Beyond Religion: The Cultural Evolution of the Sense of the Sacred, from Shamanism to Religion to Post-Religious Spirituality Thompson William Irwin
"The 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…
Specifikacia Beyond Religion: The Cultural Evolution of the Sense of the Sacred, from Shamanism to Religion to Post-Religious Spirituality Thompson William Irwin
"The 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 to affection 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. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive." -- Albert Einstein (1954)In an age of religious fundamentalist violence around the world, it is heartening to read poet and cultural historian William