My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not only in formal logical, mathematical terms, but also intuitively, in images, feelings, poetic usage of language, etc.
Interpretation
Understanding requires a holistic approach that encompasses logical thinking as well as intuition and emotional insight.
David Bohm emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive understanding of knowledge that transcends formal structures such as logic and mathematics. He suggests that true grasping involves intuition and the ability to connect with images and feelings, promoting a multi-faceted perception of reality that integrates logical reasoning with poetic and emotional dimensions.
In practice
In a philosophy class discussing the nature of knowledge, you could use this quote to illustrate the importance of integrating different ways of knowing.
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.
What is the source of all this trouble? I'm saying that the source is basically in thought. Many people would think that such a statement is crazy, because thought is the one thing we have with which to solve our problems. That's part of our tradition.
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.
The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.
Space is not empty. It is full, a plenum as opposed to a vacuum, and is the ground for the existence of everything, including ourselves. The universe is not separate from this cosmic sea of energy.
Yet it looks as if the thing we use to solve our problems with is the source of our problems. It's like going to the doctor and having him make you ill. In fact, in 20% of medical cases we do apparently have that going on. But in the case of thought, its far over 20%.
I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide his shame by slandering [women in general]?
Utopias now appear much more realizable than one used to think. We are now faced with a different new worry: How to prevent their realization.
The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.
You grieve Not that heaven does not exist but That it exists without us
The fact that we can't easily foresee clues that would betray an intelligence a million millennia farther down the road suggests that we're like ants trying to discover humans. Ask yourself: Would ants ever recognize houses, cars, or fire hydrants as the work of advanced biology?
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