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

Questions and Answers & exercises / 75
THE BODY COnCEpT
The perceiver, through inference, develops an image of “her/
his” body, which is then seen by the perceiver. It is important,
therefore, to enquire into the nature of the perceiver’s inference
in order to GO BACK THE WAY WE CAME
EnQUiRY inTO THE nATURE
Of THE BODY COnCEpT
Wolinsky: Where is the concept called “my” consciousness
that believes in the concept of the body?
Note:
The concept called “my” consciousness is a pivotal
abstraction because it presupposes more than one SUB-
STANCE and separation.
Bill: My head.
Wolinsky: How would the concept called “my” consciousness
and the concept called I AM define the
body?
Note:
We always try to phrase the question so as to “distance”
the “my” consciousness as a structure, which I
AM NOT.
Bill: The body is a vehicle of the consciousness.
Wolinsky: What assumptions has this concept called “my”
consciousness and the concept I AM made about
the body?
Bill: That it is real, it operates, and it is necessary.
Wolinsky: And by the concept called “my” consciousness
and the concept I AM believing in the concept