ANTHROPOSOPHY

TODAY I WAS REVIEWING MY STUDIES IN ANTHROPOSOPHY BY RUDOLPH STEINER, WHO WAS A GREAT INFLUENCE IN MY SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT. I HAVE SENT FOR A BOOK OF HIS WHICH I READ MANY YEARS AGO CALLED KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIGHER WORLDS AND ITS ATTAINMENT. IN THIS BOOK IT HAS EXERCISES THAT MAKE YOUR MIND CLEARER AND ALLOWS YOU TO SEE REALITY IN A BETTER WAY THAN THE DREAM-HYPNOSIS WE ALL GET CAUGHT IN SO QUICKLY IN OUR MATERIAL WORLD.
MY FIRST ONE, I REMEMBER, WAS TO SELECT SOMETHING TO CARE FOR... A SIMPLE THING LIKE A PLANT AND CARE FOR IT VERY INTENTLY WATER IT WHEN NEEDED AND LOOK AT IT MOVE IT ABOUT AS NEEDED FOR PROPER LIGHT ETC. WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP IT ALIVE. EVEN SPEAK TO IT WITH LOVING CARE.
YOU COULD CARE FOR A KITTEN OR A DOG BUT THAT IS FAR MORE INTENSE AND A SIMPLE THING IS MUCH BETTER TO START WITH.
LATER YOU MAY CHOOSE AN ANI,MAL AND LATER STILL A CHILD.

THIS BECOMES AN EXERCISE TO CREATE IN A HUMAN BEING A REALIZATION OF CONCERN FOR SOMETHING OUTSIDE ONESELF THAT REALLY FOCUSES YOU UPON IT. IT HAS YOU BECOME AWARE OF FORGOTTEN INUTITION YOU HAVE LOST AND YOUR CONNECTION TO THE HIGHER WORLD.
THIS CONNECTION IN TIME WILL BRING YOU CLOSER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT OR SO I SUSPECT.

I AM ENCLOSING A SHORT SUMMARY OF ANTHROPOSOPHY FOR YOUR INFORMATION.


Anthroposophy describes a broad evolution of human consciousness as follows. Early stages of human evolution possess an intuitive perception of reality, including a clairvoyant perception of spiritual realities. Humanity has progressively evolved an increasing reliance on intellectual faculties and a corresponding loss of intuitive or clairvoyant experiences, which have become atavistic. The increasing intellectualization of consciousness, initially a progressive direction of evolution, has led to an excessive reliance on abstraction and a loss of contact with both natural and spiritual realities. However, in order to go further, new capacities must be developed which combine the clarity of intellectual thought with the imagination, and beyond this with consciously achieved inspiration and intuitive insights.[18]