Thought is creating divisions out of itself and then saying that they are there naturally.
Interpretation
Our thoughts often create artificial divisions that we mistakenly believe are natural occurrences.
David Bohm's quote highlights the tendency of human thought to create separations and classifications within our understanding of the world, suggesting that these divisions are not inherent but rather constructed by our minds. This implies that in recognizing the artificial nature of such distinctions, we can strive for a more holistic and unified perspective on reality.
In practice
In a discussion about the nature of reality, one might quote Bohm to emphasize how our perceptions shape our understanding.
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.
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.
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.
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
Things denied, things untold, things hidden and disguised.
The cosmos doesnβt measure sweat and hours for reward. The cosmos deals in the currencies of joy and satisfaction.
Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.
You don't come to live here unless the delusion of a reality shaped around your own desires isn't a strong aspect of your personality. A reality shaped around your own desires - there is something sociopathic in that ambition.
The suburbs dream of violence.
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