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

In the second response, “NotKnowing”, we see the descriptionof the metaphoric essential.Simply stated metaphorically, theocean (water) can be hot or cold,a wave, a crest, a current etc.Those are the temporary states ofthe ocean. However the essence ofthe ocean (water) is wetness. Inthis way, the quality of knowingor not knowing is a temporarystate. In the second response,there is neither knowing nor notknowing as the essence of “who youare.”(As an aside, wetness is theessence of water, however it isstill water in a mirage.)NO QuantumIn this way NO Quantum simplymeans that not only is quantumnot, so too the body and theemptiness are not.Why? Because they all require aseparate something to grant itsome form of isness, knowingness,or existence, when in realityisness, knowingness and existence52