Ah yes, I thought he had Buddhist leanings. On 2 April 2015 at 13:31, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> "A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited > in time and space. We experience ourselves, our 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 in its > beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and > the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. We shall > require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive." > (Albert Einstein, 1954) > > > > I didn't know until today he also believed the egoist self was a delusion. > > Jason > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
