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From the beginning of history, fragmentation and wholeness presented Man with a profound topic to comprehend. The investigation in this space had a lot to do with self-knowledge. I had to study exclusively for over four months to approach a workable understanding of the fragmentation and wholeness movement. That required paying attention to my relationship with the world.
I have placed Fragmentation and Wholeness at the leading position on the optimabowling.com website. Because of all the research topics highlighted, understandings gain from our research concerning Fragmentation and Wholeness will have the most significant influence on the development of the Optima Bowling Academy approach and hypothesized resolution of our paramount issue, the coach-athlete relation.
Within the realm of spiritual practice, the transition from a dualistic consciousness to a unified consciousness is, obviously, the most challenging transition a person, a culture, and a society can undertake. Societal Human Development is the technique utilized by spiritual leaders or gurus to guide individuals and cultures to unified consciousness potential.
If, however, we approach this subject from the realization that the observer is the observed, no technique or guide needs to be involved in the process, the movement of fragmentation and wholeness. The primary resource here is J. Krishnamurti and Dr. David Bohm's dialogues and studies. We will start with what is, not with a destination in mind.
Where "what is is movement."
I arrived at this change of perception while rereading the J. Krishnamurti book, “What are you Doing with your Life?” (2001). And a first reading of David Bohm’s book, Wholeness and the Implicate Order (1980).
I will present Fragmentation and Wholeness in three movements:
For our research on fragmentation, I have utilized Chapter 7 in which David Bohm wraps up his “thinking over the past twenty years” (pg. x), as presented in the book.
1 Introduction
Throughout this book the central underlying theme has been the unbroken wholeness of the totality of existence as an undivided flowing movement without borders. (pg. 218)
It seems clear… that the implicate order is particularly suitable for the understanding of… unbroken wholeness in flowing movement, for in the implicate order the totality of existence is enfolded within each region of space (and time). So, whatever part, element, or aspect we may abstract in thought, this still enfolds the whole and is therefore intrinsically related to the totality from which it has been abstracted. Thus, wholeness permeates all that is being discussed, from the very outset. (pg. 218)
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For our research on wholeness, I have taken notes from, “What are you Doing with your Life?”.
The editors of this J. Krishnamurti book, created specifically for teenagers, utilized seven other J. Krishnamurti books:
Forward (K. Khairnar)
[An educational environment should be] a place where one learns about the totality, the wholeness of life… where both the teacher and the taught explore not only the outer world, the world of knowledge, but also their own thinking, their behavior. (pg. xi)
Introduction (D. Carlson)
The way you and I relate to our own brains, to each other, to our possessions, to money, to work, to sex – these immediate relationships create society. Our relationship to ourselves and one another… creates the world. (pg. xiii)
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Psyche from Wikipedia:
Medieval psychology:
The term psyche was Latinized to anima, which became one of the basic terms used in medieval psychology. Anima would have traditionally been rendered in English as "soul" but in modern usage the term "psyche" is preferable.
Phenomenology:
19th century psychologists such as Franz Brentano developed the concept of the psyche in a more subjective direction.
Psychoanalysis:
In psychoanalysis and other forms of depth psychology, the psyche refers to the forces in an individual that influence thought, behavior and personality.
Freudian school
Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, believed that the psyche—was composed of three components:
Jungian school
Carl Jung was careful to define what he meant by psyche and by soul...
I have been compelled, in my investigations into the structure of the unconscious, to make a conceptual distinction between soul and psyche. By psyche, I understand the totality of all psychic processes, conscious as well as unconscious. By soul, on the other hand, I understand a clearly demarcated functional complex that can best be described as a "personality". (Jung, 1971: Def. 48 par. 797)
For a more advanced understanding of the psyche, I utilized the J. Krishnamurti book, The Future is Now (1989).
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