“We do not belong to this material world that science constructs for us. We are not in it; we are outside. We are only spectators. The reason why we believe that we are in it, that we belong to the picture, is that our bodies are in the picture. Our bodies belong to it. Not only my own body, but those of my friends, also of my dog and cat and horse, and of all the other people and animals. And this is my only means of communicating with them.” PeopleWorldBelieveMeanReasonBodyMy OwnAnimalDogMaterialsMy FriendsCatHorseCommunicateReason WhyConstructsMy DogSpectatorsMaterial WorldCat And Dog Author:Erwin Schrodinger
“The world is a construct of our sensations, perceptions, memories. It is convenient to regard it as existing objectively on its own. But it certainly does not become manifest by its mere existence.” WorldDoeScienceMemoriesExistencePerceptionRegardMereSensationsManifestConstructsConvenient Book:What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches Source: What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
“There is no kind of framework within which we can find consciousness in the plural; this is simply something we construct because of the temporal plurality of individuals, but it is a false construction... The only solution to this conflict insofar as any is available to us at all lies in the ancient wisdom of the Upanishad.” KindLyingIndividualConsciousnessConflictSolutionsAncientAvailableConstructionConstructsFrameworkAncient Wisdom Author:Erwin Schrodinger
“Every man's world picture is and always remains a construct of his mind and cannot be proved to have any other existence.” MenWorldMindImaginationExistenceCreativityRemainsEvery ManConstructs Book:What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches Source: What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches