Mouches Volantes - Eye Floaters as Shining Structure of Consciousness

By Floco Tausin

Floco Tausin tells the story about his time of learning with spiritual teacher and seer Nestor, taking place in the hilly region of Emmental, Switzerland. The mystic teachings focus on the widely known but underestimated dots and strands floating in our field of vision, known as eye floaters or mouches volantes. Whereas in ophthalmology, floaters are considered a harmless vitreous opacity, the author gradually learns to see them and reveals the first emergence of the shining structure formed by our consciousness. Mouches Volantes explores the topic of eye floaters in a much wider sense than the usual medical explanations. It merges scientific research, esoteric philosophy and practical consciousness development, and observes the spiritual meaning and everyday life implications of these dots and strands. Floco Tausin is a Graduate of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Bern, Switzerland. In theory and practice he is engaged in the research of visual phenomena in connection with altered states of consciousness and the development of consciousness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3033003370
• ISBN13: 9783033003378
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Leuchtstruktur-Verlag
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Crossing the Bridge

This is a powerful novel in which the narrator, under the illusion of restoring an antique desk, meets and is taught by a seer, Nestor. He gradually realizes that his growth is tied to the piece of furniture, which "is like a mirror: it reflects the energy of your ideas and concepts directly back to you" (27). Initially one might be annoyed at the storyteller who seems so arrogant and reluctant to accept anything told to him by Nestor. Frustration with this slow-learning narrator, however, turns to understanding as we begin to see him as the embodiment of all of us who spend too much time denying the existence of, or our connection, to another world. The story reminds me of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray in which a young man's portrait progressively gets uglier and uglier as his evil ways in the world increase. Dorian Gray's beauty, however, does not diminish as his picture, hidden in his attic, shows the immorality of his actions. In Tausin's story, the antique becomes more and more beautiful during the slow restoration process, as the narrator comes closer and closer to understanding the other consciousness represented by his eye floaters. "Crossing the bridge is not a question of character, let alone fate. It is a decision...It is the point when a human being has to decide whether he or she wants to remain a human being that wants to continue to experience the small joys and woes of this world. Or if he or she wants... to outgrow themselves in an ecstatic way, and to see the world with the eyes of a seer from then on" (304). We tend to see earth as a small picture and we are often content with this limited view, afraid of losing what we know. The struggle is not easy. Years pass in the novel as the narrator learns. This is an allegory to our lives, reminding us that connecting with another possibility is not a one-step, easy ride. It forces a personal commitment from the reader. I recommend the journey. But be sure to keep an open mind and allow yourself to see beyond this image we call our world.

Mouches Volantes

Mouches Volantes is the story of the metaphysical journey of the author. The path starts out with the author seeking out an antique secretaire. His intention is to purchase the item, refurbish it, and then sell it for a good profit. The owner of the piece is a strange man named Nestor who eventually agrees to sell the secretaire but only if the author does all of the restoration work at this man's house. At the time, the author thinks this request odd but is willing to go to a little trouble to get this fine antique. However, it doesn't take long before he realizes that something very strange is happening. The work is so physically draining and painful that tasks that should take a few short hours stretches into weeks and months. The author soon learns that this is a very special item which requires the perfect restoration and a completely different view of the world. Mouches Volantes is a fascinating journey. The title refers to what optometrists call eye floaters, little structures seen when in bright light. In scientific terms these images are harmless and tend to become more common as we age. In this book, eye floaters are extremely significant as they are a call to a different type of consciousness. In essence, they show the potential to take oneself out of the small everyday world to gain an entirely different perspective.

Rare View into an Esoteric Spiritual Path

I first learned of the esoteric meditative significance of eye floaters from my Tibetan tantric teacher in the 1970's. He never presented practices associated with them, however. My long-standing curiosity about them made reading Floco Tausin's book, Mouches Volantes, a delight. Mr. Tausin's "novel" is engaging, humorous, and thought provoking as he details his character's journey to awakening following the path of meditating on Mouches Volantes. I heartily recommend this work to anyone yearning to contact the hidden mystery of our seemingly solid outer life as it is shaped by our inner structures of consciousness." Jack Elias, author,Finding True Magic: Transpersonal Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy/NLP.

Expanding worlds of imagination

This fascinating and absorbing work floated serendipitously into my consciousness and I'm so glad that it did. When I first laid eyes on it, I thought it was going to be a single-focused philosophical treatise on the mysterious visual "floaters" that appear before our eyes during various states of consciousness (hint, hint). Well, it's certainly that, and much, much more. "Breaking Through" combined with "The Lessons of Don Juan" is an apt description...but then it's much, much more. This highly thought-provoking and thoroughly captivating story features an explorer of consciousness and his ongoing dialogues and experiences with a "seer." As the protagonist loses himself in the intricacies of refurbishing a magical piece of furniture, his consciousness undergoes deeper and deeper transformations. He takes a Thomas Mann-like spiritual journey that ultimately fulfills the reader at many levels. The book serves as a model or metaphor for viewing the world through different perspectives and striving for cognitive "wholeness." This is a book to be read slowly and savored. Special philosophical nuances and insights will emerge as you digest each scrumptious chapter. The characters are endearing and get inside your soul. The vivid descriptions of place and setting will make you feel that you are actually there in the European mountains. This is a warm, compassionate and enlightened work that brought tears to my eyes in the final chapter. Bravo, Sir Floco!!!

A mystical story about the closest thing in the world

Since my young age, I wondered about the dots and strands that we see floating in front of our eyes. I found no satisfactory answer for that. This book for the first time has taken this subject from a higher perspective and takes us on a journey of exploration of Truth. I highly recommend this book to seekers of Truth to understand the nature of reality. - Amitt Parikh, Author of Conversations with The Mysterious One