we experience the power of consciousness through the blending of different vibrations. This text explores the constitution of consciousness in a meditative state.
Karl Marx, Charles Darwin and the Indian Renaissance: Influence on the world view of the 20th century
Karl Marx and Charles Darwin shaped the world view of the 20th century. However, a movement emerged in India that freed itself from colonial shackles and revived the wisdom of Indian philosophy.
The central questions of philosophy: the nature of the world, the image and consciousness
The basic problem of philosophy lies in the perception of the world and the questions that arise from this. The sciences and religions offer different approaches. OM
House
Art begins not with flesh but with the house. (Deleuze) I now practise meditation. It took me a long time to admit that to myself. I've somehow always done it, I just didn't know it. Like most people, I have phases in which I look inside myself or concentrate on something contemplatively, phases in which [...]
University
Recently, a friend told me about growing up in the Ashram school. Mirra Alfassa founded this school with a radical pedagogy. Children could freely choose what they wanted to learn and when. Quite radical: although there was a timetable for languages, history, mathematics, philosophy, gossip, sports, etc., the kids could go wherever they [...]
Free will
In Western analytical-modern theories of consciousness, meaning those which understand themselves as empirically scientific, a correlation between matter and consciousness is always assumed. This is relatively uncontroversial in itself, as virtually all conceptual frameworks proceed from this assumption. Birth and death mark the cornerstones of this correlation. Now the question arises: What does this correlation look like? […]
The Complexity of the Universe, the Role of Consciousness and the Isha Upanishad: A Reflection on Existence and Our Place in the Universe
The Isha Upanishad poses the question of the complexity of the universe and reminds us of the origin of knowledge. Find out more here.
Beauty and delight
Find out more about the challenges faced by young people in the divided Germany of the 1980s and the philosophical debates that revolved around German guilt.