Science does not need mysticism and mysticism does not need science but humans need both.
Fritjof Capra, Physicist and author of The Tao of Physics
“This inspired me because when that book came out I was a physicist but also I had been exploring the spiritual path. Capra was the first one to really say ‘look at the parallels between the two. Let’s stop the fistfight that’s been going on between the science and the spirit. Let’s look at are they talking the same language.’ He was asking the question, are they pointing to the same realities? And, for me, that was very inspiring. If you’ve seen the film What The Bleep Do We Know!?, you can see, in some respects, I took Capra’s idea and ran with it.”
William Arntz, Physicist, writer and producer of the film,
What The Bleep Do We Know!?
and co-creator of the book The (not so) Little Book of Surprises
The poet has a special responsibility as society’s seer, who grasps the eternity in the present and sings to people about their own unique divine powers within.
David Brooks is a journalist, author, and political commentator
known for centrist-conservative analyses of culture and politics.
This quote is from the New York Times, Oct 14, 2016,
‘This quote inspires me because I often think I’ll never be a Rumi; I’ll never be a Kahlil Gibran. However, I realize that we are all the seers, we all are mystics. Poetry is a language from the mystical realm and the mystery speaks in poems. What matters is that you allow the poet within you–the mystic in you–and write it down and then sing to people to inspire them. We can inspire each other with our own unique divine powers within. So, go be a poet.”
Deirdre Hade is a modern-day mystic, poet
and co-creator of the book
The (not so) Little Book of Surprises
