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

to that which is not, as wellas deconstructing points ofreference.To begin, we can start with thelatter and then the former will beself-explanatory.All language both refers to otherwords and language and defersmeaning.More subtly than that, alllanguage presupposes a somethingwhich is in reference to somethingelse. For example, let’s saythere is a thought called, “Ilove myself”. That thought has asalient presupposition that thethought refers to something, inthis case a body, and that thatbody refers to something, in thiscase a “me” or “I”, which residessomewhere within the body. Thisreferring tendency both grants“isness” and “existence” formationby a referencing-re-enforcingloop.However when this is broken downthey can be seen as thoughtfulillusions.90