Archivo de October, 2008

22 October 2008

A new manner of thinking

Publicado en General por Paula

A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty… The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. … We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive.

Albert Einstein, 1954

6 October 2008

Children’s READ

Publicado en General por Paula

Cientos de familias se reunieron ayer en la Columbia University, en el Upper West Side de Manhattan, para disfrutar del Children’s READ, una fantástica iniciativa en la que los niños pudieron, entre otras cosas, escuchar sus cuentos favoritos de la voz de celebridades del cine y de Broadway.