A quick Google search shows that this comes from the book "Einstein and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings" If anyone has access to this book maybe we could check out the bibliography for the source. B
Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! ________________________________ From: Bill! <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, September 14, 2012 3:06:17 AM Subject: [Zen] Food For No-Thought... A couple interesting quotes... "Modern physics has revealed a world that is made up not of elementary particles but of elementary ideas, forms and symmetries. Many of the properties previously associated with "matter" do not apply to atomic particles, suggesting to scientists that the world is fundamentally more akin to mind than to what we used to think of as matter. In fact, so many common-sense notions of reality have turned out to be wrong that physicists now view the external world as a mental construct--and one that can sometimes be misleading. The world of the new physics bears surprising similarities to that of Eastern Mysticism, which is said to consist of name and form. All things are essentially forms or ideas created by the act of naming, a habitual unconscious process that normally takes place outside our awareness. In fact, it is this very lack of awareness that leads us to believe the world has it's own reality independent of the mind. Like the mistaken view of classical physics, this delusion blinds us to the true nature of things." - Thomas J. McFarlane "Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world" -Albert Einstein "All such notions as causation, succession, atoms, primary elements...are all figments of the imagination and manifestations of the mind." - Buddha (CAVEAT on this one: I've never seen this Buddha quote before and couldn't independently verify it. If anyone can cite a more specific source (like a certain sutra) I'd appreciate the information.) ...Bill!
