“The intellect is undeniably useful in its own field, but is a great cheat and illusionist outside of it whenever it tries to manipulate values.”
― Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self
― Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self
“You can get an idea of human nature only when you can see the relationship of the individual human being to the whole cosmos.”
― Foundations of Human Experience: 14 lectures in Stuttgart, Aug. 20 – Sept. 5, 1919 (CW 293); 2 lectures in Berlin, Mar. 15 & 17, 1917
― Foundations of Human Experience: 14 lectures in Stuttgart, Aug. 20 – Sept. 5, 1919 (CW 293); 2 lectures in Berlin, Mar. 15 & 17, 1917
“In order to become a willing participant, you have to know what it means to be an unwilling participant. An unwilling participant is one who is attempting to avoid the gravity of surrender, who is negotiating with life instead of opening to it. In the old spiritual paradigm, it would be seen as a form of contemplation. But in order for true insight to dawn, we must ask how our lives are only changing us for the better with no further negotiations in mind. Within this Golden Rule is the opportunity to discover meditation from a different perspective. Oftentimes, when we try to meditate, we likely find a quiet space, close our eyes, and begin negotiating for more preferable circumstances. Meditation is not negotiation. Meditation is what happens when negotiation dissolves. Negotiating with life is to assume that what’s happening is a mistake. Remember Golden Rule #6, “the Universe always has a plan”? If the Universe always has a plan, then any form of negotiating could only veer you off your highest path. When you are embodying this Golden Rule, you are cultivating the soul’s attribute of stillness. The ego lives to negotiate, but the ego isn’t capable of being still. This is why if your ego is attempting to meditate, it’s likely an internal negotiation with the beauty of empty space.”
― The Universe Always Has a Plan: The 10 Golden Rules of Letting Go
― The Universe Always Has a Plan: The 10 Golden Rules of Letting Go
“What is it that arises in modern people in an Ahrimanic form? It is his knowledge of the outer world. There is nothing more ahrimanic than this knowledge of the material world, for it is sheer illusion.”
― Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman: Human Responsibility for the Earth, 5 lectures, November 1919
― Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman: Human Responsibility for the Earth, 5 lectures, November 1919
“Empowerment is realizing you are the one who needs to say the things you've waited your entire life to hear.”
― The “Whatever Arises, Love That” Course: Insights and Practices to Open the Heart and Live As Love
― The “Whatever Arises, Love That” Course: Insights and Practices to Open the Heart and Live As Love
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