Consciousness only exists in connection with other consciousness
Ein koan, that is. I had often heard about these mysterious Zen riddles, which are supposed to lead the mind out of the purely rational and open up new forms of insight. I decided not to read much about it and not to ask others about it. I wanted to get one from a Zen master. During Doksan he asked me a [...]
Form is empty. It has a form, but no substance; it is neither matter nor energy. Form is consciousness - seeing something as something produces form. However, form is also functional: substance, matter and energy interact according to laws. As part of consciousness, they interact in form. Form is emptiness. Form is consciousness. Consciousness [...]
Dhis is tantra. That is divine. The crucial question is whether such a sacred encounter is only possible in romantic love, as tradition and romance suggest - or whether it can arise when we open our being fully, beyond reason and rationality, beyond ego, desire or obligation. I believe [...]
Shen I first heard about shadow work decades ago, I wondered what exactly it was. I always thought of deep abysses in the soul, traumas, taboos, secrets that you didn't share with anyone because it was too shameful to talk about them. I thought that shadows are what we hide from ourselves and [...]
Gestern habe ich zwei Tausendfüßler bei der Paarung gesehen. Das war so ziemlich das faszinierendste, dass ich seit sehr langer Zeit gesehen habe. Die Kreaturen haben sich in sich verschlungen, sich gerieben und umgarnt, da war Rhythmus, Hingabe, Verschlingen. Die beiden sind sich zufällig begegnet, und nach ein paar Minuten in unterschiedliche Richtungen weitergezogen. Eine […]
Vany communities around me are currently experiencing a stress test. The word midlife crisis is often used. I think it's a stupid word, as it suggests that life, individual life, is in crisis. This perspective disturbs me. Why should life have a crisis? It seems to be more a case of life communities being called into question [...]
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