New Spirits - Reading Deleuze in India

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Free will

Philosophy and Consciousness·BrahmanDifferenceBodyPerceptionTo becomeMarch 25, 20235 Min. Lesezeit

In Western analytical-modern theories of consciousness, that is, those that consider themselves empirically scientific, a correlation between matter and consciousness is always assumed. This is relatively uncontroversial in itself, as virtually all frameworks proceed from this assumption. Birth and death mark the endpoints of this correlation. The question then arises: What does this correlation look like? Does consciousness determine matter, or does matter determine consciousness, or is it an interaction? 3 variants of the relation between consciousness and matter The first…

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Focus point

Art and Perception·MovieArtRepresentationPerceptionTo becomeMarch 18, 20233 Min. Lesezeit

What would a world be like without the focal point of a lens? Our eyes have a lens that bundles light, focusing it onto a plane so that the retina can capture this focused image – as an image on a single plane. The light rays are captured by receptors and relayed to the brain. This vibration of nerve cells is transcribed into another vibration, that of consciousness. This principle was copied in the camera obscura and the cinematographer, and forms the basis of classical photography and film...

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Art in Pondycherry: A look at the artists, their practice and visual language

PhotographyArt and Perception·DeleuzeExperienceImmanenceRepresentationLanguagePerceptionTo becomeMarch 4, 20237 Min. Lesezeit

Learn more about the artists and their inspiring practices in Pondycherry. Discover the visual language and spiritual depth of the art landscape around Auroville. Immerse yourself in the world of art beyond representational conception and discover the vibration of the senses. Experience how Deleuze's thinking and the Kena Upanishads are interwoven. Be inspired by the question of the body without organs and discover the limits of the physical body.

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Memory

Indian Philosophy and Practice·HinduismIndiaLifeMusicLanguageKnowledgeFebruary 19, 20234 Min. Lesezeit

For 3,000 years, the books of the Vedas have been preserved in memory in India. The Rigveda (10,552 verses), Samaveda (1549 verses), Yajurveda (4001 verses), and Atharvaveda (5977 verses), as well as the Upanishads (approx. 1800 verses), have been passed down from generation to generation. The grammar of Sanskrit has not fundamentally changed, and the pronunciation has been meticulously conveyed through precise phonetic descriptions. Thus, these texts sound the same today as they did 3,000 years ago. They are written in the form of mantras, that is, in verse form and...

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Puducherry

The order of things

PhotographyPlaces and Travels·AurovilleRelationshipTechnologyJanuary 26, 20233 Min. Lesezeit

Standing on the loading bed of a small truck, I've been driving around Auroville these past few days, collecting various items for the Potters Market. These small trucks are the big brothers of tuk-tuks. Sometimes you see six or seven dozen people standing on them when a big festival is coming up. It's a popular mode of transport for people in the villages when they travel long distances together to be close to the gods. It's surprising how safe it is...

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