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Politics : Evolution
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To: average joe who wrote (28805)7/22/2012 6:52:36 PM
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As champion of science Eienstein spoke of that incomplete consciousness being only so far developed in us as biological machines , which underneath that thinly veiled veneer we hold of ourselves with some idea of "Free Will " describing it as an optical delusion . He saw that great reality simply as it is after Hubble helped a little later on from his observatory expanding the vista a billion fold . It's we trying to peer out still trapped each in our seperate little boxes.

But what could be interpreted here as only more of a greatest hope for humanity amidst an infinite yet impersonal realism of the nature of the world & vast universe ?

There is no "atheism" here or is there any nodding accent to religion either, but something exactly that which religion would aspire to but falls far short in its frozen idealism & failed medieval romanticism . What is written here is far less cloying and truely liberating for it deals with nature of reality and the potential for seeing true unity . The escape from the prison of limitations of our immaturity as part of potential developement which is all inclusive not exclusive .

"Einstein: Optical Delusion of Consciousness"

"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 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.

Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security."
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