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Plants can think and remember?
Not quite. The BBC article titled Plants ‘can think and remember’ is sensationalist but nonetheless interesting. This article attempts to convey that plants may have a crude way of processing information that is akin to a nervous system. Differential responses may be possible depending on a “memory” of interactions with light. Actions on one part of the plant may spread and act on the whole of the plant. What we found interesting about this article... Read More
Implications of Bohm’s Work for Activism
Many good people are involved in activism but on the whole it appears that the approaches activists use do not touch on the source of our problems and tend to introduce further fragmentation. Some key aspects of David Bohm’s work for activists would be how thought is at the source of our problems, how any plan that leaves what things mean to people unchanged may be missing the point, and how laying blame on industry, government, and elites for the current state of affairs... Read More
On The Failure Of Communication Between Bohr and Einstein
Source: Post to the Bohm Dialogue Mailing List ON THE FAILURE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BOHR AND EINSTEIN D.Bohm and D.L.Schumacher Birkbeck College, University of London, 1969 The most relevant point concerning the discussions between Bohr and Einstein is that they did not communicate, in spite of serious efforts to do so. It is even now difficult to face the simple fact of their failure to communicate in a similar serious fashion, without prejudgement concerning... Read More
Gentle Action By F. David Peat
From the Gentle Action website: In his new book Gentle Action: Bringing Creative Change to a Turbulent World Peat argues that while individuals, organizations or governments take action or give aid, often from the best of motives, it is sometimes the case that such action is disruptive and damaging to a community, economy or environment. The reasons are that in some many cases plans and policies do not take into account the complexity and delicate nature of the systems... Read More
Life Work of David Bohm: River of Truth
Will Keepin wrote a concise summary of David Bohm’s main work and activities that is titled River of Truth. From the article: David Bohm’s contributions to science and philosophy are profound, and they have yet to be fully recognized and integrated on the grand scale that they deserve. This review attempts to summarize the fascinating contributions that emerged from Bohm’s passionate quest for truth and to outline their growing impact on other fields. In what... Read More
Mind, Matter, and the Implicate Order
Mind, Matter, and the Implicate Order by Paavo T. I. Pylkkänen is a highly recommended book for anyone who wants to understand David Bohm’s work better. It’s not fair to Dr. Pylkkänen to suggest this book is only about Bohm’s work. While Bohm’s work is the focus of this book, this book is broader in focus than only Bohm’s work and Dr. Pylkkänen attempts to extend and go beyond Bohm’s work. Dr. Pylkkänen is a philosopher who was a... Read More
The Bohm-Krishnamurti Conflict
There was turmoil in David Bohm and Jiddu Krishnamurti’s friendship that will not be rehashed in this post. The difficult part for those of us continuing to investigate the various proposals about thought is that the waters have been muddied. Jiddu Krishnamurti has been presented in a super-human light at times, as if he were a medium for something beyond man. Bohm too has been presented as a super-genius whom should not be questioned. Yet for both men we have reasons... Read More
David Bohm and The Ending of Thought
Jiddu Krishnamurti often spoke of a state or a process that takes over when one’s brain is quiet enough or freed enough from the activity of thought. David Bohm too commented on the nature of intelligence requiring that the mechanical movements of memory responding must be arrested sufficiently so that creative and intelligent perception can take place. Jiddu Krishnamurti was reported to be an example of such an individual in whom the process of thought had fallen away. ... Read More
Relating the Physics and Religion of David Bohm
Kevin Sharpe, who on his website describes himself as, a mathematician and philosopher of religion a Professor at the College of Graduate Studies of the Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, Ohio a Member of Harris Manchester College, Oxford University editor of the series “Theology and the Sciences” for Fortress Press. founding editor of Science & Spirit Magazine and its companion website wrote a paper entitled Relating the Physics and Religion of David... Read More
Dialogue
Wholeness Regained – Revisiting Bohm’s Dialogue
On the Krishnamurti Information Network website is an article by Lee Nichol titled Wholeness Regained – Revisiting Bohm’s Dialogue. In this article Lee Nichol speaks to some of the origins/context of Bohm’s dialogue, what has happened with it and why it was not overly successful. Nichole delineates David Bohm’s comment that, “‘I think people are [...]
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