• Abstract thinking

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    12-07-2017 2 comments

    Abstract thinking

    So it is time to wake up in our thoughts. Of course we 'see' them; we know what we are thinking. But we see them as images that have much to do with us, but that also seem to be outside of our will. And when we really start to think, when we conceive thoughts, concepts, coherences, then we still are outside of the thoughts. That... read more...

  • Reading with willpower

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    05-07-2017 1 comments

    Reading with willpower

    First I will continue the quote from the GA 221, p. 37. Next week I will write about my own experiences of and thoughts about the metamorphosis of thinking.... read more...

  • Thoughts and thinking

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    28-06-2017 3 comments

    Thoughts and thinking

    Thoughts come and go, they fill up our consciousness all day. If we try to gain knowledge, a little bit of concentration, attention and willpower enters our thinking. But true thinking is something else. Gaining knowledge, studying, is made by intellectual thinking. In our western culture we seem to be born and educated to becom... read more...

  • Metamorphosis of thinking - II

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    21-06-2017 3 comments

    Metamorphosis of thinking - II

    It can become a tragic experience in life to discover how passive we modern human beings are in our inner lives. The body can be passive too, but it is nothing compared to the passivity of the inner life. There is a joke that Rudolf Steiner told about this passivity; he told it to the young teachers of the Waldorf School... read more...

  • The metamorphosis of thinking

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    14-06-2017 2 comments

    The metamorphosis of thinking

    The central point of the spiritual science that is called 'anthroposophy' is the metamorphosis of thinking. In public lectures Rudolf Steiner often gave a foundation for his scientific work. He then described the natural thinking capacities of the human being, going on to describe the points that can be found in it to develop a ... read more...