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Rays of the Absolute - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

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dependent upon consciousness and is made<br />

<strong>of</strong> consciousness which leads to <strong>the</strong> next<br />

phase.<br />

Stage 5<br />

As <strong>the</strong> consciousness fades,<br />

not only are you not <strong>the</strong> beingness,<br />

you are not <strong>the</strong> I Am,<br />

you are not <strong>the</strong> consciousness,<br />

you are prior to consciousness, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Absolute</strong>.<br />

Nisargadatta Maharaj called it <strong>the</strong> Parabrahman.<br />

Five Currents<br />

This is where certain aspects <strong>of</strong> five currents <strong>of</strong><br />

teaching meet,<br />

Advaita: one substance, not two,<br />

Vedanta: The end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Vedas, neti neti, not this not<br />

this. Neti Neti is <strong>the</strong> process <strong>of</strong> negating all names and<br />

forms, (nama rupa), in order to realize <strong>the</strong> Self with a<br />

Capital S.<br />

Kashmir Shaivism: The Shiva Sutras, The disappearance <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> universe as something separate from consciousness.<br />

Its reduction to sameness with consciousness, and its<br />

assimilation with consciousness itself.<br />

Buddhism: The Heart Sutra:<br />

Emptiness is form, form is emptiness<br />

Emptiness is Consciousness, Consciousness is<br />

Emptiness<br />

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