Albert Einstein was as compassionate as he was intelligent

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us the universe, 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. 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 this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” Albert Einstein

That's pretty much the essence of Metta meditation--the practice of loving kindness. This meditation has been part of the Buddhist teachings for... well I don't know exactly how long... but basically ever since the teachings began. I think they're on to something!!

 

That was beautiful. The guy was apparently a pisces-obviously very aware. I really love that quote.

Love-Maxi.Xx

 

That was beautiful. The guy was apparently a pisces-obviously very aware. I really love that quote.

Love-Maxi.Xx

 

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Oh yeah--he was born on March 14th!

I'm a pisces too: March 8th

 

One of his famous quotes is typically piscean...infact i think it more or less sums up pisces-
"Imagination is more important than knowledge"

He apparently used to work out theories about time and space by sitting alone and imagining he was travellin out there on silver light beams. I think its just proof that scientists and anyone else on a search should maybe spend less time in laboratories and more time sitting alone, with their dreams and their imagination, and then theyll usually find the answers.

Love-Maxi.Xx

 

i think he was stoned when he did that imagining

 

In that case you underestimate the power of the imagination

 

Bill,

Sometimes people have powerful insights that when expressed can sound absurd. Thinking with great freedom that leads to discovery is often very misunderstood; if you think of thinking or ways of doing that are commonly accepted today, and knowing about a particular general social structure say 150 years ago, and then hypothetically putting a way of thinking or doing that is commonly accepted today in that context 150 years ago we obtain the most unusual reactions. An example that I often use is, "what if someone walked down a street in New York 150 years ago wearing a bathing suit that we wear today, what do you think the reaction would be ?"

So I believe, Bill, that you may be 'comming from a different place' that people do not easily, if at all, understand. Certainly our imagination is connected to the chemical state of our brain; as absurd as this next 'blanket statement' may sound, "I question how dependent our imaginative capabilities are on the chemical state of the brain"; the first retort question might be "what do you mean by 'dependent'?". I'll end this one with a silly lil poem in honor of Yoga, in honor of Yogas:


Bio-chem,
appenadge of a being.
Lock and key,
hear the self.
What you do see ?


Peace,

David