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

The Concept of the skandhas / 169
Wolinsky: Okay, so the “awarer,” which now has two parts
one is aware of it looking away, and the other part
of the “awarer” wants to look at this incredibly
bright light, if the “awarer” and the light, looking
away part or looking at part all was made
of the same consciousness, which had nothing
to do with anything, then . . . ?
Student: It was like the “awarer” had an impression that
you know you shine a light in a deer’s eye or
something, which would immobilize them. And
when I could see that happening, you wouldn’t
look at the light for fear of immobilization; but
then when you get that it is the same substance,
it just kind of trailed away.
Wolinsky: And prior to the emergence of the I am, which
believes in the concept of movement, the concept
of life and death and the concept of you
have to move, and the concept of survival, and
the concept of an evolution, and the concept
of change, the concept of location, the concept
of from one space to another location—if all
of those were made of the same consciousness
as the “awarer,” which had nothing to do with
anything, prior to the emergence of the “awarer,”
that was aware of all of this, are you?
Student: NOTHINGNESS_______(Silence).
Wolinsky: Now if the concept called an “awarer” believed in
the concept of movement from this location to
another location, concept of evolution changed,
changing into something else, a starting point, the
concept of birth, life, death, concept of breathing
and moving to survive the concept of breathing,
being separated from lung and breath and so on
and the concept of a light, a concept of freezing