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

78 / You Are Not
Wolinsky: Is there anything the consciousness, which looks
through the I AM body concept, must now
know?
Bill: It isn’t.
Wolinsky: Is there anything the consciousness, which looks
through the I AM body concept, must not experience?
Bill: It isn’t_______(Silence).
viTAl fORCE
What is the vital force? The vital force lies underneath and
animates the vital breath. Meditation on the breath misses this
basic understanding. Because it is what animates the breath
or the vital force that is prior to the breath and I AM.
EnQUiRY inTO THE nATURE
Of THE viTAl fORCE
Wolinsky: Where is the concept called “my” consciousness,
which forms the concept called I AM and the
vital force?
Ted: Around the body.
Wolinsky: How would the concept called “my” consciousness
and I AM define the concept of vital force?
Ted: As its manifestation.
Wolinsky: And what have been the assumptions the concept
called “my” consciousness has made about the
vital force concept?
Ted: That the I AM concept can be aware of the vital
force.