Picked up a quote from a free book box near my neighborhood today. There are a lot of things I like about the vibe and culture of my new city, even though I think politically I disagree with most of the local residents. One of the things I like is their promotion of free culture like this.
The quote is from Albert Einstein: “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 separate from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of consciousness,” which Einstein calls a kind of “prison.”
A somewhat frivolous pop reference: Jewel sang and dramatized something similar in her song and video “Break Me” (can be found on YouTube) which her video director said was about “the illusion of difference.” It is a pretty song and nice video about the way people can meld into each other. Some find that off-putting, but I think it is beautiful in a way. We are all just human.