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from susan.dirgham, 02.01.10

Image: A boy fascinated by the the pigeons in the square that's home to the ancient Corinthian columns which lead to the Umayyad Mosque. Damascus, November 2008.

In 1950, Albert Einstein apparently wrote the following to a rabbi:

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.

Ref: Mindsight, Change your brain and your life, by Daniel J. Siegle, MD, Scribe Melbourne, 2009. Page 255.

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"Mindsight, Change your brain and your life", by Daniel J. Siegel, MD; Scribe Melbourne, 2009.

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