Science and Spirituality
“A human being is part of the whole called by us ‘universe,’ a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our 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 affections for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” - Albert Einstein
“True happiness comes not from a limited concern for one’s own well-being, or that of those one feels close to, but from developing love and compassion for all sentient beings.” – The Dalai Lama
The future was so bright J. Robert Oppenheimer had to wear shades. On July 16, 1945, the Manhattan Project director clipped on a pair of sunglasses and looked out over the New Mexico desert, awaiting the world’s first atomic test. As the mushroom cloud boiled up over the horizon, a line from The Bhagavad-Gita popped into the lanky scientist’s head: “I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
