Einstein enacting the concept of leela.
I’ve been storing up ideas during the last few weeks, as I waited for Laurie and Lisa to transfer the helm to me. One of those ideas came upon me recently when I saw a special edition magazine about Albert Einstein. The articles on its cover were all scientific and piqued my interest, but what I found the most interesting in the magazine after bringing it home and perusing it, was the very first article, an essay written by Einstein himself. I was surprised at Einstein’s humble, down to earth philosophy.
Here’s a quote:
“I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves — this critical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty. The ideals that have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.”
If you’d like to read more here’s the link.
Namaste.
Katie
“Enlightenment is not a process of learning, it is a process of unlearning.”
–Dr. Kat Domingo
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A few year’s ago, my husband gave me a book about Einstein, full of his life story and many of his quotes. I knew he was a smarty-pants, but I was surprised to see so many quotes from him on the topic of spirituality.
“A human being is 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 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 affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening the circle of understanding and compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
Albert Einstein
