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Syntropy 2013 (2): 243-279
ISSN 1825-7968
distinguished form contained within the general totality of all the implicate order (Bohm, 1980, p. xv).
In Bohm's conception of order, then, primacy is given to the undivided whole, and the implicate order inherent within the whole, rather than in parts of the whole, such as particles, quantum states, and continua. For Bohm, the whole encompasses all things, structures, abstractions and processes, including processes that result in (relatively) stable structures as well as those that involve metamorphosis of structures or things. In this view, parts may be entities normally regarded as physical, such as atoms or subatomic particles, but they may also be abstract entities, such as quantum states. Whatever their nature and character, according to Bohm, these parts are considered in terms of the whole, and in such terms, they constitute relatively autonomous and independent "sub-totalities". The implication of the view is, therefore, that nothing is entirely separate or autonomous.
This implicate order of quantum mechanics as interpreted by David Bohm is very close to the Indian concept of consciousness and its relation to the whole world in general and the concept of reality in particular. This is also very close to the concept of Keval Jnana (absolute knowledge) as described in Jainism that is all knowledge disappear in this state and only absolute knowledge is left, which is in agreement with what Bohm is mentioning.
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