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

The Bhakti Illusion / 219
Wolinsky: This I am concept, which believes in the concept
of earth is mother, mother, earth, feminine, not
masculine, being the center of everything, nurturing,
solid, important, take care of, etc.—what
is this I am concept unwilling to communicate
about?
Student: The unsafe, not solid side of earth, destructive
side, volcanoes, bad mother.
Wolinsky: So why would the I am concept be willing to
focus only on the nurturing good mother, not
the destructive side?
Student: Lots of fear of death, fear of destruction.
Wolinsky: So this I am concept, which believes in the concept
of earth is mother, mother, earth, feminine,
not masculine, being the center of everything,
nurturing, solid, important, taking care of, etc.
Where in your body do you feel the natural
destructive earth process and the resistance to
things falling apart?
Student: In my chest.
Wolinsky: Take the label off, give it back to I am. How does
it feel to you now?
Student: It went away.
Wolinsky: So this I am concept, which believes in the concept
of earth is mother, mother, earth, feminine,
not masculine, being the center of everything,
nurturing, solid, important, take care of, etc., if
it had nothing to do with anything, then . . . ?
Student: _______(Long silence)_______I feel it in my
feet.