This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new theoretical ideas: it is needed for the human mind to function in a generally harmonious way, which could in turn help to make possible an…

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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,...

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

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...

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....

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...

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.