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

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which is aware of it and it had nothing to do
with anything, then . . . ?
Student: But it seems to be heart or pulse connected.
Wolinsky: Regarding this bio-electric pulse that pulses out
these impulses that can take the form of energy,
images, fantasies, emotions, etc., what must
the concept called “my” consciousness, which
believes in the concept of I am, not know?
Student: That consciousness is what it is all made of.
Wolinsky: Why?
Student: Because then there is no bio-electric, no consciousness,
only NOTHINGNESS, and not even
that.
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 had nothing to do
with anything, then . . . ?
Student: _______(Long silence).
Wolinsky: If there is a YOU concept called “my” consciousness,
which believes in the concept of I am, which
believes in the concept of mental functioning,
is there anything this 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 had nothing to do with anything,
then . . . ?
Student: _______(Long silence).