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

permanent carries with it thecapacity to reorganize or recoagulate(in a holographic sense)or re-organize back its opposite.Moreover, once the no “I” ornon-existent state is permittedto “exist”, it implies that thestate of no “I” actually is andactually exists, when it does not.This no “I” illusionary state isdependent upon a knower to knowit, therefore it too is part ofthe illusion. Once any state isnamed as”This is it”, it grantsisness, beingness, or existenceby not “seeing” its illusorynature. In this way the no “I”state reorganizes back the stateof “I”.To illustrate, years agoan Advaita guru came to one ofthe talks. He kept on saying to“me”, “There is no “I”, there isno “I”.” The response was, “Whois it that knows, understands, orexperiences this no “I” state?”Enquiry Koan: “What knower isknowing the no “I” state?Enquiry Koan: “By what, or who isthe “no “I” state known?”58