The Zen of Advaita - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

Barrier:Maharaj: “That’s not it.”Translator: (aside to student):“Don’t worry, whatever you say youare doing Maharaj always says,‘That’s not it!’.”It was the Enquiry Questions heasked the students to considerwhich entered you like a virusabsorbing your consciousness untilits riddle was realized and achunk of the “I” you thought youwere disappeared.It was in that process ofrealizing the answer to theriddle that the deconstructionof thoughts, memories, emotions,associations and perceptions wouldoccur and thereby bring about theliberation from the illusion ofthe individual mind, leading tothe one mind as consciousness.After one had been through thatprocess it was fascinatingsometimes to sit and watch anewcomer arrive and go through asimilar process.In this way, any Teaching Masterneeds to:20