New Spirits - Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness only exists in connection with other consciousness
The central concept of our existence - not understood until now.
Vor meiner Tür ist ein weicher roter Sandboden. Er wird mehrmals die Woche mit einem Bündel von Palmenblättern gefegt und sieht wunderschön aus. Ich denke immer noch über den gleichen Tempel in Irumbai nach. Seine Geschichte wird immer komplexer, und so tauche ich nun in die Tantraphilosophie ein. Dazu besuchte ich vor einigen Monaten einen […]
Slowly and at long intervals, I read Sri Aurobindo again and again. Why not absorb everything much and quickly and finally bring order to my world of thoughts, which wants to break free from the consequences of rational monotheism? Why don't I give my intellect the freedom, concentration, calm and strength to embark on one of life's greatest adventures? [...]
Fate, karma, causality, laws of nature, determinism - these are all different expressions of the idea that the universe follows a predictable logic. They imply that what has happened has arisen logically from what has gone before and that the present is also determined by what has gone before. We consider this logic to be reasonable and rational, logically correct. However, if we assume [...]
Wenn der rationale Geist durch die Welten des Wissens streift, die Bibliothek durchwühlt oder nach den kausalen Gesetzen des Universums sucht, ist das eine akribische Arbeit des Aufbaus von Wissenssystemen. Diese Systeme haben zunächst wenig mit der Erfahrungswelt oder gar der inneren Welt gemeinsam. Erst durch Kontemplation hält der Geist inne und betrachtet die systematisierte, […]
(this is an old text of mine, found in the archives. It is strange to read it again, as it shows to me how desperately I tried to get out of the trap of representation and the urge to embrace a philosophy of immanence. I went through so many ideas, looked at so many artists [...]
I am slowly penetrating a little deeper into the superficiality. Concepts that I have absorbed from different knowledge systems such as the Vedas, Agamas, Shastras are slowly connecting. I see rough root systems. For example, how the 5 elements (water, fire, earth, ether and air) as a starting point in the teachings of the Vedas develop further in Vastu or Ayurveda, i.e. in [...].
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 [...]
Ich bin fasziniert von der Synchronitaeten hier in Auroville. Die gedanklichen, gesitigen, spirituelle, physischen und emotionalen Raeume die sich hier verschraeneken tun dies oft ueber mehrere Tage scheinbar unbeschwehrlich, intuitiv, leicht. Ich war erschoepft. Ein Freund hatte seinen Koerper verlassen, wie man hier sagt. Die Community hatte ueber einen Monat Unterstuetzung geleistet, viele sind zusammengewachsen. […]
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