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Post by Hans Schokkenbroek on Oct 21, 2021 14:50:25 GMT
It amazes me how many great spiritual teachers emerged in the early 1900's. A name from that era is Rudolph Steiner and as far as I am aware he has not yet featured on this forum. Grandmother Medicine Song, my Hopi Elder who is teaching me the traditional Hopi way, sees Rudolph Steiner as one of her spiritual Ancestors. There is a time for everything and it was only recently that I was drawn / guided to Steiner's work. Grandmother advised me to read "How to Know Higher Worlds" so that is what I am doing. Already on page 9 the feeling to share some of his knowledge becomes too strong. It is my personal conviction that it is much better to focus on the positive than to focus on the negative and to be critical and disrespectful of other people, no matter how much their actions are different from your personal values. This is what Steiner has to say about that in his opening statements:
"If we wish to become esoteric students, we must train ourselves vigorously in the mood of devotion. We must seek-in all things around us, in all our experiences-for what can arouse our admiration and respect. If I meet other people and criticize their weaknesses, I rob myself of higher cognitive power. But if I try to enter deeply and lovingly into another person's good qualities, I gather in that force. Disciples of this occult path must always bear in mind the need to cultivate such admiration and respect. Experienced enced spiritual researchers know what strength they gain by always looking for the good in everything and withholding holding their critical judgment. This practice should not remain simply an outer rule of life, but must take hold of the innermost part of the soul. It lies in our hands to perfect ourselves and gradually transform ourselves completely. pletely. But this transformation must take place in our innermost depths, in our thinking. Showing respect outwardly wardly in our relations with other beings is not enough; we must carry this respect into our thoughts. Therefore we must begin our inner schooling by bringing ing devotion into our thought life. We must guard against disrespectful, disparaging, and criticizing thoughts. We must try to practice reverence and devotion in our thinking at all times." Rudolf Steiner;Christopher Bamford. How to Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation It is very easy in these times to be critical of others but for me these words remind me to stay positive and to remain respectful to ALL relations. That is the only way to improving myself and therefor improving this world... But of course that is just my humble opinion. I respect all other opinions
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Post by Hans Schokkenbroek on Oct 21, 2021 15:01:01 GMT
Each moment that we spend becoming aware of whatever derogatory, judgmental, and critical opinions still remain in our consciousness brings us closer to higher knowledge. We advance even more quickly if, in such moments, we fill our consciousness with admiration, respect, and reverence for the world and life. Anyone experienced in these things knows that such moments awaken forces in us that otherwise remain dormant. Filling our consciousness in this way opens our spiritual eyes. We begin to see things around us that we could not see before. We begin to realize that previously we saw only a part of the world surrounding us. We begin to see our fellow human man beings in a different way than we did before. Naturally, this rule of life alone does not yet enable us to perceive what, for example, is called the human aura. For this, still higher schooling is needed. Yet we cannot begin such schooling until we have undergone a vigorous training in devotion.
Rudolf Steiner;Christopher Bamford. How to Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation (pp. 20-21). Kindle Edition.
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Post by Hans Schokkenbroek on Oct 21, 2021 15:04:36 GMT
At first glance, it is not easy to believe that feelings of reverence and respect are in any way connected with knowledge. This is because we tend to see cognition as an isolated faculty that has no connection whatsoever with anything else going on in our souls. Thus we forget that it is the soul that cognizes. What food is to the body, feelings are to the soul. If we feed the body stones instead of bread, it will cease to function. It is the same with the soul. We nourish it with reverence, respect, and devotion. These make the soul healthy and strong, particularly for the activity of knowing. Disrespect, antipathy, and disparaging aging admirable things, on the other hand, paralyze and slay our cognitive activities.
Rudolf Steiner;Christopher Bamford. How to Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation (pp. 21-22). Kindle Edition.
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Post by Hans Schokkenbroek on Oct 21, 2021 15:12:46 GMT
One fundamental principle of esoteric science, taught in every form of schooling, must never be violated if we wish to achieve our goal: Every insight that you seek only to enrich your own store of learning and to accumulate late treasure for yourself alone leads you from your path, but every insight that you seek in order to become more mature on the path of the ennoblement of humanity and world evolution brings you one step forward. This fundamental mental law must always be observed. Only if we make it the guiding principle of our lives can we call ourselves genuine seekers after higher knowledge. This truth of esoteric schooling may be summarized as follows: Every idea that does not become an ideal for you kills a force in your soul, but every idea that becomes an ideal for you creates forces of life within you.
Rudolf Steiner;Christopher Bamford. How to Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation (pp. 24-25). Kindle Edition.
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Post by Hans Schokkenbroek on Oct 22, 2021 8:01:59 GMT
It has been a topic of some discussion on this forum. Where does one put one's attention and thoughts? Is it on inner positive creativity or is it on the negativity of outer world? We all have a choice and there is a balance to be found in everything we do. Reading Steiner's teachings confirms my choice....
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To believe in and love humanity is the basis of all striving for the truth. Our striving must be built upon trust and love for humanity-although it does not begin there. Rather, it must flow out of the soul's own forces. And this love for humanity must gradually expand into love for all beings, and indeed for all existence. If we are successful in this, we shall have a deep love for all that is constructive and creative. Our natural inclination will be to avoid all destructiveness. As esoteric students, we must never destroy for the sake of destroying-neither in deeds nor in thoughts, words, or feelings. Growth and development must be our joy. We should lend our hand to destruction only if we are able to bring new life out of what we destroy. This does not mean that we should stand idly by while wickedness prevails. On the contrary, in every evil we must seek out the elements that allow us to transform it into good. We will then see more and more clearly that the best way to combat wickedness and imperfection is to create what is good and whole. We cannot create something out of nothing, but we can transform what is incomplete into something more perfect. The more we strengthen our creative tendencies, the sooner we will find ourselves capable of the right attitude toward whatever is bad and imperfect. Rudolf Steiner;Christopher Bamford. How to Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation (pp. 103-104). Kindle Edition.
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Post by IW on Oct 28, 2021 7:29:53 GMT
Is there anything online of Rudolph Steiner that is available to read, possibly for free?
Thanks Hans
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Post by Hans Schokkenbroek on Oct 30, 2021 7:59:52 GMT
Is there anything online of Rudolph Steiner that is available to read, possibly for free? Thanks Hans I am sure there is IW but I do not know exactly where. If you search on "rudolph steiner teachings" it brings up loads of sites and videos.
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Post by Waters on Nov 12, 2021 2:13:46 GMT
Is there anything online of Rudolph Steiner that is available to read, possibly for free? Thanks Hans
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Post by IW on Dec 13, 2021 22:36:19 GMT
Thanks Waters and Hans, I guess I have read a few of his major books then forgot them and that they were from this man RS. What had led me to this man was another man, a public ET philosopher who had said he was the reincarnated RS. They had a similar look. That guy did not seem so authentic, but it was a curiousity that I checked out.
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Post by Stranger2 on Dec 27, 2021 15:22:20 GMT
Thanks Waters and Hans, I guess I have read a few of his major books then forgot them and that they were from this man RS. What had led me to this man was another man, a public ET philosopher who had said he was the reincarnated RS. They had a similar look. That guy did not seem so authentic, but it was a curiousity that I checked out. IW, who is this public ET philosopher? Can you give any links?
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Post by IW on Feb 16, 2022 4:59:18 GMT
Hi Stranger!
I had to do a quick search since it was so many years ago, the buzz that he was RS.? That seems to have gone away. His main site is divinecosmos.com David Wilcock secret space programs, alien history stuff, prophecies and ascension theories etc.
I still tend to think he is an inside agent of sorts, definitely popular with his books etc.
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Post by wornout on Feb 25, 2022 23:41:18 GMT
A real medicine can only exist when it penetrates into a knowledge which embraces the human being in respect to body, soul and spirit. Rudolf Steiner
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