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.
Imagine that each time you inhale, that the universe is breathing into you, and as you exhale it is breathing out of you.
I would only believe in a god who could dance. And when I saw my devil I found him serious, thorough, profound, and solemn: it was the spirit of gravity—through him all things fall. Not by wrath does one kill but by laughter. Come, let us kill the spirit of gravity!
To be religious is to have one's attention fixed on God and on one's neighbour in relation to God.
We understand that Nixon's aggression against Vietnam is a racist aggression, that the American war in Vietnam is a racist war, a white man's war...We deplore that you are being used as cannon fodder for U.S. imperialism. We've seen photographs of American bombs and antipersonnel weapons being dropped, wantonly, accidentally perhaps, on your heads, on the heads of your comrades.
I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep, for that would be a pity, for sleeping is the highest accomplishment of genius.
The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.
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