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David Bohm is an outstanding scientist that worked extensively with Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr and made original contributions to quantum mechanics and relativity theory. He was also deeply concerned about the violence and lack of happiness in the world and feared that humanity might be on its way to self-destruction. As a true scientist he tried to identify the causes and what can be done about them. He identified as causes first that human beings believe and act as if they are independent individuals separate from other people and their environment. The second cause is that people think they act and should act guided by their self-interest. The third cause is that people think they have a free will and act accordingly. All three causes lead to wrong actions, violence and destruction. Bohm very lucidly explains how the falseness of the thinking process starting with the emergence of consciousness after birth. He describes practical methods to change the way the mind works.
I recommend reading the book from back to front, starting with the last, and third part -"On dialogue and its applications". It describes how a group of around thirty people with a very diverse background can talk to each other in such a way that all participants enrich their own views and develop a better understanding of the views of others and most importantly develop mutual respect and a sense of community. It is not a debate where people try to convince each other of the correctness of their views but an exploration of why people hold different views (38 pages). The second part -"Knowledge as endarkenment" describes how the structure of our thinking is false because its basis is egocentric. It consists of very readable letters to his brother-in-law (39 pages). The first part is the hardest part to read- "Universal orders". It describes how quantum physics and the relativity theory can be intellectually understood rather than accepting the conclusions as mathematically proven to be correct even though their content contradicts common sense. The conclusion is that the starting point of the thinking process should not be the individual but the universe.(174 pages)
The concepts of Bohm have a great deal of overlap with Buddhist thinking. Properly understood the differences are complementary. This book is therefore also very valuable for students of Buddhism.
Lee Nichol has succeeded to put together in a "short" book that presents in an accessible manner the very important and creative thinking, about how to improve the world, of a great scientist that is also a great humanist
