New Spirits – Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness exists only in connection with other consciousness
I am thinking about Deleuze, about the movement of becoming. In order to extinguish the sound of the stream, I must become the sound; in order to enter the stream, I become part of it. When I dwell in the forest, I participate in the stillness and the chirping, the rustling of the leaves. I become one with nature. That Romantic idea — becoming one with nature, with a beloved person, with the cosmos, with God — produces blessedness, rapture,…
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Auro Art World organized a series of 6 lectures at the Centre d’Art multimedia room in Auroville. These lectures, conducted by Dr. Christoph Kluetsch, explore connections between art, philosophy, and spirituality, bridging Eastern and Western traditions to illuminate the enduring questions of existence, consciousness, and creativity. The series is offered on the first Tuesday of every month. Fourth lecture – Tuesday 7th January 2025 at 5pm Who in our consciousness experiences sensations? How are sensations synthesized? How do matter, vibration, consciousness, and self connect? And how can we share sensations…
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Retinal Art and the Ruins of Representation: Revisiting Plato’s Cave and the Notion of Rasa in the Natyashastra Christoph Kluetsch “Something in the world forces us to think. This something is not an object of recognition, but a fundamental encounter.” Gilles Deleuze – Difference and repetition p. 139 “Minds exist only in relation to other minds.” (Mihai Nadin) “even those elements designated as “basic” or “proto-elements” are not primitive but are, on the contrary, of a complex nature.” (Kandinsky, point……
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(this is an old text of mine, found in the archives. It is strange to read it again, as it shows to me how desperately I tried to get out of the trap of representation and the urge to embrace a philosophy of immanence. I went through so many ideas, looked at so many artists – I never did anything with the text, as my self-critical voice didn’t consider it to be any good. I have to say I like…
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I am slowly penetrating a little deeper into superficiality. Concepts I have taken in from various systems of knowledge, 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, that is, into space and the body. I see how various systems of knowledge intertwine in the temple and…
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Yesterday I had a long conversation about the origin of thought. What comes first, the words or the thoughts? Of course there are very different forms of thinking. A visual, musical, analytical, synthetic, performative thinking, etc… There is thinking on the level of intuition, there is thinking in memory, there is vision and inspiration. There are so many kinds of thinking. What is thinking? Who is thinking when thinking? How is it different from consciousness? Much within my consciousness is…
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One Year in Auroville: An evocative account of transformation and the search for spirituality in India. Learn more about the adventure and the significance of consciousness. #India #Spirituality
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Discover the subtle differences between the German ‘werden’, the English ‘becoming’, and the French ‘devenir’ in Deleuze’s postmodern thinking. Explore the world of sensations and consciousness in this philosophical journey.
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