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

All perceptions have a point ofreference like a thought, a body,a state etc. Once the perceptualillusion of separation dissolves,then the question would be, “Whoor what is attached to whom orwhat?”The Illusion of the SensesNama rupa is the Sanskrit for nameand form.All form in Buddhism appearsthrough the senses, eyes, earsetc. Metaphorically, since wordsare metaphorical, the “I” isproduced as are the senses alongwith their objects through eithera bio-chemical process or aquantum process.These processes give the illusionthat they are or appear “As If”they are ”inside” the skull,when actually they are not. Theskull as the source or locusof perception is an abstractedillusion. The production ofthe concept of an “inside” or“outside” is an abstractedtransducedconstruct assumed to betrue.71