tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10801966.post5103136628797363358..comments2023-10-31T05:28:09.303-07:00Comments on Fear and Loathing in Girl Pants: Eugenically Speaking . . .s.k.namannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421786160958149254noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10801966.post-21923142553156418052008-07-26T23:49:00.000-07:002008-07-26T23:49:00.000-07:00Hi Scott it's Steve, Marianne's husband. I'm not ...Hi Scott it's Steve, Marianne's husband. I'm not only impressed with your creative talent but your appreciation of philosophy. I consider myself an existentialist, but i have to admit after a promising start with courses at UCLA i have totally neglected this, which is sad because i equate my philosophical views with my religious views (which of course means that i am off course). In any event, you recently blogged "On to another contradiction: I think you can believe in Evolution and God at the same time. Einstein did." what little i have done since college is realize that Tibetan Buddhism bridges the gap between my spiritual and philosophical views, and your reference to Einstein inspired me to reaffirm his ability to connect the two. here's an excerpt from an inspired blog - looking forward to discuss:<BR/> <BR/>"Einstein on Buddhism <BR/>Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spritual; and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. -Albert Einstein<BR/><BR/>If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism. -Albert Einstein<BR/><BR/>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 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 affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compasion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely but striving for such achievement is, in itself, a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.<BR/>-Albert Einstein<BR/><BR/>Here's another quote from Einstein that I love. It is my signature at the bottom of my emails:<BR/><BR/>The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. -Albert EinsteinSteve Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14997163377715071617noreply@blogger.com