Saturday, October 22, 2011

Openmindedness

The basic message that The Truthless Recociler wants to convey is: ideas which seem contradictory are in fact complimentary, because ultimate truth is far greater than all human ideas combined.

There are at least eleven thousand human religions. Does anyone really believe that any of them, or all of them together, reveals ultimate truth? What about extreaterrestrial religions?

Christianity, Islam, socialism, capitalism, demcracy, dictatorship - there's really room for all of it.

The human tendency is of course to choose a few basic ideas and beliefs, and and cling to them tenaciously, no matter what. The cosmos seems safer that way, simpler, more stable and easier to understand. WE narrow our minds to confort ourselves.

A reporter walked into the office of the great scientist, Neils Bohr, to interview the eminent inventor of quantum mechanics. On the wall was a horseshoe, dutifully pointed heavenward. Dumbfounded, the reporter said to Mr. Bohr: "you are the most respected scientist in the world, and you have a good luck charm hanging on your wall. Do you really believe in that?"  "Of course not", said Bohr, "but that doesn't mean it isn't true". 

Now that, dear friends, is OPENMINDEDNESS.

May we all be more like Neils Bohr

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