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

184 / You Are Not
Student: Imagining it is and all else is.
Wolinsky: If 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: . . . no words . . . (silence).
Wolinsky: Regarding all the concepts called images,
thoughts, fantasies, ideas, even emotions,
perceivables—all “I’s”—what must the concept
called “my” consciousness, which believes in the
concept of I am, not know?
Student: That it is NOT.
Wolinsky: Why must the concept called “my” consciousness,
which believes in the concept of I am, not
know that?
Student: Because if it is not, then it is not.
Wolinsky: If 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: _______(Silence).
Wolinsky: Regarding images, thoughts, fantasies, ideas, even
emotions, perceivables—all “I’s”—what must the
concept called “my” consciousness, which believes
in the concept of I am, not experience?
Student: That it is not.