Tao Te Ching

“Consciousness does not appear to itself chopped up in bits. Such words as ‘chain’ or ‘train’ do not describe it well. It is nothing jointed; it flows. A ‘river’ or a ‘stream’ are the metaphors that describe it best.”

— William James 1842 – 1910 CE
"Father of American psychology”
from Principles of Psychology, 1890