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  The Cosmic Plenum : Bohm's Gnosis: The Implicate Order This article discusses the vision David Bohm intuited from his insight (gnosis) into the quantum world. This vision discerns the characteristics of an evolving cosmos in process; and, also, it ponders upon the implications for humanity. Bohm's scientific presentations are not in this article; however, they can be found in his books listed in the Reference Section at the end of these series of articles. BOHM AND THE IMPLICATE ORDER: AN INTRODUCTION David Bohm, an American, was one of the leading quantum physicists of our age. He died recently. Following a venerable career at the University of California (Berkeley) and at Princeton's Institute of Advanced Studies, he moved to become Professor of Theoretical Physics at Birkbeck College of the University of London. During his later years he linked a formidable knowledge of the history and philosophy of science to his keen experience as a physicist. In recent years, Bohm a

'A God That Could Be Real' In The Scientific Universe (see below) A New Way To Think About 'God' (see below) The Cosmic Plenum : God-Imaging, Models, and Science Theory God-imaging has long been around, boasting a long history: through animism, matriarchy, hierarchical polytheism, tribal monotheism, universal monotheism to individuation. So one has to ponder far beyond superficial thinking about *why* we have so long clung to this seemingly eternal habit of ours to conjure and develop images of That which we call "God." So let's look a little at this phenomenon we call "religion." Freud considered religion to be the universal obsessional neurosis of humanity--he stressed that humans projected their wishes, especially his great need for a protecting father, into an all-powerful divine Providence. Whereas Jung took the view that the libido was simply psychic energy, and that the material form in which psychic energy presents itself is fantasy. As

  THERE IS NO ACTIVISM THERE IS ONLY PROPRIOCEPTION OF THOUGHT By Matthew Capowski NOTE: In physiology the term proprioception refers to the capacity of the body to have self-awareness of its own movements.  David Bohm introduced the term “proprioception of thought” to refer to the possibility for thought to become aware of its own movements as well through direct perception. We could say that practically all the problems of the human race are due to the fact that thought is not proprioceptive. – David Bohm (Source: On Dialogue, 1996) And we think the crisis is outside of us; it is in us.  The crisis is in our consciousness. – Jiddu Krishnamurti (Source: Conversation between Jiddu Krishnamurti and Jonas Salk in Ojai, California, March 1983) Things can be different than how they are.  Conflict can be ended.  But not through the application of thought.  Every form of activism, and every theory, plan, group, or organization I delved into assumed that we could organize thought in such a w