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

142 / You Are Not
Wolinsky: Is there an idea that craziness has to be there,
and only if craziness is there, then I am, and if
craziness is not there then I am Not? Does that
go along with it, too?
Student: Yes, because the I am thinks that; otherwise,
there’s no I am, I’m not there.
Note:
That’s a really important thing to notice. The only
way that consciousness even really knows that it is, is to
have craziness: If there’s no craziness, then it’s not!
Wolinsky: So if the concepts of crazy or not crazy, or I am
or I am Not, and the one that’s aware of it were
all made of the same consciousness, then . . . ?
Student: Once I hear the question, I’m already gone—
there’s no-me.
Wolinsky: Blank and expanded?
Student: Very expanded.
Wolinsky: Now regarding this consciousness, which appears
now as this incredibly spread out void, which
goes on and on, what must this consciousness
not know?
Note:
Consciousness veils itself, by asking what must consciousness
not know, it reveals itself as consciousness.
Student: That she is not.
Wolinsky: If the consciousness and the big void emptiness
and this concept called “She” were all made of
the same consciousness, including the one that’s
aware of all this consciousness is made of the
same consciousness, then . . . ?