Wholeness, Fragmentation and Dionysus

David Bohm's book, "Wholeness and the Implicate Order," explores the problem of fragmentation in human thought and consciousness. Along with a very thorough analysis of why the problem of fragmentation exists, he also provides suggestions for undoing what he calls "habits of thought" which limit our ability to perceive wholes, or to even be aware …

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I Fall to Pieces

I have recently discovered the ideas of David Bohm, a theoretical physicist who also had an interest in the social implications of how thought and language can lead us to perceive falsely, a fragmented world that is in reality whole.  From Wiki: "Bohm was alarmed by what he considered an increasing imbalance of not only man and …

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