New Spirits – Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness exists only in connection with other consciousness
Today I heard a quotation from Sri Aurobindo. He said, in essence, that each of us has several I’s. That was clear to me. For decades, my experience has been that the different aspects of a personality are many, and that the idea of a subjective identity is a construction. I always regarded the principles of construction as ideological, serving the logic of passports, individual responsibility, and the administration of justice, but also of guilt and atonement, the idea of…
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Some time ago, I spoke with a friend about taking leave of many ideas. I told her that—quite unscientifically—I visit my memories and think about why I no longer find certain ideas interesting, that these are often ideas I engaged with during my studies. Great ideas! From Kant and Hegel, etc. She was quite taken with my account and asked whether I was writing it down. I said: why? I am taking leave, after all. She was disappointed. Did she…
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When I was a teenager, I had lost my heart to someone who lived in Rome. I traveled to the eternal city, without money, without a plan; it was meant to be a surprise. That went somewhat wrong. We ate a pizza together; otherwise I had a lot of time to myself. On one of the hills, I spent many hours looking into the sky. I thought about Einstein. What else. Everything else seemed too banal. There, for the first…
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Mnemosyne Atlas This is a personal blog. Yet at the same time it is also about a transformation of consciousness. Consciousness does not exist singularly within human beings. It exists only in connection with other consciousness. Consciousness is communicative. A journey into consciousness is therefore always more than just a personal journey. It is a manifestation. In 2016, I traveled to India. I wanted to read Gilles Deleuze there. I had an inkling that this would open up a new…
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