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David Bohm Quotes

David Bohm quotes about thoughts

American Scientist December 20, 1917 – October 27, 1992

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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
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
David Bohm quote: "Thought is creating divisions out of itself and then saying..."
Thought is creating divisions out of itself and then saying that they are there naturally. David Bohm
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. David Bohm
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%. David Bohm
And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I call 'sustained incoherence. David Bohm
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. David Bohm
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
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
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
David Bohm quote: "Thought has been constantly evolving and we can't say when..."
Thought has been constantly evolving and we can't say when that system began. David Bohm

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