to stand rapt in awe...

the most beautiful thing

we can experience

is the mysterious -

it is the source of

all true art

and all science -

he to whom this emotion is a stranger, 

who can no longer pause to wonder

and stand rapt in awe

is as good as dead -

his eyes are closed!

which way do you choose?

there are two ways to live:

you can live as if 

nothing is a miracle -

you can live as if 

everything is a miracle -

the freeing of ourSELVES...

Our task must be to 

free ourselves by 

widening our 

circle of compassion 

to embrace 

all living creatures 

and the 

whole of nature 

and 

its beauty.

imagination over knowledge...

Imagination

is more important than

knowledge.

a piece of the pie...

a human being is
part of the whole
called by us
U N I V E R S E
a part limited in
TIME
and
SPACE -
he experiences
himself
his
thoughts and feelings
as something
separated from the rest -
a kind of
optical delusion
of his
consciousness -

the whole circle...

a human being is
part of the WHOLE
called by us UNIVERSE
a part limited in TIME and SPACE
we experience OURSELVES, out THOUGHTS, and FEELINGS
as something separate from the rest -
a kind of OPTICAL DELUSION OF CONSCIOUSNESS -
this delusion is a kind of PRISON for us
restricting us to our personal desires
and to affection for a few persons nearest to us -
our task must be to FREE OURSELVES from the prison
by widening our CIRCLE OF COMPASSION
to embrace all living creatures and
the WHOLE OF NATURE and ITS BEAUTY -
we shall require a substantially new MANNER OF THINKING
if MANKIND IS TO SURVIVE

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