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

“states of Consciousness” Philosophical Concepts and the Virtue Trap / 249
But what is this stuff? This stuff is a construct, a
seed sitting somewhere deep, deep down, in consciousness,
which, if it is more universal and has
fertile soil, will sprout as people say, “Oh god, that
makes total sense. I will major in Aristotle, I will
major in and study this “philosophy-mythology”
as if it is true.” The “philosopher” did not actually
sit there and think it up. That is the illusion!! What
happened is that it emerged and took root in fertile
soil. And he or she wrote it down, imagining, “I
thought of this”; and the reason people accept it
is because it is a universal seed of understanding,
which lies way way outside of awareness. But it is
still a concept, which, if believed in and acted upon,
forms a spiritual-psychological-philosophical veil
of consciousness.
101 Western philosophical Traps:
The Seeds of Consciousness
Below is a list of Western Philosophic Traps (seeds of
consciousness). Of course, the Eastern world overlaps, (like
Plato’s reincarnation and India’s reincarnation)but it is imperative
for “westerners” to look at the concepts that act as
seeds of consciousness, which go unnoticed and unexamined,
and which appear to be true.
Of course, the list below could go on and on, but as
“you” go through them, you might be shocked to find several
seeds of consciousness that undercut and undermine “your”
“spiritual” understanding. All of these seeds of consciousness
are concepts, and upon enquiry they dissolve. 2
2 If there is time in the future, “I” will devote a rather large volume to
exploring, explaining, and dismantling all of these seeds of consciousness.