Quantum physics thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe.
Erwin SchrodingerRead
Consciousness is a singular for which there is no plural.
Interpretation
Consciousness is a unique experience that cannot be divided into multiple instances.
This quote by Erwin SchrΓΆdinger emphasizes the concept of consciousness as an individual and singular phenomenon. It suggests that while there are many beings that possess consciousness, each person's experience of it is unique and cannot be generalized or quantified as plural; it underscores the profound complexity and individuality of personal awareness.
In practice
In a discussion about the nature of reality, one might use this quote to illustrate the uniqueness of individual experiences.
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.
Vedanta teaches that consciousness is singular, all happenings are played out in one universal consciousness and there is no multiplicity of selves.
What we observe as material bodies and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space.
It is not God's fault. It is our fault that we suffer. Whatever we sow we reap.
We are as ignorant of the meaning of the dragon as we are of the meaning of the universe.
Without an observer at a twenty three degree angle to the light being reflected off a cloud of spherical droplets, there is no rainbow. The whole universe is like that. Our spirits stand at a twenty three degree angle to the universe. There is some new thing created at the contact of photon and retina, some space created between rock and mind.
One is forever throwing away substance for shadows.
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is not the love of much wheat, and wool and household stuff. It is the means of freedom and benefit.
One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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