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

Samadhi
204 / You Are Not
“When there is consciousness only of the object of
meditation and not of itself (the mind) is Samadhi.”
(Taimini, The Science of Yoga, p. 281)
Let us begin by seeding what will become Section III by
beginning with a question: “What is a priori, or better said,
what must be there first in order to concentrate, meditate,
or “go into Samadhi”?”
The answer is an “awarer.” In other words, the I am is, a
priori in order to do any form of concentration or “spiritual
practice,” and it is the I am, which contains the structure
(condensation of THE SUBSTANCE) called an “awarer.” An
“awarer” naturally carries out the process of awaring and produces
what we call awareness. In other words, the “awarer,”
is a structure made of consciousness, which awares things,
and has a location in space-time.
Ask this question: “Prior to the emergence of an awarer,
. . . are you?” With this “understanding,” concentration and
meditation are a function of an “awarer,” which is made of
consciousness. To illustrate, prior to building muscles, you
must have a body that exercises. Prior to meditation is a
body and (I am) and the exercise of concentration. Hence,
concentration and meditation followed by religious dogma
can serve to strengthen the resolve of its substructure or
understructure called the “awarer,” making it (the “awarer”)
believe it is. This exercising of a substructure (the “awarer”)
can, without understanding, serve to strengthen the substructure
called the “awarer’s” ability to concentrate—BUT also
runs the risk of deluding the I am into believing it is and
that it is “getting better.” At this point it is imperative to insist
on a key issue to avoid miss-understandings. THERE IS NO
SUGGESTION OR IMPLICATION THAT CONCENTRA-
TION MEDITATION IS BAD.