Individual growth in the family

While interviewing David Bohm recently, our editor espied a paper Bohm had written on the nature of consciousness and the self. Although Dr. Bohm did not feel it was ready for publication, it is already a fascinating document for anyone familiar with C. G. Jung's views in this area. Beginning with ordinary common sense ideas about “the notion of self-consciousness” Bohm rapidly progresses to a conception of consciousness and what has been called the “Self” as the quintessence of human existence.

This working paper is an initial questioning exploration of the difficulties we all experience in comprehending the basic issues of transpersonal psychology. Read in this spirit, this paper-in-progress provides interesting insights into the mind of a brilliant theoretical physicist making a fresh approach to the perennial, paradoxical problems of consciousness reflecting upon itself.