Notes from the Dream (circa 1982-1986) - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

My story was that Spiritual Paths existedwithin a bubble-realm and were metaphorswhere an imagined self could pierce thestructural encasement of the bubble. Bypiercing the bubbles’ container a portal or holeor doorway would open to the nothing-ness,and maybe arrive selfless or without a self tothe other side.The concern lie in getting stuck in enjoying the“energy” so much that the energy or path orportal became the most significant thing, andthus the destination, (realization) was forgotten.Zen Saying:“If you fall in love with the path you willforget the destination.”Yoga Maya:Falling so in love with the path and getting sothrilled by the path and absorbed and weddedto its its myriad of techniques, (called sadhana)and its philosophy can “lead an aspirant intothe illusion of yoga”.What s the illusion of yoga?Yoga is a “thorn to remove a thorn.”In other words, there is a thorn in your foot85