Daniel C. Matt

God & The Big Bang – 2nd Edition

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God is not somewhere else, hidden from us;God is right here, hidden from us. "e;We are part of something greater: a vast web of existence constantly expanding and evolving. When we gaze at the nighttime sky, we can ponder that we are made of elements forged within stars, out of particles born in the big bang…. Beyond any star or galaxy we will ever identify lies the horizon of spacetime, fourteen billion light years away. But neither God nor the big bang is that far away. The big bang didn't happen somewhere out there, outside of us. Rather, we began inside the big bang; we now embody its primordial energy. The big bang has never stopped."e;-from Chapter 11To discover the presence of God throughout the cosmos and in our everyday lives, Daniel C. Matt draws on both science and theology, both fact and belief, both cosmology and Jewish mysticism, taking us on a deeply personal, thoughtful and inspiring journey. This update of the award-winning first edition gives us a fresh look at the growing topic of science and spirituality, helps us find our place in the universe and shows us how the universe is reflected in our very being.
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2016
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    In the words of one Hasidic rabbi, “There is no path greater than raising the sparks. For wherever you go and whatever you do—even mundane activities—you serve God.”
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    “The metaphor does not fit …” Cited in the name of the Maggid of Mezherech by Abraham Hayyim of Zlotshov, Orah la–Hayyim, 1:13a. The Talmudic passage appears in Babylonian Talmud, Qiddushin 30b.
  • Jose Cespedeshas quoted5 years ago
    “The soul will cleave …” Isaac of Akko, Otsar Hayyim (in manuscript); see Matt, The Essential Kabbalah, 112, 201. “More than the calf wants to suck, the cow wants to suckle” is one of five things that the imprisoned Rabbi Akiva taught Rabbi Shim’on bar Yohai; see Babylonian Talmud, Pesahim 112a.

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