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

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The perceiver is consciousness,<br />

There is no perceiver,<br />

All is contained within <strong>the</strong> consciousness bubble an<br />

illusory appearance made <strong>of</strong> consciousness<br />

thoughts are only consciousness,<br />

<strong>the</strong> thinker is unreal only consciousness,<br />

all action and inaction are unreal,<br />

There is only consciousness,<br />

Consciousness is <strong>the</strong> substratum <strong>of</strong> all perceivables<br />

and conceivables.<br />

Experience <strong>the</strong> doer as consciousness<br />

Krishna: “I am <strong>the</strong> doer and enjoyer <strong>of</strong> all actions.”<br />

<strong>the</strong> power behind seeing or perceiving is only<br />

consciousness<br />

all causes and <strong>the</strong>ir effects are unreal <strong>the</strong>re is only<br />

consciousness<br />

Nisargadatta Maharaj (pg. 4):<br />

“Things happen without cause”<br />

All knowledge and <strong>the</strong> knower is consciousness.<br />

All is an illusory appearance made <strong>of</strong> consciousness.<br />

You are like <strong>the</strong> snake in <strong>the</strong> rope.<br />

I am like a snake in a rope.<br />

Ramana Maharishi:“The seer and <strong>the</strong> objects seen are<br />

both like <strong>the</strong> rope and <strong>the</strong> snake.<br />

Just as <strong>the</strong> knowledge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rope which is <strong>the</strong><br />

substratum will not arise unless <strong>the</strong> false knowledge<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> illusory serpent. goes, so <strong>the</strong> realization <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

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