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

The Veil of enlightenment / 269
of cosmic dust forms the mirage character of I am. This YOU
ARE NOT; YOU ARE THAT VASTNESS that this grain of
sand universe in the middle of NOTHINGNESS floats in,
realize the vastness beyond this grain of cosmic sand that
“you” call “you” and the physical universe.
All SpiRiTUAliTY BEGinS
WiTH THE pRESUppOSiTiOn “i AM.”
THE nEGATOR
One of the last things that “I” remember doing was looking
to see who was doing all of these enquiries. When “I” (the
“awarer”) looked, there was nothing there, then the “awarer”
was “seen” as just another structure or condensation of THE
SUBSTANCE.
Maharaj Nisargadatta often called it the “negator.” You
also could call it the “enquirer.” Both states of the awarer
must also be dissolved.
EnQUiRY: BEYOnD
THE nEGATOR-EnQUiRER
Wolinsky: Where is the concept called “my” consciousness,
which contains the concept called the negator
or the enquirer, and how does this “my” consciousness
define the concept of the negator/
enquirer?
Student: The way or path to liberation, like opening up
doors and looking through things.
Wolinsky: Now, regarding this consciousness called “my”
consciousness, which believes in the concept
of enquiry, I AM, and negation, which has the
qualities of the concept of a path of liberation