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

20 / You Are Not
4) “Wonder,” prior to this chemical reaction that
produces a perceiver (“I”), what or who am
“I”?
So, now that the direction of YOU ARE NOT, at a physiological
level, has been presented in Section I, we can take this
as our point of departure for a summary of the Structural
Differential, which we will use as a description of how the
nervous system is organized to produce the I AM concept,
and all that follows from it.
YOU ARE nOT A pERSOn . . .
THE pERSOn iS nOT, YOU ARE nOT.
—Nisargadatta Maharaj
In Nisargadatta Maharaj’s statement above, we again
“feel” the understanding that prior to I AM . . . YOU ARE
NOT. In fact, even more profoundly, we understand that I
AM appears only as the nervous system becomes solidified
(to be discussed later). Moreover, fluids (neurotransmitters)
come together, driven by electromagnetism, which forms
the appearance of the concept of I AM and the delusional
psychology (mythology) that follows. Prior to this I AM,
however, YOU ARE NOT. ENQUIRE: Prior to the appearance
of I AM, are you?
SUMMARY Of THE STRUCTURAl DiffEREnTiAl
The purpose of this summary is to give a very brief explanation
of two major functions. First, how both physics and
yoga support what we call the universe as a condensation or
contraction of THAT SUBSTANCE—call it Nothingness or
UNDIFFERENTIATED CONSCIOUSNESS—which “later”
forms consciousness. The Yoga Sutras say it this way:
“The manifested universe is an emanation of the
ultimate reality . . . and may be considered to be fun-