But Hitler did build highways! I hear this more and more often lately. It is difficult to go on talking at this point, because a certain argument that I find very important is quite complex and is rejected by people who want to relativize fascism and the Holocaust. The argument, prompted by Adorno, is: after Auschwitz, no more poems can be written. In rough outline, it goes like this: The scale of the horror of the Holocaust is so great…
Experiencing a culture shock in Chicago after coming from India, where the ancient wisdom of the Vedas is still alive. Exploring the contrast between consciousness and matter, and the search for a place to dwell. Reflecting on the extremes and values of modernity in the USA.
In the western analytic-modern theories of consciousness, i.e. those which understand themselves as empirical-scientific, a correlation between matter and consciousness is always assumed. This is relatively undisputed in itself, since actually the very most thought buildings assume it. Birth and death mark the corner points of this correlation. Now the question arises, how does this correlation look like? Does the consciousness determine the matter, or the matter the consciousness, or is it an interaction? 3 variants of the relation between…
Discover the spiritual power of the Upanishads and the Rigveda in India. Experience the beholding of essence and the pure form of the senses in meditation.
Warum brauchen wir eine Biennale? Diese Frage habe ich mich oft gestellt. Vor COVID-19 habe ich viele Orte mit internationalen Kulturveranstaltungen besucht. In der Lockdownzeit habe ich ein Künstlerresidenzprogramm mitorganisiert, um über die Auswirkungen, Bedrohungen und Chancen von COVID-19 für Kulturschaffende nachzudenken. Alles lief anders als erwartet. Jetzt versucht jeder, zur Normalität zurückzukehren. Haben wir die Billionen von Euro und Dollar gedankenlos ausgegeben, um ein System aufrechtzuerhalten, das dringend eine Veränderung braucht?
Discover the significance of the five senses and learn how proprioception as a possible sixth sense constitutes a revolution. Immerse yourself in the world of perception and consciousness. #Philosophy
I have always resisted the word meditation. Much about it was suspect to me. Yet at the same time I have always practiced my own forms of meditation, without calling them that, or without having learned them. For me, the realm of meditation includes: a) contemplation, that is, sinking into a thought and deliberately tracing impulses of thought on a subject, circling until the mental image becomes clearer and appears before the inner eye. b) Paying attention to one’s own…
An intense month comes to an end. Moving, physical separation, friends separating, the love of godchildren, new friendships, longings, waiting… I could write a screenplay about the past few weeks in Provence. Every day filled with pain, compassion and love—collectively in different constellations. But I do not want to tell these small stories, although Marcel Pagnol might perhaps have enjoyed them. What occupies me is the question of pain. Life is suffering, Buddhists say—to put it very briefly. Wanting and…
