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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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