Life is the greatest mystery. Who am I? What am I? What are my origins? What are the origins of life? What are the origins of knowledge? It seems that the more we learn about life, the more we realize that there is so much that we do not know. How do we relate to each other? On what level do we relate to each other? What do we understand about the Universe? What do we know about our own brain? We are told that the Milky Way contains between 100 and 400 billion stars and at least that many planets.
The human brain is possibly the most complex living structure that we have discovered so far in the universe. We are told that it contains around 86 billion neurons and over 100 trillion connections. However, the brain does not fully understand itself.
There is so much that we do not know. But even though we possess this wonderful brain, in the grand scheme of things we are really small aren’t we? In other words’ we need to try and look for answers with humility. Recently acclaimed American physicist and best-selling author, MIT professor Dr.
Alan Lightman, held a lecture at the American Center Colombo, based on his new book “The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science” and the related American public television series – “Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science” which he hosts. The lecture was titled: The Transcendent Brain: The Miraculous from the Material. Childhood passion Before we delve into Dr.
Alan Lightman’s lecture, let us remem.
