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

The Bhakti Illusion / 223
stimuli are omitted, all but a fraction are selected out; that
is why the perceiver sees a body. Once the body is seen by a
perceiver, who knows how many “spiritual” and “psychological”
ideas can emerge? Below is an enquiry into the nature
of the body.
EnQUiRY inTO THE nATURE
Of THE COnCEpT Of THE BODY
Wolinsky: Where is this consciousness called “my” consciousness,
which believes in the concept of the body?
Student: Here, in my head.
Wolinsky: How would this concept called “my” consciousness
define the concept called the head?
Student: As pure energy and there are organs of perception
and there are the organs of action and there are
the instincts and there is a subtle body, causal
body, and the body is made of blood and semen
and light etc.
Wolinsky: So this concept called “my” consciousness, which
believes in the concept of the body, the concept
of an energy body made of the senses and the
instincts and light and subtle body, causal body,
etc. What assumptions has the concept called
“my” consciousness made about all these other
concepts?
Student: That without this body, without the organs of
this body I would not be here. Thank God because
of the body, I am sure that I will be here
somewhere, because without the body concept
then “kaput.”
Wolinsky: Where is the concept called “my” “consciousness,”
which believes in the concept of a causal