE iMpUlSE, iT YiElDS MORE THOUGHTS AnD
iDEAS. OnE MUST GO WiTH THE iMpUlSE, REAliZinG
THAT THE iMpUlSE AnD THE EXpERiEnCER Of
THE iMpUlSE ARE MADE Of THE SAME SUBSTAnCE,
“THEn” YOU ARE nOT.
iT’S EASiER TO RiDE A HORSE
in THE DiRECTiOn iT iS GOinG.
—Zen
EXERCISE #12
BEYOND LOCATION
What is “I” Rather than Who AM I?
Once the I AM appears, then the sense of I AM here—
now—in a particular location, naturally arises. In fact, the
whole notion of BE HERE NOW — implies time and space,
which are “I” related and appear and are intrinsic to the
beingness of I AM as well as the “I” thought. Many philoso-