A Human Being Is A Part Of The Whole

A quote by Einstein: A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "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 to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.

[Slippergypsy]

my physics teacher who used to hate me, now loves me for introducing you to him...youve made my lessons so much better...so thankyou

[allthepolitix]

when this first came out, I totally thought it would go viral because it was that good. Five years later and still 50k views? one of the most underrated videos on Youtube :-/

[martinmanuel]

Oh. What it means too be a full pleasure of human being? 👏 It means to care and love every single human being, too care about nature, animals, oceans, climate change, and everything that has life on earth 🙌👏🙏

[studlydorightmuffin]

THIS REMINDS ME OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL TEACHINGS:

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. - Joseph Campbell

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. - Joseph Campbell

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.- Joseph Campbell

[sebastianmerino]

The human being so gifted yet so blind to what is at it's gaze. Determined to think it's special, detaching it's self from it's own nature. Thinking it's the only animal that is not one. Attached to worthless things and made up ideas. Giving worth to things that have none and neglecting of those that should have.

[Fnantier]

Beautiful quote. It's easy to see why Einstein was borderline vegetarian. Animals is the next natural extension of compassion for one's neighbour.

[peacenlightensearth]

This video is so underrated it's ridiculous. It should have like 10 million views.

[angelgilelorri]

This video should have waaaay more views

[Mindraze]

Each time when i watch this video tear my eyes.

[DunkRyan]

Somehow this is both unlike any of your other videos, yet fits perfectly with them all.

[DynnoJMelloe]

I dont have enough thumbs to like this more

[lukasnygaard]

I love that you chose “Love Like a Sunset, Pt. II” by Phoenix for this video!

[youmaycallmeken]

This is from a condolence letter to Norman Salit, (4 March 1950); also quoted in "The Einstein Papers. A Man of Many Parts" in The New York Times (29 March 1972).

[HobbsMacabre]

Beautiful. All humans will see this one day, or we will fall.

[bobocruze]

Very beautiful directed and edited.
Great message too. Excellent :)

[HectorL]

"We're made of star-stuff."
-Carl Sagan

[mariacovasneanu]

An enlightened person achieves this completely :)

[ShutterSoldier]

This video is simply amazing. I love all of your videos but this one beats them all. such and amazing quote and presented perfectly.

Great job

[CaptKlink-bguj]

Think about this- we are made of part of what the universe is made of. So we are part of the universe. So, through us, the universe is self aware!

[veritasium]

what country are you in? I used copyright music so this vid is not viewable everywhere. I have uploaded to vimeo so check it out on my channel there.