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Ki Thissa - Einstein's Special Relativity and the Golden Calf - Episode 21

Ki Thissa - Einstein's Special Relativity and the Golden Calf - Episode 21

FromThe Schrift - Ancient Jewish Wisdom for Modern Times


Ki Thissa - Einstein's Special Relativity and the Golden Calf - Episode 21

FromThe Schrift - Ancient Jewish Wisdom for Modern Times

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Mar 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In order to understand the speed of light, Einstein had to think counterintuitively. He had to forget our typical notions of space and time. Einstein figured out that light behaves fundamentally differently from what we are used to experiencing. To understand God, we need to think similarly. The God of the Torah is highly anthropomorphized so that God can be understandable to the limits of the human mind. Yet, the Torah abounds with clues that God is, like the speed of light, beyond space and time. The practice of yoga, in its combination of the spiritual and the physical, allows for a kind of "yoking" between body and spirit, the temporal and the eternal.IG: Stevehead0001steventobyweinberg.comMusic: Caribou - "Sun"
Released:
Mar 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

It is time that we see philosophy as something rebellious and therapeutic rather than boring and esoteric. Using humor, personal anecdotes, and much hubris, the Schrift provides fresh and unexpected answers to life's most tricky and fateful questions. The anchor of the Schrift is the weekly reading of the Torah. These passages are analyzed not as religious dogma but as brilliant pieces of literature and anthropology which bring ancient wisdom back into our lives. The greatest philosophers and writers of the German canon also weigh in on these questions during the Schrift. Finally the lectures incorporate Buddhist teachings and the practice of Yoga to bring together East and West, body and mind, eternity and the moment. And the Schrift will always give you a "life tip" to carry with you along the way. IG: stevehead0001 s.t.weinberg@gmail.com