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%.
Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
The essence of a person is not the clothing she wears or the things he does. People who love them do not stop loving them when they change clothing or do other things. Your essence is not even your history, culture, race, or what you think and do. It is your soul.
If the many and the One be indeed the same Reality, then it is not all modes of worship alone, but equally all modes of work, all modes of struggle, all modes of creation, which are paths of realization. No distinction, henceforth, between sacred and secular. To labour is to pray. To conquer is to renounce. Life is itself religion. To have and to hold is as stern a trust as to quit and to avoid.
Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!
Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room.
The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.
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