New Spirits - Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness only exists in connection with other consciousness
Traditional Indian music, the raga, is melodic with respect to a fundamental tone. Western music is harmonic, meaning simultaneous and complex. In the West, a lot is thought in terms of structures; for a while, there was a lot of talk about structuralist and post-structuralist thought. Complex systems are found everywhere: in philosophy, in canonical texts and visual systems, in technology [...]
Enlightenment – Illumination: The Paradox of Enlightenment It's complicated with enlightenment. Recently, someone asked me if I was seeking enlightenment. I was a bit taken aback. But because I valued this person immensely, I tried to be honest – yes, no, um, I don't really know, actually yes, if I'm being completely honest […].
I woke up from a nightmare at 4am. I was talking to Will in Apt about a strange irritation in my perception of time. I described how time was falling 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 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 [...]
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Sometimes meditation is very simple and natural. I sit down, go into my body, become aware of my sensory apparatus and how my consciousness and mind deal with it, bring everything to a rest and higher consciousness manifests itself, a different kind of knowledge, space and time, a different world of experience… But sometimes it is also difficult, and then […]
In front of my door is a soft, red sandy soil. It is swept several times a week with a bundle of palm leaves and looks beautiful. I am still thinking about the same temple in Irumbai. Its history is becoming increasingly complex, and so I am now delving into Tantric philosophy. To do this, a few months ago I visited a [...]
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