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

SIddhARAMeShWAR ANd
The MeTAphOR OF The bOdIeS
The Gross Physical Body
Metaphorically, The gross physical body has no
consciousness. It is not an independent being.
It is an idea, a mirage giving the illusion “AS If” it is the
source or center of its world,
a separate, independent, individual entity that can
achieve enlightenment or realization.
Nisargadatta Maharaj (pg. 35):
“It is not possible for a phenomenal object
to achieve something and this (body) is only
a phenomenal object.
The Mind:
Subtle Body or dream body
Metaphorically, the mind also called the subtle body or
dream body, by Siddharameshwar, contains thoughts,
memories, emotions, associations, perceptions, a
perceiver, the body image.
The mind or subtle or dream body gives the illusion
that the body which is a thought or image is
independent containing a separate independent self
with its own self nature independent of other selves.
Contained within this is the illusion that the mind
resides in the body, in the skull,
rather than one mind, which contains everything.
The linguistic metaphor called the mind, brings with it
the illusion, that it resides in an individual skull,
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