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But you don't decide what to do with the info. Thought runs you. Thought, however, gives false info that you are running it, that you are the one who controls thought. Whereas actually thought is the one which controls each one of us.

~David Bohm

Topics: Actually Controls Decide Each Each One False Gives However Running Runs Thought Us Whereas Which Who You

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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

Topics: According Attempt Confronting Crises Essence Extremely Fragments Growing Indeed Led Live Notion Really Separate Series Today Urgent Us

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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.

~David Bohm

Topics: Also Each Etc Feelings Formal Generally Grasp Images Intuitively Known Language Logical Mathematical Mind Only Operation Order Overall Poetic Proper Requires State Suggestion Terms Usage

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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

Topics: Ancient Ancient Times Back Between Body Evolved Feelings Forth Only Passing People Process Similarly Society State System Thought Times Which Whole

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So one begins to wonder what is going to happen to the human race. Technology keeps on advancing with greater and greater power, either for good or for destruction.

~David Bohm

Topics: Advancing Begins Destruction Either Going Good Greater Happen Human Human Race Keeps Power Race Technology Wonder

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Then there is the further question of what is the relationship of thinking to reality. As careful attention shows, thought itself is in an actual process of movement.

~David Bohm

Topics: Actual Attention Careful Further Itself Movement Process Question Reality Relationship Shows Then Thinking Thought

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This is another major feature of thought: Thought doesn't know it is doing something and then it struggles against it is doing. It doesn't want to know that it is doing it.

~David Bohm

Topics: Against Another Doing Feature Know Major Something Struggles Then Thought Want

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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

Topics: Could Fertile Function Generally Harmonious Help Human Human Mind Ideas Kind Make Mind Needed New Only Orderly Overall Possible Society Source Stable Theoretical Thinking Turn Way Which

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Thought has been constantly evolving and we can't say when that system began.

~David Bohm

Topics: Been Began Constantly Evolving Say System Thought

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Thought is constantly creating problems that way and then trying to solve them. But as it tries to solve them it makes it worse because it doesn't notice that it's creating them, and the more it thinks, the more problems it creates.

~David Bohm

Topics: Because Constantly Creates Creating Makes More Notice Problems Solve Them Then Thinks Thought Tries Trying Way Worse

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: December 20th, 1917

Died: October 27th, 1992

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