I'm actually licking your
computer screen, right now.

"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 . . ."
- Albert Einstein

So, what did old Al mean by this, exactly?

What is this "delusion" he's talking about?
How is it a kind of "prison" for us?
How do we accomplish the "task"
of freeing ourselves from the "prison"?

What? I've got a job?

This sounds like a job
for your valiant, brave, loveable, huggable
LiveReal Agents.

So here, for your pleasure,
is a shot at it:

Maybe he's talking about
"The Radical Hypothesis":
That although we all act like we know who we are . . .
in fact,
we actually don't.

Ooohh, Trinity. Hubba hubba!

In a way, it almost seems like
he could be talking about
"The Matrix."

But . . .
what is "The Matrix"?

- but seeing how the movie wasn't really out yet when Al was around,
maybe he's talking about
that old age concept of something called "ego" . . .

What do you think?

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