Einstein on Spirituality
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DK Matai
Sep 28, 2010, 1:51:55 AM9/28/10
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In the context of Holistic Quantum Relativity's Socratic Dialogue it
is useful to note Albert Einstein's Quotes on Spirituality. Einstein
contributed more than any other scientist to the modern vision of
physical reality. His special and general theories of relativity are
still regarded as the most satisfactory model of the large-scale
universe that we have.
Albert Einstein Quotes on Spirituality
. I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in
this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I
want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.
. Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
. My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable
superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able
to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
. The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more
certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not
lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith,
but through striving after rational knowledge.
. Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science
becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the
Universe -- a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the
face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.
. The scientists' religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous
amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence
of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic
thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant
reflection.
. There is no logical way to the discovery of elemental laws. There is
only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order
lying behind the appearance.
. The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a
faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant
and has forgotten the gift.
. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious; It is
the source of all true art and science.
. We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of
course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
. Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and
Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.
. When the solution is simple, God is answering.
. God does not play dice with the universe.
. God is subtle but he is not malicious.
. A human being is a part of the whole, called by us 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,
restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few
persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free from this prison by
widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and
the whole nature in its beauty.
. Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for
survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian
diet.
. The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as
meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for
life.
. Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by
understanding.
. Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.
. The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like
a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the
ceilings with books in many different tongues. The child knows that
someone must have written these books. It does not know who or how. It
does not understand the languages in which they are written. But the
child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books---a
mysterious order which it does not comprehend, but only dimly
suspects.
. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its
own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he
contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous
structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a
little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
. What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can
comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person
with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that
has nothing to do with mysticism.
. The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion.
Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom
this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and
lives in a state of fear is a dead man. To know that what is
impenetrable for us really exists and manifests itself as the highest
wisdom and the most radiant beauty, whose gross forms alone are
intelligible to our poor faculties - this knowledge, this feeling ...
that is the core of the true religious sentiment. In this sense, and
in this sense alone, I rank myself among profoundly religious men.
. The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is easier to
denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.
. True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all
one's goodness and righteousness.
. Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and
ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and
fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations
and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to
me precisely the most important function which religion has to form in
the social life of man.
First Published by The Holistic Quantum Relativity Group on February
19th, 2007.
http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/02/hqr_albert_eins.html
[ENDS]
The "E8 Album" images in Volume I http://ow.ly/kGJj and Volume II
http://ow.ly/TAB9 are visual intersections of Spirituality, Science,
Art and Sustainability! Feel free to share them on your FB page by
clicking share or you can tag yourself!
The Holistic Quantum Relativity (HQR) Group is on FB http://ow.ly/k5Q1
and on the internet http://ow.ly/nkqg
Who says the merger between the sciences, arts and spirituality is not
possible? Ergo, HQR (Holistic Quantum Relativity)! http://ow.ly/7wb6
. ONE Creator.Name Truth.Sole Doer.Fears None.Without Hate.Never
Dies.Beyond Birth-Death.Self-illuminated.Realised by Master's
Grace.Ever True! - Mula Mantra (Root Chant)
To witness the One-in-All, and the All-in-One! To listen, learn and
love!
Love
DK and Family
To connect directly with:
. DK Matai: http://twitter.com/DKMatai
. Open HQR: http://twitter.com/OpenHQR
. ATCA Open: http://twitter.com/ATCAOpen
. @G140: http://twitter.com/G140
. mi2g: http://twitter.com/intunit
All "Early Morning Thoughts!" can be found at The Holistic Quantum
Relativity Group: http://ow.ly/7wb6 or http://ow.ly/k5Q1
is useful to note Albert Einstein's Quotes on Spirituality. Einstein
contributed more than any other scientist to the modern vision of
physical reality. His special and general theories of relativity are
still regarded as the most satisfactory model of the large-scale
universe that we have.
Albert Einstein Quotes on Spirituality
. I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in
this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I
want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.
. Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
. My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable
superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able
to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
. The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more
certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not
lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith,
but through striving after rational knowledge.
. Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science
becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the
Universe -- a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the
face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.
. The scientists' religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous
amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence
of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic
thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant
reflection.
. There is no logical way to the discovery of elemental laws. There is
only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order
lying behind the appearance.
. The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a
faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant
and has forgotten the gift.
. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious; It is
the source of all true art and science.
. We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of
course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
. Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and
Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.
. When the solution is simple, God is answering.
. God does not play dice with the universe.
. God is subtle but he is not malicious.
. A human being is a part of the whole, called by us 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,
restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few
persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free from this prison by
widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and
the whole nature in its beauty.
. Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for
survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian
diet.
. The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as
meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for
life.
. Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by
understanding.
. Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.
. The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like
a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the
ceilings with books in many different tongues. The child knows that
someone must have written these books. It does not know who or how. It
does not understand the languages in which they are written. But the
child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books---a
mysterious order which it does not comprehend, but only dimly
suspects.
. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its
own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he
contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous
structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a
little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
. What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can
comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person
with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that
has nothing to do with mysticism.
. The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion.
Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom
this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and
lives in a state of fear is a dead man. To know that what is
impenetrable for us really exists and manifests itself as the highest
wisdom and the most radiant beauty, whose gross forms alone are
intelligible to our poor faculties - this knowledge, this feeling ...
that is the core of the true religious sentiment. In this sense, and
in this sense alone, I rank myself among profoundly religious men.
. The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is easier to
denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.
. True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all
one's goodness and righteousness.
. Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and
ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and
fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations
and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to
me precisely the most important function which religion has to form in
the social life of man.
First Published by The Holistic Quantum Relativity Group on February
19th, 2007.
http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/02/hqr_albert_eins.html
[ENDS]
The "E8 Album" images in Volume I http://ow.ly/kGJj and Volume II
http://ow.ly/TAB9 are visual intersections of Spirituality, Science,
Art and Sustainability! Feel free to share them on your FB page by
clicking share or you can tag yourself!
The Holistic Quantum Relativity (HQR) Group is on FB http://ow.ly/k5Q1
and on the internet http://ow.ly/nkqg
Who says the merger between the sciences, arts and spirituality is not
possible? Ergo, HQR (Holistic Quantum Relativity)! http://ow.ly/7wb6
. ONE Creator.Name Truth.Sole Doer.Fears None.Without Hate.Never
Dies.Beyond Birth-Death.Self-illuminated.Realised by Master's
Grace.Ever True! - Mula Mantra (Root Chant)
To witness the One-in-All, and the All-in-One! To listen, learn and
love!
Love
DK and Family
To connect directly with:
. DK Matai: http://twitter.com/DKMatai
. Open HQR: http://twitter.com/OpenHQR
. ATCA Open: http://twitter.com/ATCAOpen
. @G140: http://twitter.com/G140
. mi2g: http://twitter.com/intunit
All "Early Morning Thoughts!" can be found at The Holistic Quantum
Relativity Group: http://ow.ly/7wb6 or http://ow.ly/k5Q1
Buddy Page
Sep 28, 2010, 2:04:52 PM9/28/10
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| It is important to grasp from Einstein's statements that he is using religion in the context of the times, to mean general spirituality. He also goes to great lengths to seperate himself from theology by pointing out that his religion is science and reason. This is a cautious discussion of religion during a time when spoken to openly and blatantly could result in blacklisting and other penalties, especially for a German Jew in the USA. Also, Einstein was not a spiritual or esoteric researcher, so trying to extend his success in math and physics to spirituality is just an exercise in hero worship. He is definitely more relevant than most people, who can barely reason, but his offhand statements and quotes are not research results, but merely opinions. Context is everything... Buddy ***************** http://www.sevenstarhand.org/ Pay close attention, profundity knocks at the door, listen for the key. Be Aware! Scoffing causes blindness... --- On Mon, 9/27/10, DK Matai <dkm...@googlemail.com> wrote: |
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