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

58 / You Are Not
EACH MOMEnT iS A nEW MOMEnT Of SpACE-TiME
The illusion that “I” have a problem in 2000 because “my”
mother didn’t love me in 1950 is nonsense.
THE pERCEivER Of THE pATTERn
iS pART Of THE pATTERn.
There are no patterns, the perceiver of the pattern is part
of the pattern, and the perceiver of the pattern perceives a
pattern where there is none.
When we understand that the perceiver of the pattern,
the pattern, and the “awarer” of a pattern are all made of the
same UNDERLYING SUBSTANCE then (puff) it all disappears.
“Patterns” and “the body” are inferences that appear
after the fact and they function only as a reinforcement of
survival, or to make “one” mistakenly believe that they WERE,
ARE and WILL BE.
Descartes Catastrophe
Descartes famous statement; “I think therefore I AM”
has impacted the western world, more than this book could
even say.
However, in the light of 2001 neuroscience, it is a totally
inaccurate statement.
The “I” that the nervous system produces after the experience
has already occurred is a representation, which imagines
it was, is, and will be, but; the “I,” which was produced by
the nervous system, is merely a representation, a chemical
reaction. It could be said that “I AM” appears and imagines
it is, and that it thinks; however, it is just an appearance, it is
not. Metaphorically, consider H 2 O (water). If we were to add
hydrogen (2 parts) to oxygen (1 part), the water appears. In
the same way, chemicals mix together and the “I” appears.
“You” could ask, “Who were you prior to the appearance of