Management of thoughts ver 1.6

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Management of Thoughts

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Thinking

Thoughts are produced when we hear something

or get a threat or face a situation of suspect,

doubt or fear. Inquiry turns into imagination.

This happens to all of us naturally; like forming

waves on surface of water upon a stone hitting

it.

Thinking is an act of observing thoughts.

1. Thoughts arising from reaction are never

permanent but cannot be stopped coming.

2. Thoughts arising from non-reaction are

permanent and remain in control.

Mind is space like a mirror made of water. This

space is around us. The entire world which we

see is our own reflection in mind. A dancer on

stage is self-focused but audiences seen by her

are in her mind. This self-awareness of dancer is

called action of non-reaction. The moment

dancer changes, audiences start changing.

But if we consider mind as real and touch that

mirror made of water with a finger, reflection in

water gets distorted and self-awareness is lost.

Dancer by disturbing her own mind finds

audiences seated in auditorium going out of

control. She when disturbed, no longer is a

dancer. She gets trapped by her own images.

More is this struggle, images will have opposite

and equal response and this struggle becomes

endless. This system-awareness of dancer is

called action of reaction.

After the mind is calm again, we are back in a

conscious state of the self. We can then witness

the world in our mind with our physical eyes and

experience of thoughts but not like to disturb the

mind.

Mind is just an instrument or reflective media

which echoes our own state of self. Self is

infinite and so is the world. We change and

world in mind gets automatically changed. But

this change in self should be not a reaction.

Thoughts arising from action of reaction are like

waves in water, which act in defense. They arise,

go out to inquire into a matter and when

satisfied, all thoughts or waves or ripples in

mind are ironed out. Thoughts occur only to

inquire into an unknown or alien field (whether

it is an unknown past, an unknown future or an

unknown place). With a realization of the truth,

risk ends; and with it, thoughts end too. A truth

is therefore, thoughtless.

The world is made by perceptions. Scenarios

change dynamically; and observer in physical

system becomes insecure, defensive and

reactive. Every observer in physical system

(physiological observer) feels handicap by its

senses in coping up with physical system and it

remains satisfied with assumptions. A

computational or critical observer on the other

hand operates at intellectual level and is free

from fatigue of senses. Wisdom or intuition is a

further upgrade of computational observers and

is free from intellectual reason and empiricism.

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There are two approaches which thoughts use

for an inquiry into the truth.

1. Belief: action of non-reaction, spiritual

wisdom

2. Disbelief/ skepticism: action of reaction,

intellectual defense

Science is based on skepticism because a belief

when not tested by reason can be a risk.

Influences or authority acting at an individual

level temper the thoughts and believing is blind

fold. This reason makes knowledge

independent of any bias of observers. Scientific

knowledge is then transferable and reusable.

This is subject to arguments (political process)

and finally, experimental or proven by war.

Galileo, as computational observer, contradicted

traditional belief about movement of the earth in

relation to the sun. This, for physiological

observers, was an obvious fact that the sun rises

and sets every day. This belief or assumption

was corrected by efforts of Galileo. Absence of

reason cannot be called a belief. Belief is a

maturity of reason which gives us comfort of a

collective mind.

Bias or influence of authority in observers is the

main reason of mistrust or skepticism. When

two children talk to each other, they have not

even an idea of disbelief and therefore accept

what the other says. Children are nameless as we

all consider them truthful. No motives are

attached and identities, not fixed. Truth is not

dependent on individuals, and identity or fixing

accountability is unwanted. Consider similarly,

lives of rishi or saints who believe one another

unconditionally, and remain immersed in

meditation. For them, every fact is the

truth. And yet, this passes tests of skepticism

and rigor of reason.

Adults, who have the ability to fabricate

thoughts by individual biases, carry a certain

points of view. Motives get attached with

thoughts. For example, this is my house or

stock prices will decline are examples of

thought. This statement cannot apply to all

others. This fabric of thoughts called mind,

woven in complex manner with multitudes of

concepts and logic, becomes a curtain behind

which universal truth gets hidden. Dependency

of individuals on fabrication of thoughts has its

merit and demerit. Being intellectually

knowledgeable is not equivalent of the truth.

In this philosophy of skepticism or disbelief,

adults are identified so that a limit is fixed by

reference and context. This is a pursuit of

intellectual defense. 'Ahankar' or identity has a

purpose to identify, track and arrest the source of

suspected information (a type of mind).

Science is a well-known mechanism of

discovering common knowledge hidden in

various minds (or, thought-fabrics as curtain of

veiled individuals). Science is a principle with

which mind (also called fabric of

thoughts/defenses using a tool of disbelief) is

opened. Or, curtain of uncertain or false

thoughts destroyed. Science thus discovers a

collective mind. With it, belief among people is

re-established. Belief (absence of conflict) ends

darkness and next is, rising of the sun as the

truth.

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Individual perceptions are facts but not the truth.

Sciences are a knowhow or law behind changes

in perception and status of conscious observers.

With this knowledge, individuality of mind is

destroyed. Conflicts of individual perceptions

end. Observers can then have a stability of

decision (called character). With it, belief in one

another is firmly established.

Study of perceptions in given reference and

context is articulated by assumed names,

standards of measurement, relativity of logic and

so on. This type of knowledge is nothing but

mirror image of ignorance. Both co-exist. With

end of knowledge and ignorance, the truth is

then obvious. This is 7-step scientific approach

of inquiry of the truth.

1. Fact

2. Evidence

3. Record

4. Data

5. Information

6. Knowledge

7. Truth

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Fact-Evidence-Record-Data-Information-

Knowledge-Truth

FACT:

Everything perceived, seen physically, or

logically understood by any individual,

anywhere, anytime is

a fact. Experience is

an example of a

fact. Fact is an

individual

perception,

undeniable and yet

not relevant to, or acceptable by all. Every

moment is a fact. Dream is also a fact for the

person who saw it. An object seen by

different people can have many different

perceptions and yet, all of those are facts.

Inability to change our points of view is a

handicap. What each one us sees is different

than what is seen. Same thing, seen from

various different points of view appears

different. Because, nobody believes in

another; facts can become evidence only

upon verification or witness by a second

party with a common motive.

EVIDENCE:

Two or more people when find a fact

common, 'that fact'

becomes evidence. A

fact verifiable by

'second party (or

parties)' in common

interest either physically or by

circumstances, is evidence. Stolen jewelry

is evidence only when it is found in hands of

a thief and identified by its owner. Presence

of 'common interest' in a given fact makes it

evidence. An isolated fact such as a dream

is not evidence.

When any two or more independently

observed facts establish a common motive'

through logic or reason, those facts become

'circumstantial' evidence. For example, one

person saw an aircraft loosing height and

sliding uncontrollably in north east direction

from rooftop of his house which is located

30 km away from city airport. And, another

person after few minutes saw an aircraft

crashed in a paddy field away 120 km from

airport. These two independent facts

constitute evidence as these are related or

common fact by reason.

All facts need not be evidence but evidence

must certainly be a fact. For example, dream

of an individual is a fact but it is not

evidence. Miracles can be facts but unless

there is corroboration by another observer or

by logic, these do not become evidence.

Science was called a magic because it

showed things not seen before. Evidence is

critical for establishing a common motive or

interest from more than one independent

observation 'facts'.

Evidence can be tempered. Because of

physiological fatigue, observers may fail to

recall evidence. This 'temper proofing' of

evidence is called Record.

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RECORD:

Evidence is perishable (or not preserved in

same condition for a long time) and is

therefore, not fit to use

by a third party. A

record (conserved in

media of

communication) makes

an evidence fit to use for

a 'third party' or anyone

independent of interests, to verify it again

and again. Records must have a time stamp

or some base in terms of location of time,

space and author.

Evidence is a fact which is in a common

interest (including conflict of interest) by

two or more observers. And, because it

involves certain interest, conflict or

intention, it is prone to tempering; and

protection is therefore needed to have an

evidence temper proof in a manner it is fit to

be used for further inquiry. Record is temper

proofing of evidence. In a hostile

relationship, records are necessary.

Purpose of record or frozen memory is for

'recall value'. Till the time, there is an

interest (or conflict or agreement or any

warranty), records are required to be

maintained. A document, minutes of

meeting or photograph or unalterable

physical object is an example of

record. Declaration of independence of

India was evidence which had millions of

observers on the 15th August 1947 but its

documentary memorials or pictures or

videos are the records of that evidence, even

today.

When record is evaluated using standard of

measurement it gets converted into data.

Data is a value of the record. Value means,

assigning numerical values to develop a

comparative understanding.

Logbook of vehicle is a record but different

entries of places traveled, distance, time of

travel, amount of fuel are various data.

DATA:

This is a result of numerical treatment of

records. For sake of comparisons,

classification or analysis, use of

measurement

standards are

applied to

convert records

into data.

Standard means which stands unchanged.

Bus stand or cycle stand is example of

standard. I am 5 km away from bus stand.

This means my current location is at 5 km

away from the bus stand or standard. If bus

stand can keep moving, this cannot then act

as a standard or a reference point.

Tailor stitches cloths. A man comes in his

shop for getting cloth stitched of his size. By

definition, actual man is a record or frozen

evidence for a tailor in a particular scenario.

Foot is similarly another unchanged object.

This is used in all scenarios as a standard

unit of measurement. Tailor needs just the

data and let the record (actual customer) go.

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A relationship between foot (standard) and

length of a man at a given time (record) is

called data. For example, 6 feet is a data for

length of a man. Actual man (record or

frozen evidence) can walk away and yet

tailor can use the data for stitching cloth.

Standards are therefore tools for numerical

treatment of records or any frozen evidence.

Just as explained in this case, records are not

needed because data derived from records is

itself good enough.

Purpose of data is sanitization of records. A

record can have its uses in different

contexts. Analysis of data is contextual.

Very many unwanted references (points of

views) are removed. For example, we need

to study performance of education process in

a school. If examination score is taken as

criteria, percentage of students in different

grades is good enough. Names of student,

student on the top are not useful for this

purpose. This means, if the records are not

properly and purposefully sanitized, it

causes pollution of thoughts and obstructs,

mind.

Government keeps record of every citizen.

This record is an act of freezing evidence of

names, income, caste, city of residence and

so on, at a given time. But, data from these

records are extracted carefully for a context.

Measurements of population by caste or

community or any personal preferences can

be a dangerous thing. But, for developing

public facility, like roads and train, only

counting of people and their age are

required. Caste and community or income

data are not required for such purpose. This

is an example of using data. With same set

of records, if the objective of data

processing is not appropriately chosen, it

will lead to incorrect, out of context or

biased information.

Data analysis

Purpose of data is to analyze and act.

Criteria are needed for measurement.

Measurements (use of data) become a basis

of monitoring. As a result of monitoring,

controls apply. If controls become

successful, acts of measurement and

monitoring worked well. For example, in

India there are criteria available for

measurements of below poverty line

(income) and backward class (caste).

People can get certified as poor and

backward. Government can provide

facilities and reservations on this basis. But,

there is no criteria defined for development.

People cannot identify themselves as

developed either as an individual or family

level, or village or city or a country. India is

therefore unlikely to become a developed

nation.

Data analysis also discovers insufficiency of

data. When sufficient data is available in a

given context, this set of data is fit for

decision making, called information.

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Information is a decision enabler. 'In'

formation = whether or not, to form. When

data is sufficient for an observer for

deciding an appropriate reaction, this

becomes information. Information can be

transferred across people and is understood.

Know-how, products and ideas are created

by the information. Information is not

achieved without a decision to act or relief

from action. TV News is only a data and not

information, but a purchase order to a

salesman is information.

Take a simple example of drinking tea. The

taste of tea is 'experience'. This experience

of taste cannot be transferred to another

person sitting in some other country. If a

person sitting at other place wants to have

the original experience of taste of the tea, it

needs sufficient 'data' about the tea brand,

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water quality, proportion, boiling parameters

etc. The 'data' sufficient enough to enable

the decision of forming the tea and drink it

for the original taste is 'information'.

The way, tea was made in example,

companies transfer drawings and

specification of technology and able to re-

produce automobile, food, machines in

different parts of the land with local

materials. Transfer of information is easier

than transporting materials and people. By

virtue of transfer of information, quality of

re-production is assured and brands are built

by re-creation of original experiences.

Processes of knowledge can manipulate

physical system and is able to transfer

experience of one person to another through

physical and logical products. Individuals

mastering the ability to convert experience

into data, data into information can set

themselves free from clutches of the

physical systems and can re-create situations

of desirable experiences. Information

(whether to form or not) is of two types.

First, it is the force of creation or

materialization that can produce all sorts of

physical or logical products and other

manmade systems, for satisfying the desires.

Work of James Watt, Thomas Alva Edison

and Bill Gates are the evidences.

Second, it is the realization of the freedom

(truth) that eliminates the uncertainty and

desires. Examples are the work of Newton,

Albert Einstein and Buddha who never

found the use of inventing things.

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INFORMATION:

It is decision enabler. Information is an

assortment of data or set of data which is

considered adequate for a decision. Data is a

base of decision making. If base is weak,

decision cannot stand firmly. If a decision

cannot be taken, that data is not yet fit to act

as information.

Information is know-how of

decision making while

looking in historical data or

rear view mirror. It is like

driving a car but by looking

in rear view mirror.

Information is a sort of

historical evaluation (or

study of the past), and used

for assessment whether it is, at this moment,

successful or not.

A trend analysis, for example, which is

presented to prove success of a theory or

validate a process of management, is

information. Log book is a record but

historical trends of fuel consumption of

automobiles or costs of operation of fleet of

cars are data, and a set of data sufficient to

take decisions is the information.

When historical

information becomes

a basis of decision or

agreement,

implementation or

movement is

continuously verified

for reasons of control of risk. Information

therefore needs continued monitoring and

control. Monitoring action then goes in a

recursive loop of fact, evidence, record and

data and finally reaches again at the

information.

Information is transferable and reusable

object in a given context. Documented

engineering

drawing, material

specification and

manufacturing

process constitute

information

(intellectual property). When this

information is transferred via

communication, product can be recreated

anywhere with local materials. Technology

transfers and commercial agreements are

examples of use of information.

Information, for said reasons, is stale,

historical or knowledge of the past. Because

of this, use of information in multiplication,

copying or industrial reproduction cannot be

original. There is a risk because existence of

information easily diverts flow of thoughts

in a given or pre-

decided route.

People have a lot

of directions of

information but

not know what

they actually

need. What can be good at one place is not

necessarily good at another place. If that is a

case, it would be like using medicines even

before a disease occurred. Societies buy

infrastructure of police and judiciary and it

then realize a necessity of crime to justify its

decision. Information, unless understood

correctly, is a vicious loop.

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KNOWLEDGE:

Information is historical in its nature but

using it to predict or forecast a future

scenario is knowledge. 'Forecasts' usually

depend on historical information as inputs.

These inputs processed with appropriate

laws (cause and effect relationship, sciences)

produce the Knowledge.

Computational observes do not have

physical fatigue of 'physiological observer'.

The observer then becomes objectively

aware of various cause and effect cycles.

Information based Knowledge

Knowledge is a well-reasoned guess work of

future like a driver of a car going forward

but keeps looking

in a rear mirror.

This is an insecure

state of mind, and

knowledge of such

type is for its own

safety. Such a knowledge which is based on

past information is used in safety of

planning, decision or match fixing but, is not

natural or effortless act of prediction.

This idea of knowledge can be easily

understood by a few examples. In India,

governments are insulated from market.

Employees, by a law, get promotion in a

time bound manner. This promotion in

career is not on merit; or, very rarely, merit

can be made an exception. A person who

joins a cadre at a very young age is sure to

reach at the level of managing director or

chief secretary. This is predestined because

by the age of 60 years, a retirement age,

only that person in that batch can stay in the

organization. That person knows from the

day one, that he is a future chief secretary or

the director in the company, he or she just

entered. Similar is a case of first child of a

king who becomes a king, automatically. It

is certain that first son of a family in a

traditional system becomes head of the clan.

He gets special treatment unlike a child or

working class employee but as a future king

or head of a clan. This is an example of the

knowledge and its effect in people.

Those who forecast the scenario by

knowledge of the tradition or a system try to

take undue advantage. This knowledge is

misused. When this happens, intellectually

very superior people (with knowledge)

become dangerous to humanity. Rawan (the

king of Lanka) was a person with high

intellectual capability. He tried to destroy a

natural system (dharma) in society for his

personal advantage.

More is the uncertainty, more is

requirements of knowledge. Energy markets

are uncertain because of competition from

different technologies, political and market

forces. Given higher uncertainty, forecasting

or knowledge is difficult to make. Stock

market or act of investing is similarly a field

of intensive knowledge, and attracts the

brilliant minds. Politics (when it is not a

family rule), is also an uncertain field.

Electoral politics is uncertain and forecasts

of any person to be chosen as head of a state

against a competition is highly demanding

intellectual rigor.

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System based Knowledge

Knowledge is realization of the system.

We all know that natural system or laws of

nature exists

already and is

uncovered. Laws

of nature cannot

be broken and

this can be a

basis of

forecasting. If

somehow that

system is

known perfectly, it is no need to see

anything in past or future, and any

forecasting is verified.

Galileo contradicted traditional belief about

movement of the earth in relation to the sun.

This was an obvious fact that the sun rises

and sets every day. This belief or

assumption was changed by efforts of

Galileo who backed up the prediction or

forecasts with a rationale.

Knowledge in such a scenario becomes

universal truth. By forecasting with

knowledge of a system, everybody knows

whatever it needs to know in advance, and

this is a way to end all conflicts. For

example, if we know that water boils at 100

degree C, it is used every day in cooking

rice without any forecasts. No record, no

data and no information are needed for

cooking rice because this forecasting is a

result of established knowledge of the

physics or physical system.

This means, system of nature is independent

of the knowledge of the system which

people gather by their intellectual ability.

Knowledge of science gets challenge from

scientists themselves. If anyone tries to

manipulate knowledge in selfish uses, any

forecasts made with it cannot become

truthful.

Intellectually independent Knowledge

wisdom

Knowledge is, 'seeing the unseen through

computational or logical ability' or 'best

guess' or forecast. Since knowledge is a best

guess, it is very much possible that two or

more people with knowledge (containing

error or biases), can come out with their

different predictions or forecasts. Any bias

in knowledge makes a prediction incorrect.

If intention is not good, however be

intellectual capacity, knowledge will not

deliver accurate and consistent forecasts.

In courts, two

lawyers contest

against a case. These

lawyers have great

knowledge but have

a bias or interest in

winning a court case.

For this reason, their forecasts differ. But, a

judge is relatively novice, a paid employee

and insulated from market. Judge is system

dependent. Judge makes a forecast which is

independent of bias of any of the lawyers.

Our lives are filled by examples. In political

elections, different TV channels forecasts

differently by their highest intellectual

capability. Some say A wins and another say

B wins. But the public who is without any

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data or information and is not biased either

by A or B, decides finally who should

actually win and makes a correct forecast.

Knowledge is necessary just as soap is

required for cleaning ignorance. But after

ignorance is cleaned, soap is cleaned too.

Similarly, knowledge exists till ignorance

exists. Once ignorance is gone, knowledge is

gone too. There is no existence of

knowledge without ignorance. Electricity lit

lightings are example of knowledge because

it is needed in night. But soon after the sun

arises, night or darkness or ignorance ends

and simultaneously, electrically lit lightings

become useless.

Self-realization does not come from what

one knows intellectually but what one

becomes as a result of that knowledge The

Bhagwat Gita

Knower and known both, become one.

Knowledge becomes a character which is

inseparable from body and mind. Becoming

a fish is a result of that knowledge which it

intellectually, by a PhD in aquaculture

cannot.

Remember, purpose of

knowledge is to destroy

all doubt or disbelief.

Once a belief is re-

established, ego or

individuality of mind

ends. All biases end.

This is a state of peace of mind or stable

mind or mind without defense. Knowledge

gives us a hope by absence of conflicts, and

this loss of individual ego rebuilds trust.

Truth is beyond knowledge and ignorance.

Truth exists unchanged and active

irrespective of whether or not we know it or

not know it. Truth is independent of all

knowledge or means of prediction as well as

prediction itself. A forecast with zero bias in

points of view is Truth. All differences end.

TRUTH:

Finally, it is one thing what actually will

happen. 'Truth' is therefore independent of

any knowledge or prediction or forecasts.

There are no prizes for guessing a truth such

as the sun rises in the east. The truth is

always universal, ever present, and no

secret.

Truth is thoughtless. But this

thoughtlessness comes by

processing of thoughts.

Millions of tons of gold dust

produce just a few kilogram of

pure gold. Similarly, this

reduction of thoughts is a step by step

process. No conflict (record level), no

competition/surveillance (data level), no

worry (information level), no

forecast/expectation (knowledge level) and

no inquiry and no thoughts (truth level). As

and when humanity develops, people will

enjoy this journey of relief from reactive

thoughts.

Everyone, at all times knows the truth but is

unaware of it without thinking.

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The Spiritual Wisdom of Albert Einstein

Pondering the unknown with the world's

most famous scientist

Though he was the most famous scientist of

his time, Albert Einstein knew we could

never fully understand the workings of the

world within the limitations of the human

mind. Experiencing the universe as a

harmonious whole, he encouraged the use of

intuition to solve problems, marveled at the

mystery of God in nature, and applauded the

ideals of great spiritual teachers such as

Buddha and Jesus.

In Search of the Cosmic Man

The following is an excerpt of his writings

that explore the meeting place between

science and spirituality, giving us a

fascinating glimpse into how Einstein saw

the world:

School failed me, and I failed the school. It

bored me. The teachers behaved like

Feldwebel (sergeants). I wanted to learn

what I wanted to know, but they wanted me

to learn for the exam. What I hated most was

the competitive system there, and especially

sports. Because of this, I wasnt worth

anything, and several times they suggested I

leave.

This was a Catholic School in Munich. I felt

that my thirst for knowledge was being

strangled by my teachers; grades were their

only measurement. How can a teacher

understand youth with such a system?

Einstein felt strangled by his grade-driven

teachers at school

Order in the Universe, Disorder in the

Human Mind

From the age of twelve I began to suspect

authority and distrust teachers. I learned

mostly at home, first from my uncle and

then from a student who came to eat with us

once a week. He would give me books on

physics and astronomy.

The more I read, the more puzzled I was by

the order of the universe and the disorder of

the human mind, by the scientists who didnt

agree on the how, the when, or the why of

creation.

Then one day this student brought me

Kants Critique of Pure Reason. Reading

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Kant, I began to suspect everything I was

taught. I no longer believed in the known

God of the Bible, but rather in the

mysterious God expressed in nature.

The basic laws of the universe are simple,

but because our senses are limited, we cant

grasp them. There is a pattern in creation.

If we look at this tree outside whose roots

search beneath the pavement for water, or a

flower which sends its sweet smell to the

pollinating bees, or even our own selves and

the inner forces that drive us to act, we can

see that we all dance to a mysterious tune,

and the piper who plays this melody from an

inscrutable distancewhatever name we

give himCreative Force, or Godescapes

all book knowledge.

Science is never finished because the human

mind only uses a small portion of its

capacity, and mans exploration of his world

is also limited.

A musical Einstein believed we all danced to

a mysterious tune within

Experiencing the Universe as a

Harmonious Whole

Creation may be spiritual in origin, but that

doesnt mean that everything created is

spiritual. How can I explain such things to

you? Let us accept the world is a mystery.

Nature is neither solely material nor entirely

spiritual.

Man, too, is more than flesh and blood;

otherwise, no religions would have been

possible. Behind each cause is still another

cause; the end or the beginning of all causes

has yet to be found.

Yet, only one thing must be remembered:

there is no effect without a cause, and there

is no lawlessness in creation.

If I hadnt an absolute faith in the harmony

of creation, I wouldnt have tried for thirty

years to express it in a mathematical

formula. It is only mans consciousness of

what he does with his mind that elevates him

above the animals, and enables him to

become aware of himself and his

relationship to the universe.

I believe that I have cosmic religious

feelings. I never could grasp how one could

satisfy these feelings by praying to limited

objects. The tree outside is life, a statue is

dead. The whole of nature is life, and life, as

I observe it, rejects a God resembling man.

Man has infinite dimensions and finds God

in his conscience. [A cosmic religion] has no

dogma other than teaching man that the

universe is rational and that his highest

destiny is to ponder it and co-create with its

laws.

Unveiling the Magnificence of Creation

I like to experience the universe as one

harmonious whole. Every cell has life. Matter,

too, has life; it is energy solidified.

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Einstein discussing Science and God with

Indian spiritual teacher Tagore

Our bodies are like prisons, and I look

forward to be free, but I dont speculate on

what will happen to me.

I live here now, and my responsibility is in

this world now. I deal with natural laws.

This is my work here on earth.

The world needs new moral impulses which,

Im afraid, wont come from the churches,

heavily compromised as they have been

throughout the centuries.

Perhaps those impulses must come from

scientists in the tradition of Galileo, Kepler

and Newton. In spite of failures and

persecutions, these men devoted their lives

to proving that the universe is a single

entity, in which, I believe, a humanized God

has no place.

The genuine scientist is not moved by praise

or blame, nor does he preach. He unveils the

universe and people come eagerly, without

being pushed, to behold a new revelation:

the order, the harmony, the magnificence of

creation!

And as man becomes conscious of the

stupendous laws that govern the universe in

perfect harmony, he begins to realize how

small he is. He sees the pettiness of human

existence, with its ambitions and intrigues,

its I am better than thou creed.

This is the beginning of cosmic religion

within him; fellowship and human service

become his moral code. Without such moral

foundations, we are hopelessly doomed.

Einstein believed that the real scientist has

faith

Improving the World with Ideals, not

Scientific Knowledge

If we want to improve the world we cannot

do it with scientific knowledge but with

ideals. Confucius, Buddha, Jesus and

Gandhi have done more for humanity than

science has done.

We must begin with the heart of manwith

his conscienceand the values of

conscience can only be manifested by

selfless service to mankind.

Religion and science go together. As Ive

said before, science without religion is lame

and religion without science is blind. They

are interdependent and have a common

goalthe search for truth.

Hence it is absurd for religion to proscribe

Galileo or Darwin or other scientists. And it

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is equally absurd when scientists say that

there is no God. The real scientist has faith,

which does not mean that he must subscribe

to a creed.

Without religion there is no charity. The

soul given to each of us is moved by the

same living spirit that moves the universe.

I am not a mystic. Trying to find out the

laws of nature has nothing to do with

mysticism, though in the face of creation I

feel very humble. It is as if a spirit is

manifest infinitely superior to mans spirit.

Through my pursuit in science I have known

cosmic religious feelings. But I dont care to

be called a mystic.

I believe that we dont need to worry about

what happens after this life, as long as we do

our duty hereto love and to serve.

I have faith in the universe, for it is rational.

Law underlies each happening. And I have

faith in my purpose here on earth. I have

faith in my intuition, the language of my

conscience, but I have no faith in

speculation about Heaven and Hell. Im

concerned with this timehere and now.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift

It is Intuition which Advances Humanity

Many people think that the progress of the

human race is based on experiences of an

empirical, critical nature, but I say that true

knowledge is to be had only through a

philosophy of deduction. For it is intuition

that improves the world, not just following a

trodden path of thought.

Intuition makes us look at unrelated facts

and then think about them until they can all

be brought under one law. To look for

related facts means holding onto what one

has instead of searching for new facts.

Intuition is the father of new knowledge,

while empiricism is nothing but an

accumulation of old knowledge. Intuition,

not intellect, is the open sesame of you.

Indeed, it is not intellect, but intuition which

advances humanity. Intuition tells man his

purpose in this life.

I do not need any promise of eternity to be

happy. My eternity is now. I have only one

interest: to fulfill my purpose here where I

am.

This purpose is not given to me by my

parents or my surroundings. It is induced by

some unknown factors. These factors make

me a part of eternity.

~ Albert Einstein

Text Source: Einstein and the Poet: In

Search of the Cosmic Man (1983). From a

series of meetings William Hermanns had

with Einstein in 1930, 1943, 1948, and 1954

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