USA: Our Country: A Dilemma, A Solution

USA: Our Country

My goal here is to provide a forum where thinking people of goodwill can exchange information and ideas. For the time being, my interest has primarily to do with the politics and policies of the current American administration. As events unfold, I become increasingly concerned. Rather than becoming entrenched in one position or another, I believe that advancing dialogue and finding a consensus in the grey areas between the black & white polarities is our best hope of proceeding peacefully.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

A Dilemma, A Solution

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 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 to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

— Albert Einstein