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.

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Then there is the further question of what is the relationship of thinking to reality....

Then there is the further question of what is the relationship of thinking to reality....

My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind...

My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind...

But the way people commonly use the word nowadays it means something all of whose...

But the way people commonly use the word nowadays it means something all of whose...

A corporation is organized as a system - it has this department, that department, that...

A corporation is organized as a system - it has this department, that department, that...

So one begins to wonder what is going to happen to the human race. Technology...

So one begins to wonder what is going to happen to the human race. Technology...

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

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

Yet it looks as if the thing we use to solve our problems with is...

Yet it looks as if the thing we use to solve our problems with is...

This is another major feature of thought: Thought doesn't know it is doing something and...

This is another major feature of thought: Thought doesn't know it is doing something and...

In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is...

In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is...

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it...

In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it...

The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.

The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.

Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our...

Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our...

But you don't decide what to do with the info. Thought runs you. Thought, however,...

But you don't decide what to do with the info. Thought runs you. Thought, however,...

What is the source of all this trouble? I'm saying that the source is basically...

What is the source of all this trouble? I'm saying that the source is basically...

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

Similarly, thought is a system. That system not only includes thought and feelings, but it...

Similarly, thought is a system. That system not only includes thought and feelings, but it...

This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new...

This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new...

Thought is constantly creating problems that way and then trying to solve them. But as...

Thought is constantly creating problems that way and then trying to solve them. But as...

One thus sees that a new kind of theory is needed which drops these basic...

One thus sees that a new kind of theory is needed which drops these basic...