This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new theoretical ideas: it is needed for the human mind to function in a generally harmonious way, which could in turn help to make possible an orderly and stable society. David Bohm fertilefunctiongenerally 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
The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained. David Bohm abilitydifferentlygain Change image and share on social
Similarly, thought is a system. That system not only includes thought and feelings, but it includes the state of the body; it includes the whole of society - as thought is passing back and forth between people in a process by which thought evolved from ancient times. David Bohm ancientbackbody share on social
Indeed, the attempt to live according to the notion that the fragments are really separate is, in essence, what has led to the growing series of extremely urgent crises that is confronting us today. David Bohm attemptconfrontcrisis Change image and share on social
Thought has been constantly evolving and we can't say when that system began. David Bohm beginconstantlyevolve 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