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

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THE MiRAGE
YOU ARE A MiRAGE,
WHiCH DOES nOT knOW iT iS A MiRAGE—
likE WATER AppEARinG in THE DESERT,
WHiCH DOES nOT EXiST.
YOU ARE A MiRAGE,
WHiCH DOES nOT knOW iT iS A MiRAGE,
AnD SO YOU BEliEvE THAT YOU ARE.
iT iS OnlY A COnDEnSATiOn
Of COnSCiOUSnESS
THAT DEvElOpS WHAT iS CAllED
A nERvOUS SYSTEM,
WHiCH COnSTRUCTS A WORlD
AnD An “i,” WHiCH iS nOT.
AnD WHEn iT DOES THiS, iT BEliEvES
THAT iT HAS A pAST, A pRESEnT, A fUTURE,
pAST livES, fUTURE livES, AnD
iT BEliEvES THAT MAYBE
iT SHOUlD BE DiffEREnT,
THERE iS A plAn, THERE ARE lESSOnS
TO lEARn, ETC.
THE STORY CAn GO On fOREvER.