This book makes a strong case for free schooling comparing the mind of Albert Einstein - who
said much - to Zen conscious practice which says little but encompasses everything. Examining
the work of brain researchers neuroscientists physicists and other scholars to illuminate
the commonalities between Einstein's thought and the Zen practice of paying attention to one's
present experience the book reveals their many similarities showing the development of
self-direction as a key to fostering compassionate consideration of others and to harmonious
semi-effortless learning and living. Examples demonstrate that students who choose to study
what is interesting remarkable and important for them tend to become more like Einstein than
students with the rigid school curricula students who are free to learn often demonstrate
empathy and less rigid rule-following while involved in the process of imaginatively becoming
their own oracles and self-educators.
