The Pattern in Jade: The Vision of Possibility and the Challenge of a Sustainable Future. Issue 2 (17th February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Martorana, Paul V.; Smith, Charles H.
• Is Part Of: World futures. Volume 74:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 104
• Page End: 115
• Publication Date: 2018-02-17
• Subjects: Bohm -- contemplative traditions -- creativity -- implicate order -- Li -- neo-Confucianism -- Prigogine -- reflection -- sustainability -- Taoism -- unfolding; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Forecasting -- Periodicals; 303
• DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2017.1357981
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0260-4027

Abstract

Abstract : Physicist David Bohm and biochemist Ilya Prigogine began a dialogue that implied a deep, structuring, primordial harmony within life. In classical Chinese this harmony is referred to as Li (理), which also designates the elegant, natural pattern found in jade. This article emphasizes the ways that perception of primordial harmony gives way to a vision of possibility and to the creative intelligence and action necessary for meeting the challenges we face. Insights from Bohm, Prigogine, and others on releasing outmoded thinking and actions are integrated with contemplative traditions, Eastern and Western philosophy, and pragmatic strategy making.