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

140 / You Are Not
Student: No separation, no walls, it’s something nice, it’s
something I like. It is not disturbing, it’s quiet,
still. Quiet. It doesn’t bother me.
Note:
Most “people” do not like the emptiness, and it is
within the emptiness that images arise. The student,
however, seems to be fine with just the emptiness.
Wolinsky: For this consciousness—which surrounds
this blank, nothingness, which is something
that you like, something you can go into, and
“doesn’t bother me,” just hangs in there—what
consequences has it been for the consciousness
having those assumptions around the concept
of blankness?
Student: I like to be there all the time, but I’ve been there
only when I’m here, or when I’m meditating, it’s
always there.
Wolinsky: If the consciousness, which surrounds the blankness
and the blank spot in the middle, were all
made of the same consciousness what would
that be like now?
Student: I want to stay there forever and not come out.
Wolinsky: Regarding this consciousness with the concept of
blankness, nothingness in the middle, and you’d
like to stay in there forever and not come out,
what has the concept of consciousness done to
itself?
Student: It looks like consciousness is always creating a
new craziness, a new running around, a new
kind of addiction of suffering.