Rd bk. Mind and matter unfold from the same hidden order

 Here’s a chapter-wise bullet “gist + tagline” for David Bohm – Wholeness and the Implicate Order (often loosely referred to as Mind, Matter and the Implicate Order).

I’ll keep it conceptual, clean, and memorable, not textbook-heavy.

Chapter 1 – Fragmentation and Wholeness

• Gist: Modern thought breaks reality into pieces—mind vs matter, self vs world—creating confusion and conflict.
• Tagline: The problem isn’t the world; it’s how we slice it up.

Chapter 2 – The Rheomode (Flowing Language)

• Gist: Ordinary language freezes reality into “things,” while reality is actually movement and process.
• Tagline: Reality flows, but our words keep stopping it.

Chapter 3 – Thought as a System

• Gist: Thought isn’t just personal; it’s a collective system that conditions perception without us noticing.
• Tagline: Thought thinks it’s in control—while it’s running on autopilot.

Chapter 4 – Thought, Truth, and Reality

• Gist: Thought creates images of reality and then mistakes them for reality itself.
• Tagline: The map starts pretending it’s the territory.

Chapter 5 – The Quantum Theory as an Indication of a New Order

• Gist: Quantum physics shows that the universe cannot be understood as independent parts.
• Tagline: At the deepest level, separation collapses.

Chapter 6 – The Implicate and Explicate Order

• Gist: Reality has an implicate (enfolded) order beneath the visible explicate (unfolded) world.
• Tagline: What we see is unfolded from something deeper.

Chapter 7 – Consciousness and the Implicate Order

• Gist: Mind and matter are not separate; both arise from the same underlying order.
• Tagline: Mind is not in the universe—the universe is in mind.

Chapter 8 – Meaning and Information

• Gist: Meaning is active and formative, shaping both consciousness and physical processes.
• Tagline: Meaning is not abstract—it does things.

Chapter 9 – Matter, Mind, and Meaning

• Gist: Reality is a continuous movement where matter, thought, and meaning interpenetrate.
• Tagline: No sharp edges between mind and matter.

Chapter 10 – Creativity in the Whole

• Gist: True creativity emerges when thought stops fragmenting and listens to the whole.
• Tagline: Creativity happens when control lets go.

Overall One-Line Essence

• Book Gist: Reality is an undivided whole, and our fragmented thinking is the main source of confusion.
• Core Tagline: Wholeness is real; separation is a habit of thought.

If you want, I can:

• Compress this into a one-page exam cheat sheet
• Reframe it for philosophy / consciousness studies
• Or explain it with simple metaphors (hologram, river, music, etc.)