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

CHApTER 21
Neither This Nor That
“In reality nothing arises, and nothing subsides, only
the Spanda which, though free of succession, appears in
different aspects “as if” arising, and “as if” subsiding.”
(Spanda Karikas, p. 22)
“. . . nirvikalpa, i.e., it transcends the sphere of thoughtconstructs
. . . “ (Spanda Karikas, p. 50)
Transcending thought constructs is sometimes referred
to as Nirvikalpa Samadhi, by thought constructs where
there is only the gap and even the “awarer” of the gap
is “aware” that it is arising in, is not separate from, and is
made of the same substance as, the gap, and hence, it too is
NOT. In other words both the void that contains the seeds
of thoughts and the thoughts are no more.
BEYOnD BiRTH AnD DEATH
“The world of life and death ceases to him who makes
even the normal consciousness after trance similar to
(Samadhi) (meditation) by a firm grip of the Spanda
principle which is realized by unmesa Samadhi . . . “
(Spanda Karikas, p. 66)
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