When I began reading the Upanishads, I realized that the inner path I had embarked upon was leading me into an extraordinarily beautiful inner landscape. Discovering that this inner landscape is connected to cosmic consciousness made me aware of the important work I must undertake—what people often call “inner work.” As I committed myself to […]
Art Before Theory
Art Before Theory (short summary) Christoph Kluetsch This lecture is the final one in my winter series. I have given six lectures so far, and I have been challenging myself throughout. Today, I am taking on my biggest challenge yet. I have been exploring topics that interest me—topics that represent a collision between Western art […]
Yantras: Sacred Geometry in Nature, Body and Machines
The spider brings forth its own web. This image from the Upanishad invites deep meditation on how nature brings out a thread that it forms into a complex symmetry. Looking at the spider, the thread, and the web—its function and the source of the complex pattern—we have an image that invites deep speculation about mantra, […]
An einer Utopie arbeiten
Es ist nun definitiv Zeit, umzudenken. Was unsere Väter und Großväter als Fortschritt bezeichneten, zerstört unseren Planeten. Wissenschaft ist kein Selbstzweck, nicht alles, was technisch machbar ist, ist gut, nicht alles, was Spaß macht und unsere Sinne befriedigt, ist sinnvoll. Jetzt hören wir von vielen Seiten immer wieder, uns auf die kleinen Schritte vor uns […]