Rays of the Absolute - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.
Rays of the Absolute - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.
Rays of the Absolute - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.
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a ripple on <strong>the</strong> ocean <strong>of</strong> consciousness.<br />
Knowledge or information you have about yourself is<br />
just consciousness.<br />
Shiva Sutras: “Knowledge is bondage.”<br />
Consciousness is not associated in any way with <strong>the</strong><br />
world or any concept <strong>of</strong> individuals.<br />
“I am” consciousness <strong>the</strong> witness is an appearance<br />
made <strong>of</strong> consciousness.<br />
Experience <strong>the</strong> witness, and that which is being<br />
witnessed as being made <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same consciousness.<br />
The witness is only consciousness, an appearance<br />
made <strong>of</strong> consciousness.<br />
“I am” consciousness.<br />
Consciousness is prior to sound, since sound is a<br />
perceivable it is an illusion.<br />
The Shiva Sutras:“<strong>the</strong> cause <strong>of</strong> bondage is sound.”<br />
Nisargadatta Maharaj (pg. 232):<br />
“All knowledge is a form <strong>of</strong> ignorance.”<br />
All objects are consciousness and as such <strong>the</strong>y are an<br />
appearance made <strong>of</strong> consciousness.<br />
All that is perceived or conceived is a snake in <strong>the</strong> rope.<br />
Nisargadatta Maharaj<br />
“<strong>the</strong>re is no birth <strong>the</strong>re is no death <strong>the</strong>re is<br />
no person it’s all concept it’s all an illusion.”<br />
There is only consciousness.<br />
There is no volition or free will.<br />
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