Well as has been pointed out this is a Zen Forum and not a place to debate history. I referenced him only to point to his belief in imagination, whatever that is.
________________________________ From: Joe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, May 4, 2013 7:04:38 PM Subject: Re: [Zen] Reason, logic rationality William, Just vastly over-rated and misrepresented. Casting any individual into a "genius" category does more harm to everyone than it does good for the one individual. He was a one-trick pony, and the one trick was at the expense of his being a whole human being. No one should envy the poor man. --Joe > Email <brintala@...> wrote: > > My point being that Einstein, one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th >Century. The epitome of rational thought and logical thinking believed that >"imagination" was superior. Now when I think of imagination I think of a level >of thought beyond forms. Unbound by structure or preconception. He may not >have >been referring to the holy zen concept of no thought but he did reference >often >that he would stop thinking and the ideas would come. His "unconscious" the >"collective unconscious" ? Some way of being outside of his brain. > > > > “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you >want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” > > I'm completely in the dark regarding your thoughts on this man.
