New Spirits - Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness only exists in connection with other consciousness
Today, for the first time, I went to the Matrimandir. Six years ago, I had a guided tour, which is a prerequisite for going alone later. It also makes sense to have a general orientation about what kind of place it is, how to behave there, and what would disturb others. During my Monday meditations in the Zen circle Bremen, I […]
Schopenhauer, who was a great admirer of the Upanishads, wrote a small book „Ueber die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden Grunde“ (1847). He identifies 4 forms of causality, e.g. small cause - large effect, or large cause - small effect etc... I was fascinated by this because it offers a broader understanding than the purely [...]
I was at a place for village children with special needs (Deepam) today. Someone from the guest house here had invited me to accompany them. It was a kind of ceremony as part of Navarathri in honor of Goddess Saraswathi - she stands for education, prosperity and success. In India today, the objects used for work [...]
I have always resisted the word meditation. Much about it seemed suspect to me. However, I have always practiced my own forms of meditation without calling them that, or without having learned them. For me, meditation includes: a) contemplation, i.e., sinking into a thought [...]
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