But the way people commonly use the word nowadays it means something all of whose parts are mutually interdependent - not only for their mutual action, but for their meaning and for their existence. David Bohm actioncommonlyexistence Change image and share on social
One thus sees that a new kind of theory is needed which drops these basic commitments and at most recovers some essential features of the older theories as abstract forms derived from a deeper reality in which what prevails in unbroken wholeness. David Bohm abstractbasiccommitment share on social
In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate and not well defined. David Bohm causallycontinuousdefine Change image and share on social
Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness. David Bohm individualityunfoldwholeness Change image and share on social
Thought is constantly creating problems that way and then trying to solve them. But as it tries to solve them it makes it worse because it doesn't notice that it's creating them, and the more it thinks, the more problems it creates. David Bohm badlyconstantlycreate share on social
During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has woven a network of communication which puts each part of the world in to almost instant contact with all the other parts. David Bohm aircommunicationcontact share on social
Then there is the further question of what is the relationship of thinking to reality. As careful attention shows, thought itself is in an actual process of movement. David Bohm actualattentioncareful Change image and share on social
We havent really paid much attention to thought as a process. we have engaged in thoughts, but we have only paid attention to the content, not to the process. David Bohm attentioncontentengage Change image and share on social
And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I call 'sustained incoherence. David Bohm avoidcallincoherence Change image and share on social
A new kind of mind thus beings to come into being which is based on the development of a common meaning that is constantly transforming in the process of the dialogue. David Bohm basebeingcommon Change image and share on social