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…

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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...

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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,...

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...

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...

People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting,...

People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting,...

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,...

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.

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

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...

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...

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...

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...

And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on...

And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on...