• Finding without searching

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    10-12-2014 12 comments

    Finding without searching

    In the Parsival-saga it is the leading character Parsival, who is the personification of the task of modern man. He is a sound person, but his mind is not fully awake, his consciousness is dull, he is not fully aware yet. At first he makes many mistakes because he does not have a clear awareness. The process of awakening is ... read more...

  • The castle of the fisherman king

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    03-12-2014 7 comments

    The castle of the fisherman king

    The image of Plato's cave is given a new shape in the Middle Ages (12th century) in the Parsival Saga. There is told about a castle, 'unreachable for our steps'. There are two famous versions of this saga, a German one by Wolfram von Eschenbach, and the older French version by Chrestien de Troyes. The story by Wolfram von Es... read more...

  • Plato's allegory of the cave, Republic, book VII

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    26-11-2014 1 comments

    Plato's allegory of the cave, Republic, book VII

    'And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: --Behold! human beings living in a underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, a... read more...

  • The objective I

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    12-11-2014 2 comments

    The objective I

    When we perceive ourselves precisely, we will find that we bear an objective source in ourselves. It is not the ego that thinks, feels, does whatever comes to it, that is filled with opinions and judgments, with antipathies and sympathies and is apt to act from stone hard feelings. It is not the ego that wants to feel lust a... read more...

  • How subjective is the I?

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    05-11-2014 2 comments

    How subjective is the I?

    When one contemplates on the phenomenon of the human “I”, immediately the question arises who should examine that “I” An examination can only be scientific, when it has an objective character. The “I” though is the subject itself, so it actually would not be possible to examine it – with... read more...