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

306 / You Are Not
This is pivotal: The concepts of birth and death, and the
concept of what we call existence, act as a trance. Once these
concepts are dispelled, the hallucination of death falls away.
This means that even as the void window of death appears,
to punch a hole and reveal itself in “this world,” the yogi
sees the void, not the hallucination of unprocessed beliefs
appearing as this or that.
It is said in Tibetan Buddhism that all uncooked seeds
appear at the moment of death 20 times stronger. No wonder
there is such fear of death. However, if all that appears in the
void window is seen as made of THE SAME SUBSTANCE,
extinction or Nirvana occurs, like a lit candle’s flame being
extinguished. In this way, often it is said that at death you
experience what you believe death to be. This is not quite
accurate; you experience the full-blown fruit and trees (like
a forest) of your uncooked seeds sprouting at the moment
of death.
There is only the Spanda Principle, which arises as consciousness
and/or not consciousness simultaneously—both
of which are NOT. Thus visualizations and remembrances
of experience are only memories and they require an “I” and
they are only concluded, inferred, or drawn upon to subtlety
prove you are—I am. They are self-reinforcing survival
mechanisms designed to reinforce themselves.
“Whether it is word or thought or object, there is no
state which is not . . . [made of THE SUBSTANCE].”
(Spanda Karikas, p. 126)
THERE iS nO STATE WHiCH iS nOT MADE
Of COnSCiOUSnESS, inClUDinG THE “i”
WHO EXpERiEnCES THE STATE.
THEREfORE, AS COnSCiOUSnESS nEiTHER ARE
AnD THERE iS nO COnSCiOUSnESS.