Quantum physics thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe.
Erwin SchrodingerRead
Vedanta teaches that consciousness is singular, all happenings are played out in one universal consciousness and there is no multiplicity of selves.
Interpretation
Vedanta suggests that all individual experiences are part of a single universal consciousness.
In this quote, Erwin SchrΓΆdinger reflects on the philosophical viewpoint of Vedanta, which posits that consciousness is an indivisible entity. He emphasizes that the myriad experiences and phenomena we encounter in life arise from one universal consciousness rather than being separate or multiple selves, implying a profound interconnectedness in existence.
In practice
This quote can be used in a lecture on consciousness and philosophy.
Quantum physics thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe.
A careful analysis of the process of observation in atomic physics has shown that the subatomic particles have no meaning as isolated entities, but can only be understood as interconnections between the preparation of an experiment and the subsequent measurement.
I am very astonished that the scientific picture of the real world around me is deficient. It gives a lot of factual information, puts all our experience in a magnificently consistent order, but it is ghastly silent about all and sundry that is really near to our heart, that really matters to us. It cannot tell us a word about red and blue, bitter and sweet, physical pain and physical delight; it knows nothing of beautiful and ugly, good or bad, God and eternity.
There is no kind of framework within which we can find consciousness in the plural; this is simply something we construct because of the temporal plurality of individuals, but it is a false construction... The only solution to this conflict insofar as any is available to us at all lies in the ancient wisdom of the Upanishad.
Consciousness is a singular for which there is no plural.
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Lunatics have no age. If we were crazy, you and I, we might be a great deal younger.
There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually.
You ought not to be rude to an eagle, when you are only the size of a hobbit, and are up in hid eyrie at night!
If you're automatically sure that you know what reality is and who and what is really important - if you want to operate on your default-setting - then you, like me, will not consider possibilities that aren't pointless and annoying.
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
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