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
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
image and separate article: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1175000/images/_1178602_subaru300.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1178602.stm&usg=__ym7Re4VTOHaZKs9hXvAWSwt2kM0=&h=210&w=300&sz=9&hl=en&start=57&sig2=h7jk20hye3EUmKquhSbK9g&um=1&tbnid=JbIXwjr318LeRM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dobjects%2Bfloating%2Bin%2Bspace%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS333%26sa%3DN%26start%3D54%26um%3D1&ei=5gt_SpCFAsmzmQfr5cmzAg
1 comment:
I know Einstein said it, but I question whether or not it's "true" in the sense of human beings and their/my actual sentience.
Post a Comment