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"Unfolding Meaning" Quotes
"Unfolding Meaning" presents physicist David Bohm's exploration of thought, perception, and reality through dialogues that challenge conventional scientific and philosophical assumptions.
Quotes
Meaning is the basis of consciousness. If there is a change in meaning, there is a change in consciousness.
If you listen to someone, you give attention, and in giving attention, you are actually receiving what is being said.
The mind makes divisions, but reality is undivided.
To communicate, we must have a common meaning, otherwise we simply cannot understand each other.
Thought creates the world, and then says, ‘I didn’t do it’.
If you can see the meaning of your reactions, you can see the whole movement of thought.
Dialogue is a stream of meaning flowing among and through us and between us.
When we suspend our opinions, we can look at them and see from where they arise.
If we are not aware of how we think, we are likely to be controlled by our thoughts.
The fragmentation of our thought is the source of most of our problems.