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

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of movement, from the concept of something
bad, they are all separate. And if we separate
the concept of an “awarer,” a concept of movement,
a concept of something good or survival,
all separate concepts, So if the concept called an
“awarer” had all of these concepts going on, all
made of the same consciousness, which including
the “awarer” of course, which had nothing to do
with anything, and if you separate the concept
of an “awarer” from the concept of movement,
could the “awarer” be? So prior to the emergence
of the “awarer,” were you? If the “awarer” and
the concept of movement were separated, but
singly were made of the SAME SUBSTANCE,
are you?
Student: _______(Silence)_______(long silence).
Note to Group:
So, the eyes can move and the ears can hear, but it is a
function. Prior to the “awarer” are you? Since awareness,
is a biological function, ultimately, no body, no
“awarer,” therefore, you cannot have an experience unless
there is movement. Even if it is an experience of me
touching the table, at least the neurons are moving. If
there is no movement, there is no “awarer”—no awareness.
It is a biological function. That means that when
we ultimately separate it out, there can be no “awarer”
if there was no movement.
There can be no experience without movement, there
can be no “awarer” without the movement. This idea
that people have in “spiritual” circles that somehow
awareness goes on, awareness implies an “awarer” in
some place in a space-time location. If you were to say
everything is just awareness, there would not be awareness.
If everything is made of consciousness, including