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Martin and Ott started off the old-fashioned way, diligently assembling quotes from Einstein’s articles and letters. And it was amazing to see how he was able to bring spirituality into his life as a scientist. But then the world showed the quotes to me. “I was not really interested in Albert Einstein in the beginning,“ admits Ott. Yet it was her who suggested to compile the book. While Martin had written down Einstein’s quotes ever since his adolescence, Magda Ott did not know much about the world view of the physicist.
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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.” – Albert Einstein 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. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. “A human being is a part of the whole, called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. The two authors of the book come from different cultural backgrounds, and approached the whole project from different perspectives. The process of compiling, editing and designing the book was itself testament to the creative force of harmony.
So he was very adamant about this – science has to serve the common good, not be an end in itself.“ “Cosmic View”: Universe lends its support “Einstein saw that mankind becoming more and more uprooted, in terms of values and ethical connection. “He wanted the human civilization to exist in harmony with the rest of the universe again,“ explains Martin. He was a life-long pacifist ever after World War II.“Įinstein was the first to acknowledge that human rationality can go very wayward without the guidance of a sense of oneness with the surrounding universe. Einstein takes on the big questions – afterlife, God, mysticism, the responsibility of science.
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Talking to Radio Kruu FM, author Walt Martin said: “We started off with what Albert Einstein himself called ’the religious feeling,’ and we ended with religion and science – making a full circle in a sense. However, the beautiful collection of Einstein’s quotes assembled by Walt Martin and Magda Ott leaves no room for doubt: not in the slightest did he conform to the stereotype of a mad, wicked genius.Įinstein was a man of compassion, constantly expressing a deep sense of awe and humility in the face of the laws of our universe. Wisdom beyond calculationĪlbert Einstein, the father of modern physics, was arguably one of the greatest scientists ever. Long time in the making, a book by two Transcendental Meditation practitioners from Fairfield sheds light on the spiritual core of Albert Einstein’s mindscape. The Cosmic View of Albert Einstein: Writings on Art, Science and Peace.