I have been slowly working my way through a book called, Meditation: A Simple 8-point Program for Translating Spritiual Ideals into Daily Life by Eknath Easwaran since about the time I last posted on this blog.
He included a quote from the great spiritual thinker Albert Einstein early on that really summed up a lot of the conclusions I have come to in life:
A human being is part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something seperated from the rest - a kind of delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, rstricting us to our personal desires and to affections 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 beauty.
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