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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A new kind of mind thus beings to come into being which is based on...

A new kind of mind thus beings to come into being which is based on...

Indeed, the attempt to live according to the notion that the fragments are really separate...

Indeed, the attempt to live according to the notion that the fragments are really separate...

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...

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...

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,...

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....

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.

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...

During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has...

During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has...

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...

We havent really paid much attention to thought as a process. we have engaged in...

We havent really paid much attention to thought as a process. we have engaged in...

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...

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...

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...

Yet, in spite of this world-wide system of linkages, there is, at this very moment,...

Yet, in spite of this world-wide system of linkages, there is, at this very moment,...

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.

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...

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...

Thought is creating divisions out of itself and then saying that they are there naturally.

Thought is creating divisions out of itself and then saying that they are there naturally.

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...