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

220 / You Are Not
Wolinsky: This I am concept, which believes in the concept
of solidness, if that was just a concept of I am
and had nothing to do with anything, then . . .
?
Student: _______(Silence).
Wolinsky: Notice the emptiness within the solidness within
the feet and everything else. How are you doing?
Student: _______(Long silence)_______It’s gone.
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.—if they
had nothing to do with anything, then . . . ?
Student: _______(Long silence).
THE knOWER AnD THE “AWARER”
In order for an identity of “I” to be there, there must be
a knower of the I-dentity. The knower of the I-dentity is part
of the I-dentity.
The knower of any I-dentity contains only that knowledge
which is contained within the I-dentity.
To go beyond the knower, try to find the knower, or look
for the knower, and you apperceive that there is none.
Or try to “see” the knower and the I-dentity as being
made of THE SAME SUBSTANCE. Then there is blank and
then “soon,” only the pure NOTHINGNESS or the vastness
remains.
THE “AWARER”
The same is true of an “awarer.” An “awarer” subtly implies
a “place” or origin of awareness; a location in space-time. The