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

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EnQUiRY inTO THE nATURE
Of THE COnCEpT Of COMpUlSiOn
Wolinsky: How does the concept called “my” consciousness,
which believes in the concept of I am, define
compulsion?
Student: An act that has to be done without choice or
free will.
Wolinsky: What assumptions has the concept called “my”
consciousness made about the concept called an
act that has to be done without choice or free
will?
Student: That it has an energy of its own, it cannot stop,
it has to be done.
Wolinsky: What have been the consequences for the concept
called “my” consciousness, which believes
in the concept of consciousness “without choice
or free will and that it has an energy of its own,
it cannot stop, it has to be done”?
Student: It cannot stop any thought, action, reaction,
etc.
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: It disappears, but then I notice a resistance like
I want to stop the compulsion.
Wolinsky: If resistance was just a concept of the concept
called “my” consciousness, which believes in the
concept of I am and were made of the SAME