The Power of the Upanishads: Clarity and Spirituality Through Meditation
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.
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Art beyond darkness – Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022/23
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?
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Leaping Fish
As a teenager, still at school, I began meditating; I still vaguely remember my first meditations from that time. Strength and quiet, concentration—mostly at night. They were very special moments. I did not do it often. As a student I continued meditating very irregularly. I remember some of these meditations, mostly lasting 1–2 hours, as though they had just happened. I always lacked the words (when I forced myself to name it, I reluctantly said transcendental); I also had no…
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Encounter
For some time I have been waiting. Actually, I like waiting. Waiting is a space and a time in which there is nothing else to do but wait for time to pass. Usually, you cannot do much else except read or talk, or think. Waiting times are therefore always free spaces for me. I especially like waiting in citizens’ service centers, for example; here, all people are equal. Together with others, I am in a space where there is nothing…
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Namaste—The Light in Me Greets the Light in You
In Europe, we have an idea of the Enlightenment as something in which an individual recognizes that he or she lives under constraints imposed by others. The task then is to overcome these constraints and place oneself under a greater law. A light comes on and shines into all the dark corners, to question what has not yet been reflected upon and questioned. This movement of thought is described with the metaphor of light as a torch. The light of…
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