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

First, since there is no separate“I”, then therefore there isnobody to know.Second, any knowingness orknowledge has to have a knower.Third, the abstraction processmeans that all knowledge, theknower and all knowingnessis an abstraction of nothing(emptiness).Finally, by holding on to the“I don’t know”, there is adeconditioning-deconstructioncollapsingof how the mind isorganized.Going back to the Heart Sutraand appreciating it at the nextcurrent, we could easily say thatneither form nor emptiness are,because they are both knower orperceiver dependent. And anythingknower or perceiver dependent isan abstracted representation ofsomething that does not exist.Nisargadatta Maharaj:“The seer too is also part of themirage.” [illusion]51