II am in a sesshin, a 2.5-day short form of intensive Zen meditation. My thoughts and images keep coming back to me about the artificial general intelligence (AGI) that we are currently creating. More and more people from the fields of humanities, psychology or team organization are impressed, surprised, anxious about the capabilities of AGI. It seems that [...]
Dakshinamurti
II woke up from a nightmare at 4 o'clock in the morning. I was talking to Will in Apt about a strange irritation in my perception of time. I described how time fell into fragments and some were simply missing. It was a matter of seconds or minutes, and while I tried to immerse myself in time to describe it better, [...]
Connection
Vhe last two years I have immersed myself quite deeply in the Upanishads, practiced some yoga and studied the system of yoga a little. I have immersed myself in my own body, my own senses, my own consciousness. I have seen that there are a large number of levels and that there is no reason [...]
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Chola Temple
Wuring the Chola empire, the layout of Shiva temples was 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 following the strict rules of temple construction and as a [...]
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Theory and practice - Part 1
Viele haben die Vorstellung, dass wir in einer Welt leben, die aus Materie besteht und den Gesetzen der Physik und verschiedenen Theorien, wie z. B. der Evolutionstheorie, folgt. Das ist merkwürdig, denn Materie als solche gibt es nicht wirklich, E=mc² steht dafür. Ich verstehe diese Formel nicht wirklich, aber sie steht sinnbildlich dafür, dass am […]
Art
When I read a book, watch a movie, immerse myself in a painting or take part in a performance, what exactly is happening? I am experiencing something, images, feelings and experiences are awakened in me. Imagine a movie, a book, a play or a painting that is about human [...]
The book of life
Sdestiny, 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 [...]
Memory
Se 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 [...]
The real
Goday, 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 [...]
In the beginning was the word
GYesterday 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 [...]
One year of Auroville
Ein year Auroville: A powerful account of transformation and the search for spirituality in India. Learn more about the adventure and the meaning of consciousness. #India #Spirituality
Conversations with the AI
Noday I 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 [...]
Sacred spaces: churches and temples - a journey through spiritual places
Hritual spaces such as Catholic churches offer contemplation and silence. Temples in Italy, France, Greece and Egypt are impressive ruins that provide a connection to nature and history. The spirit of polytheism characterizes these places. OM expresses this.
Poetry and the impossibility of talking about highways
Aber Hitler built the autobahn! I've been hearing that more and more often lately. It's difficult to continue here because a certain argument, which I find very important, is quite complex and is rejected by people who want to relativize fascism and the Holocaust. The argument, which was suggested by Adorno, is: After Ausschwitzt can [...]
What is art allowed to do?
Hier in Auroville wurde neulich ein Theaterstück von den Hausherren des Bharat Nivas vom Program genommen. Die Begründung war, dass einige in der Community Anstoß daran genommen hätten, noch bevor es aufgeführt wurde. Das wirft Fragen auf. Was darf Kunst, wann ist ein Verbot gerechtfertigt? Daran gekoppelt ist natürlich die Frage, was ist die Aufgabe […]
Manifestation of latent images
Exhibition „Roots From the Sky“ by Cedric Bregnard at Centre d’Art, Auroville März 2023 Cedric Bregnard ist Artist in Residence at the Centre d’Art in Auroville. Er wird in den nächsten 2 Monaten ein Foto vom Banyan Baum im Matrimandirgarten machen. Dieses Foto wird dann auf die Größe einer Wand (ca.3x7m) in der Galerie skaliert. […]
The misunderstanding of art: a new perspective without representation
Ihis text clears up the misunderstanding about art that it should be a representation. Art is not communication, but a unique experience.
Possible worlds
En this text you will discover the problems of logic and David Lewis' radical answer to these problems. Learn more about the meaning of sentences in different contexts and the indefinability of truth.