Comments on: Albert Einstein As Yoga Sage

By: Godwin Kola

Godwin Kola — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:36:40 +0000

I have read the books – WORLD’S GREATEST MYSTICS AND PSYCHICS, THE THIRD EYE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI, BHAGAVAD GITA and a host of mystical experience articles on out body experience, near death experience, Dr. Albert Hofmann Bicycle ride experience on LSD, the Amerindian shamaman’s Psilocyiobin mushroom etc et al and conluded there is something worthwile which official dogmatic religions do not shed light upon. For example in christianity no pastors, bishops, priests even the papacy explains philosophical and scientific underlaying and profound scriptural verses other than urging one to follow in order to be acceptable in heaven taking the flock for kindergaten like minded kids. I’m interested in this thread as a religious light weight scientist, engineer, mathematician and an intellectual in part of the world that seem not to be in the rarder concerning hard religiophilosophical and scientific interests of the universe.

By: Godwin Kola

Godwin Kola — Mon, 23 May 2011 16:51:05 +0000

I have read the books – WORLDS GREATEST MYSTICS & PSYCHICS, THE THIRD EYE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI, BAGHAVAD GITA and a host of mystical experience arousing articles like Dr. Albert Hoffman’s bicycle ride experience on LSD, the amerindians shamans’ PSYLOCYBIN MUSHROOMS and concluded none of you is wrong. I’m a light weight engineer, scientist, mathematician and intellectual.

By: noah

noah — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:30:12 +0000

Bob,
Thank you for the recommendations. I am ordering the book and will surely share my thoughts with you for some good dialogue. The public radio link is great!
Thanks again,
Noah

By: Bob Weisenberg

Bob Weisenberg — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:45:56 +0000

Hi, Noah. Thanks for writing. I think you would love Issacson’s biography http://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Life-Universe-Walter-Isaacson/dp/0743264738 , especially the chapter “Einstein’s God”

Plus this is perfect: http://being.publicradio.org/programs/einsteinsgod/particulars.shtml

Let me know what you think.

Bob

By: noah

noah — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:02:35 +0000

Hi Bob,
I am three weeks into an 8 month yoga teacher training program and would like to research further into Einstein’s philosophical views and how they parallel yogic yiews. I’m an engineer and have used my practice during work to find focus to solve difficult problems so I believe I will find Einstein’s ‘practice’ to be very useful. Can you recommend some good reading on this particular subject?
Namaste,
Noah

By: mk

mk — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:56:06 +0000

He and zillions of others, musicians, poets, scientists, authors might very well be re-incarnations of the rishis of the days when the veda’s, upanishads, the ancient knwoledge of the has been laid down.

I am a fan of theidea of the “Akasha-Library”!

It’s all there, alasy has and always will, tune on, tune in!

By: Bob Weisenberg

Bob Weisenberg — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:53:00 +0000

OH is that fascinating, Tobye. Please let me know what you learn. I’ve got the Issaacson biography, but haven’t started it yet.

By: yogi Tobye

yogi Tobye — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:16:35 +0000

I’m trying to find the source, but I read somewhere that Einstein was actually very much a yogi. He hung out with some serious yoga headz back in the day and studied quite a lot of yoga philosophy…

By: YogaforCynics

YogaforCynics — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:15:58 +0000

Oh yeah, I have this cheap mass market paperback of the Upanishads that was published in the 70′s …which has parts that I find kinda trippy, and some great lines like “what is within is also without and what is without is also within”…but, overall, I find it hard to get anything out of it but that old time religion…so, will certainly check out the Easwaran one…

By: Bob Weisenberg

Bob Weisenberg — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:26:49 +0000

YfC, I particularly recommend the Eknath Easwaran Upanishads http://bit.ly/71S82V for you. He was a Professor of English and Comparative Literature in India before coming to the U.S.