New Spirits - Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness only exists in connection with other consciousness
Bodhi Zendo I had ordered a book to take with me to Bodhi Zendo: "Zen in the Art of Ink Painting" by Katharina Shepherd-Kobel. It is a beautiful book, it speaks to me and feeds my longing to learn ink painting and to deepen my meditation. When I got involved in Zen meditation 3.5 years ago, the act of [...]
This is Tantra. This is divine. The crucial question is whether such a sacred encounter is only possible in romantic love, as tradition and romanticism suggest – or whether it can arise when we fully open our being, beyond mind and reason, beyond ego, desire, or obligation. I believe, [...]
When I began reading the Upanishads, I realized that the inner path I had embarked upon was leading me into an extraordinarily beautiful inner landscape. Discovering that this inner landscape is connected to cosmic consciousness made me aware of the important work I must undertake-what people often call "inner work." As I committed myself to [...]
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 [...]
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? [...]
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 [...].
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. […]
In my youth, I lost myself in skepticism and purely empirical science. But now Aurobindo's text opens up new perspectives on perception and illusion in philosophy. Learn more about this twist. #Philosophy #Perception
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