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.
But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
To course across more kindly waters now my talent's little vessel lifts her sails, leaving behind herself a sea so cruel; and what I sing will be that second kingdom, in which the human soul is cleansed of sin, becoming worthy of ascent to Heaven.
Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all of these are often the causes of the bravery that is spoken so highly of by men.
And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries.
No serious sociologist any longer believes that the voice of the people expresses any divine or specially wise and lofty idea. The voice of the people expresses the mind of the people, and that mind is made up for it by the group leaders in whom it believes and by those persons who understand the manipulation of public opinion. It is composed of inherited prejudices and symbols and clichΓ©s and verbal formulas supplied to them by the leaders.
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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