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

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which is aware of it, and it all has nothing to do
with anything, then . . . ?
Student: _______(Long silence).
Wolinsky: Regarding this body image that calls itself “me,”
what must the concept called “my” consciousness
not experience?
Student: That it isn’t.
Wolinsky: If all of these were just concepts of the concept
called “my” consciousness, which believes in the
concept of I am and were made of the SAME
underlying SUBSTANCE including the “awarer,”
which is aware of it and it all has nothing to do
with anything, then . . . ?
Student: _______(Long silence).
EnQUiRY inTO THE nATURE
Of THE COnCEpT Of MEnTAl OBjECTS
Wolinsky: How does concept called “my” consciousness,
which believes in the concept of I am, define
mental objects?
Student: Images, thoughts, fantasies, ideas, even emotions,
perceivables. All I’s.
Wolinsky: What assumptions has the concept called “my”
consciousness, which believes in the concept
of I am made about the concepts called images,
thoughts, fantasies, ideas, even emotions,
perceivables—all “I’s”?
Student: That they are real and ARE.
Wolinsky: And what have been the consequences for concept
called “my” consciousness, which believes in the