On Dialogue 2nd Edition by David Bohm (PDF)

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Never before has there been a greater need for deeper listening and more open communication to cope with the complex problems facing our organizations, businesses and societies. Renowned scientist David Bohm believed there was a better way for humanity to discover meaning and to achieve harmony. He identified creative dialogue, a sharing of assumpt

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⭐There’s so much packed into this book. Not only does it describe define dialogue but also the relationship to chaos theory. Concepts like suspension and proprioception the paradox in The observer were laid out very clearly in this book and made me really step back and think about my thoughts and assumptions and the whole process. This book has some great anger management strategies and brought awareness to my self-deception. With the knowledge from this book I feel confident that was practice I can establish a healthier relationship with myself, other groups, nature, and our planet. The process of being conscious will take some practice… hopefully with the insights from this book, I can begin to touch the synapses in the brain that hold the reflexes that can lead me to a more peaceful coherent existence.

⭐I’ve read almost all of Bohm’s books. This one is phenomenal. I mean, they’re all good. This is the one that drives it home in a very clear concise way. Buy it for sure then share with a friend. Bohm is the only thinker thus far in history to make to marry the implicate meaning of content with the physical universe that we are most familiar with. Other thinkers tend to get stuck but Bohm doesn’t. He hammers it out in a way that is understandable. It’s very very good. After you read this one I suggest, “on creativity.” Both these are huge home runs. They should be required reading for all humans. There would be noticeable shift if large populations of the people read these books. The world would definitely change.

⭐Preface by Peter Senge is worth a read in and of itself! “…a growing recognition that the complex problem our organizations and societies face demand a deeper listening and a more open communication than has been the norm” (p. viii). So begins this book. Lee Nichols in the forward adds, “[Dialogue] is more of the nature of relaxed, nonjudgmental curiosity, its primary activity being to see things as freshly and clearly as possible” (p. xviii).As described, Bohm’s purpose for dialogue is not to agree or reach consensus per se but for people to “create something new together. . . . each has to be interested primarily in truth and coherence, so that he is ready to drop his old ideas and intentions, and be ready to go on to something different” (p. 3). This is a book about our thoughts, biases, and assumptions. Dialogue is a way to suspend our assumptions, to honor the varying assumptions in the room, and to collectively create a new way forward. It is about reflection, learning, and respecting others sufficiently because we value community as a representation of the various people.

⭐The preface from Peter Senge is itself well worth the read on its own, I am a fan of Peter too. Bohm has impacted so many great thinkers, including the Dali Lama. His books are not easy to read, I normally can get in one or two pages and have to put it down to reflect. This book, and others he wrote like it, create an awareness of one’s mental processes, and that of others. That awareness can literally enhance your ability to think and communicate clearly. For me, as I read the “best practices” for communicating, it tells me there is no near-term hope for the deteriorating communications we have in our society today, especially in politics. This book has the blueprint our country needs to start working together and not only understanding each other, but to use interactions with others to think more clearly. If you do not like books that explain in detail how our minds work, suggest not getting, it is not an easy read.

⭐A inspiring book to help the reader appreciate how and why the outer world is a reflection of the inner state (collectively). Maybe through understanding the difference between coherent and incoherent thought and by suspending our assumptions and those of others we will begin practicing true dialogue both with others and within ourselves. The book feels circuitous sometimes (reason for giving only 4 stars) but nonetheless, the message is clear and the meaning resonates – if you suspend your assumptions.

⭐For many, On Dialogue is their first introduction to David Bohm. In this book Dr. Bohm brings to action the idea of many of his investigations of thought and his experience as a physicist, by presenting a space for groups learning to think together. Rather than a group simply sharing ideas back and forth, Dr. Bohm felt that we had the ability, through dialogue, to create something totally new in thought. If you have not read it, read David Bohm’s book, Thought as a System, the book will open your thinking of what thought is and question what we consider are our own thoughts. I found On Dialogue to be a very exciting idea. In practice Dialogue, as presented by Dr. Bohm is not for the faint at heart, but rewarding.

⭐It’s not easy for me to read because I am not a student of Latin. His use of Latin phrases to explain what he has written in his native language made it harder for me to decipher the meaning of his thoughts. The theologian’s style of writing gave me the impression he was directing his thoughts to another theologian and not the general reader. I like his ideas, I think.

⭐I found this book very helpful – as a introverted person who sees the world through my filters this book helped me realize that my mental constructs are not really all that important and shared meaning can drive people forward. It also helped me realize that seeking first-hand experience in various aspects of my life has to be prioritized where applicable.D. Bohm seems to believe that real dialog (sustained, without agenda, with suspension of own assumptions, with introspection and a heightened sense of attention – a kind of deep listening) has the potential to transform both the individual and the society due to the emergence of more shared meaning and greater understanding (getting closer to the truth).This small treatise goes deep in the nature of the thought process, explaining that what thought thinks as being real(which comes from memory) is fused with what we perceive with our senses to be real in a way that we are ignorant of the distinction between the two – like we are confusing past and/or second-hand experience(or social pressure) to be true when it’s merely a representation of reality – and there could be so many different representations of the same reality.This is why it is important to shed our internal light on these aspects and keep an open mind when communicating with others and with ourselves.

⭐This is a wonderful book which should be taught in every school in every country. Thought seen as reality through assumptions is how the world operates and how communities misfire all over the world. It would be an idea for all to go back to the idea of dialogue and to communicate in groups with no real agenda as Bohm suggests. Individual thought, Bohm states is incoherent but when mirrored in the group becomes like coherent like the power of a laser. The book talks about how all our assumptions are operating in us unknown to us and we take all these as reality. Why do these assumptions and thoughts feel so strong in us and why. Bohms book goes into this problem and is reasonating in me ever since. This was not an easy book to read and i had to read it slowly and even marked pages which had the most significant issues raised. I recommend this book to everyone.

⭐An attempt to promote improved awareness and thus improve communication, before the advent of the mindfulness industry. Nice try but no divine revelations here. A basic secular mindfulness course will cover a lot of the same ideas in very simple terms and in my view with more practical impact.Puzzled by the knife and fork on the front cover…

⭐I feel the construct of non-defended assumptions to be of immense value in personal and professional relationships. If a reader were to gain only this from the book it would be a wonderful read. frank

⭐This is one of the rare books out there which is accessible to anyone and should be mandatory reading in schools.

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