New Spirits - Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness only exists in connection with other consciousness
Is what?
We only live in the moment. This often sounds like an accusation. "You shouldn't just live in the moment, think about the future, be aware of your responsibilities." Living in the moment is often seen in many modern societies as daydreaming, as unproductive and escapist. For those who have the time to think beyond mere survival in a [...]
I am in a sesshin, a 2.5-day short form of intensive Zen meditation. Thoughts and images about artificial general intelligence (AGI), which we are currently creating, keep coming to me. More and more people from the humanities, psychology, or team organization fields are expressing admiration, surprise, and anxiety regarding AGI's capabilities. It seems that [...]
The snake in paradise seduced Eve to eat a fruit from the forbidden tree of knowledge that holds the distinction between good and evil. Why was the tree of knowledge a forbidden tree? Why did the snake seduce Eve? What did the fruit taste like? When I asked myself why I want to talk about […]
Connection For the last two years, I've been quite deeply immersed in the Upanishads, practiced some yoga, and delved a little into the system of yoga. I've dived into my own body, my own senses, my own consciousness. I've seen that there are a large number of levels and that there is no reason whatsoever that [...]
During the Chola empire, the layout of Shiva temples became highly formalized. Based on the Agamas and Shastras, the temple was fully developed into a place in space, time, and consciousness where the microcosm and macrocosm mirror each other. The study of the Irumbai temple as a smaller temple that follows the strict rules of temple construction, and as [...]
I have been living with a neurotic dog for a few weeks now. She barked a lot while she still perceived me as a stranger. She kept her distance and was frightened. After a few weeks, she accepted me, approached me and wanted to be stroked. Now she lies at my door and keeps watch; she protects me. What happened? I [...]
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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. […]
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