52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 44 Among ancient people an age-old saying remains even today. One says so frequently that what the simple person gets from such sayings often may contain something good, but just as often it is something false. So it is with the saying, “There are many illnesses, but only one … Continue reading There are as many states of health as there are human beings
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 43 He who consciously turns his mind, for one month, to the positive aspect of all his experiences will gradually notice a feeling creeping into him as if his skin were becoming porous on all sides, and as if his soul were opening wide to all kinds of secret … Continue reading Opening to the World
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 42 I feel, as if enchantedIn glory of the world, the spirit's weaving;It has my selfhood's beingIn senses' dullness shrouded,To bestow on me the strengthWhich my own I within its boundsIs powerless itself to give.—Tr. Liselotte & William Mann~I feel enchanted weavingOf spirit within outer glory.In dullness of the … Continue reading Same Verse, Different Voice
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 41 We are not really aware of the fact that we have regressed in human evolution. In the past, children were allowed to grow up without being educated; their freedom was not invaded.Now we violate this freedom when we begin to educate them in the sixth or seventh year. … Continue reading Growing Up In Freedom
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 40 Never underestimate the effect of the unknown or half known. The effect of such on feeling is extremely important. If toward the end of a lesson we say, “and tomorrow we shall do this…”—the children need not know anything about “this”; their expectation and curiosity will still be … Continue reading The Effects of the Unknown
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 39 On the slope of the mountains there was a cloister of the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer. I often met the monks on my walks. I still remember how glad I should have been if they had spoken to me. They never did. And so I carried … Continue reading Questions Left Unanswered – The Nine Year Old
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 38 If I had my way, I would give anthroposophy a new name every day to prevent people from hanging on to its literal meaning, from translating it from the Greek, so they can form judgments accordingly. It is immaterial what name we attach to what is being … Continue reading What is in a Name?
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 37 To practice these principles is the important point. Time must be taken to observe things as though we were inside the things themselves with our thinking. We should submerge ourselves in the things and enter into their inner thought activity. If this is done, we gradually become … Continue reading Harmony
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 36 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) We have to distinguish true thinking from the so-called practical thinking, which merely consists in opinions based on the … Continue reading Open-mindedness
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 35 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) When I forget the narrow will of Self,The cosmic warmth that heralds summer's gloryFills all my soul and spirit,To … Continue reading Lose Yourself to Find Yourself
