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

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when this rationale doesn’t work or doesn’t apply?
Student: It gets confused and can even feel a little crazy.
Wolinsky: And what is the basic underlying rationale of
this concept called “my” consciousness, which
believes in the concept of I am, which believes
in the concept of pure reason?
Student: That everything has a reason, purpose, and explanation.
Wolinsky: And if all of this was a concept of the concept
called “my” consciousness, which believes in the
concept of I am, which believes in the concept
of pure reason, all of it had nothing to do with
anything, . . . then?
Student: _______Absolute blank.
Wolinsky: Regarding the concept of reason in all of this, what
has the concept called “my” consciousness, which
believes in the concept of I am, which believes
in the concept of pure reason and explanation
done to itself?
Student: Stayed non-verbally fixated on this space, which
believes that it is.
Wolinsky: And where is this concept called “my” consciousness,
which believes in the concept of this
non-verbally fixated space, which believes in this
underlying rationale?
Student: In this space, which is fixated by awareness.
Wolinsky: Notice a difference between you and the “awarer”
of this fixated space.
Student: O.K.