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

74 / You Are Not
Wolinsky: Tell me an association about the letter ‘r.’
Student: Riddle, ridiculous, ridicule, rhyme, wire, time,
fine, climb.
Wolinsky: Tell me an association around the letter ‘y.’
Student: You, Fuck you, yodel, yucker, finger pointing,
hey you.
Wolinsky: How are you doing?
Student: Calm, more peaceful.
EXERCISE #8
Looking from back there.
1) Now notice the “charged” word.
2) Pull your attention back prior to any thought,
impression, knowledge, or ideas “you” have about
the changed word.
3) From “back there,” how does the word seem to
“you”?
THE nERvOUS SYSTEM GivES THE illUSiOn
THAT THERE iS A COnTinUAl UninTERRUpTED
COnTinUiTY Of “YOU.”
ACTUAllY THiS “YOU” OR “i”
AppEARS-DiSAppEARS-AppEARS-DiSAppEARS.
THE “i” OR “YOU,” BEinG An AppEARAnCE
AnD A BY-pRODUCT Of THE nERvOUS SYSTEM.
THE “i” OR “YOU” DOES nOT knOW
WHEn “YOU” ARE nOT.
WHY? BECAUSE THERE iS
nO “YOU” in THE GApS.