New Spirits - Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness only exists in connection with other consciousness
Form is empty. It has a shape, but no substance; it is neither matter nor energy. Form is consciousness - seeing something as something produces form. However, form is also functional: substance, matter and energy interact according to laws. As part of consciousness, they interact in form. Form is emptiness. Form is consciousness. Consciousness [...]
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