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

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THE SUBSTAnCE AppEARS TO “BECOME”
COnSCiOUSnESS. THEREfORE, EvERYTHinG
in THE MiRAGE iS MADE OnlY
Of COnSCiOUSnESS, WHiCH STill iS
THAT SUBSTAnCE. AnD, jUST AS YOU CAnnOT
SEpARATE THE RAYS Of THE SUn fROM THE SUn,
YOU CAnnOT SEpARATE THE SUBSTAnCE fROM
COnSCiOUSnESS OR THE RAYS Of THE SUn.
AnD SO, THE COSMiC DUST Of THiS UnivERSE AppEARS
in AnD On THE SCREEn
Of nOTHinGnESS AS THE DREAM.
TO WAkE Up, iS TO DESTROY THE UnivERSE,
TO STAY ASlEEp kEEpS THE MiRAGE DREAM
WiTH All iTS CHARACTERS, AlivE AnD WEll.
“THE SEARCH fOR REAliTY
iS THE MOST DAnGEROUS
Of All BECAUSE iT DESTROYS
THE WORlD in WHiCH YOU livE.”
—Nisargadatta Maharaj