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

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It believes all that. Tell me a lie that the concept
called “my” consciousness could tell itself about
death.
Student: Oh, a lie is that it is final and permanent or
that there isn’t any death. It is like death could
either exist or not exist, the lie could be that if
death doesn’t exist, then there are other places
that you can be if you aren’t in this body, then
you could be existing somewhere else. It has to
do with existing.
Wolinsky: Why would the concept called “my” consciousness
come up with that whole lie?
Student: So it would not feel so terrified about dying or
not being. To be is so important that I have to
create all of these other things.
Wolinsky: So the concept called “my” consciousness creates
all these things, tell me another lie the concept
of “my” consciousness could tell itself around
the concept of death.
Student: A lie could be that someone you love who dies
is not really gone. That they are still somewhere
around to be experienced at a different level.
Wolinsky: Why would the concept called “my” consciousness
tell itself that lie?
Student: To avoid feeling the pain of losing someone who
you love and cherish because that pain is so deep
that, in a way not to feel that you create all this
other story. It’s a way to not let go of someone
in your life.
Wolinsky: So the concept called “my” consciousness believes
in the concept called “my” life, and the concept
of gain and loss, is that correct?