Tapping into the Spring A human being is part of the whole called by us “the universe,” a part limited in space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening the circle of understanding and compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Albert Einstein *The use of he/his/himself was of that time.* I do not know the year this was written. But it has lived in paper form for perhaps a decade. Communities like this engage thinking and hopefully expand ‘our circles’. Lovingly