New Spirits - Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness only exists in connection with other consciousness
The central concept of our existence - not understood until now.
Yesterday, during a panel discussion at the India Art Fair, I heard someone quoting Plato. She said that Plato said that art is the reflection of the reflection of the real. Whether this is true in this abbreviated form remains to be seen. It is an interesting thought. What is the real, what is a reflection, what is art? For Plato there is [...]
I am fascinated by the synchronicity here in Auroville. The mental, intellectual, spiritual, physical, and emotional spaces that intertwine here often do so over several days, seemingly effortlessly, intuitively, easily. I was exhausted. A friend had left his body, as they say here. The community had provided support for over a month; many grew closer.
Yesterday I had a long conversation about the origin of thought. Which comes first, the words or the thoughts. There are of course very different forms of thinking. Visual, musical, analytical, synthetic, performative thinking, etc... There is thinking on the level of intuition, there is thinking in memory, there is vision [...]
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It is so beautiful and also so sad to live in a world that understands the West as foreign. I am increasingly taking on this perspective and no longer understand many things. The obsession with career, comfort, security, prosperity, accuracy, correctness, knowing better, and arrogance, ignorance, and intolerance. All of this is becoming evident, it's almost palpable. […]
The German word „werden“ has a causal meaning, while „becoming“ in English represents the development of a process. Recognizing differences is important, especially in postmodern thought. Gilles Deleuze describes how sensations are united in a reflection, similar to a distant light. The world of „werdens“ is about consciousness, sensory impressions, and change.
I recently stumbled across David Hume again. I remember how intensively we studied his writings in Heidelberg. We went very deeply into the text, very meticulously and systematically. It was the opposite of those Anglo-American history of ideas lectures. So I stumbled across the concept of taste in Hume, as the core of his 'aesthetic' theory. I [...]
Learn how a 3-day intensive workshop at Sunlit Path with Niloy led to an immersion into the world of Dhrupad. Discover the complexity of Dhrupad and Nada Yoga - the exploration of sound and vibration. Sharpen your senses and immerse yourself in the art of sound.
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