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We start on Monday, August 23, 2021

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From the Foreward to the edition we are reading

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In the Epilogue, Rudolf Steiner tells us: Readers should approach this book as though they were having a conversation with the author. p 213

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In the Epilogue, Rudolf Steiner tells us: Readers should approach this book as though they were having a conversation with the author. p 213

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Great start! We read the first 2 paragraphs if you are following the German paragraphing. or up to the top of page 15 in the book which is 5 paragraphs in English.

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Can imagine a Sun Seer's invitation? Like the letter to Chrisian Rosenkruetz invitation to the Wedding kwest

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Can imagine a Sun Seer's invitation? Like the letter to Chrisian Rosenkruetz invitation to the Wedding kwest

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Wow, I can't thank you enough.
You are the group of people that shows up right when I need some oomph in my striving, and I am ever so grateful for your companionship, guidance, and compassion.
Happy to be back in your midst.

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We read 3) - 8). Great thoughts in this section about Reverence. We will start at the top of page 19 tomorrow.

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 paragraph 4) seems so connected with the theme of the AGM this year:

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 paragraph 4) seems so connected with the theme of the AGM this year:

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"Building the Temple of the Heart" ; anthroposophy.org/fallconference

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We heard 9-12 today. We nourish our soul with reverence, respect & devotion! Tomorrow we start at 13). "what we attain through devotion becomes even more effective when another kind of feeling is added..."

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Day 3, Aug 25 >  Proposing  "loving enthusiasm" vs "devotion" in Paragraph #9:  

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Day 3, Aug 25 >  Proposing  "loving enthusiasm" vs "devotion" in Paragraph #9:  

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The word "devotion" is the same in German and in English. The English dictionary offers three definitions - love and enthusiasm, religious devotion, and [doing your] religious devotions. My husband Roman Janczak, who will be joining us as time allows, bristled at the word "devotion" that appears three times in Paragraph #9. As a lapsed Catholic :-) the word evokes overtones of religious submission and the obligations of obsolete colonized mental states.  So, as a native German speaker, I did a little research and offer the following.
P#9(b) "Whomever wants to become a spiritual seeker must therefore energetically educate themselves towards a mood of loving enthusiasm...They must seek out everywhere in their surroundings, in their experiences, that which elicits admiration and respect within themselves...If I meet a person and gossip about thier weaknesses, I rob myself of the power to know higher worlds; if I make the effort to immerse myself into their  strengths, I instead gather these forces."
P#9(d) "The seeker must begin by taking a mood of loving enthusiasm into their life of thought...They must bring awareness of thoughts of disrespect and dismissive criticism into their consciousness. And they must consciously seek to cultivate a mood of loving enthusiasm in their thinking,"

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I would very much like to hear of our inner experiences. In that spirit, here are a few leading thoughts of my experience this morning with you all. (Our group meets me at 9am PST)  Before my share, here is first of all how RS describes the process, Page 23, in paragraph 13 that Robyn read for us, "...allow the experience of pleasure to reveal something to us... For this to happen, we must learn to let the pleasure (the impression) linger on within us while we renounce any further enjoyment (new impression) and assimilate and digest with inner activity the past experience that we have enjoyed." 

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I would very much like to hear of our inner experiences. In that spirit, here are a few leading thoughts of my experience this morning with you all. (Our group meets me at 9am PST)  Before my share, here is first of all how RS describes the process, Page 23, in paragraph 13 that Robyn read for us, "...allow the experience of pleasure to reveal something to us... For this to happen, we must learn to let the pleasure (the impression) linger on within us while we renounce any further enjoyment (new impression) and assimilate and digest with inner activity the past experience that we have enjoyed." 

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The memory, the thought, the substance of pleasure, or what quality/virtue we have felt, when seen as it is further up the chain of emanation, is a process in my inner life, a process I've come to call sourcing... I sit in stillness with the quality and then let the experience unfold. It may take me to another virtue, or I may sit for a long while in just the quality I began with. For me today: Since our group spent a few moments ahead of time on the quality devotion, (interesting that someone has a reaction to devotion, and that reaction led to the gem of our leading thoughts as to what devotion is), that was the overarching quality as we were reading and it was truly a difficult challenge to be in equanimity as my heart opened to feel this with the group. As I listened, I feel saw sense our group as if an oceanic field of devotion and each of us playing a part, an important part, each being exactly as we are/were, very different and unique drops in the ocean, yet as drops in the ocean. I began to feel this "as if" ocean and see feel sense devotion in this plane, and unknown other qualities and beings I know were there but I can not yet describe them as I was in a reaction and not yet complete with being overcome by that. So I stayed where I was. As the reading concluded and we went into our agreement and decision of stillness, it was very interesting to me that it seemed that a significant portion of our group was focusing on the quality of pleasure, as I felt saw sensed it, and then there were the two qualities and planes of experience, both devotion and pleasure. I did my current best to hold these two qualities of our group share in my awareness and then with the intent of simple love, vision, stillness, as in "what is here? what can I see/be?" I went further inward. I have found in my experience that the holding at the same time two or more ideals, concepts, memories, even multiple lives or qualities, brings something more "in" or "higher" as a type of instrument or map to then be/see the one who is/sees.  Which, if I can do that, then I can see and be more, right? Cause I want to be of service, and I need to be myself to do that. I see this as a reason to write this in fact... And this again is the cognitive building RS speaks of in what I call sourcing. It is almost always a surprise, although there are familiar signposts. (sidenote, I have known for a long while that in my own inward journey, I will be able to evolve further in working with groups and no longer only solo.) It was then I was able to experience a state of light or Being that was very short, and felt sense knew it to be the point of the practice for myself, with a type of trust that it will unfold as divine wills, although everything leading up to it was significant as well. I look forward to more experiences with you all, and this day felt inspired to share a bit of my process. I hope to hear more of our voices, as when we share our very real experiences then it may inspire others. We can do more together than apart. And, dare I say, reactions are treasures, so even if someone shares or hears a word that triggers a response, then sourcing in from that response or memory to the substance, the force, the principle, the ideal will be strengthening of our souls for daily living. Devotion indeed. Devotion in deed. Love and peace to all. See you soon.

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we worked with/read 13 - 16 on Thursday. A note from page 24: pleasure is a messenger...place what we have learned at the service of the world. Let's start at the section "Inner Peace" on Friday, re-reading a little bit (start at 15).

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Free Spiritual Research Michaelmas. Every year a group of artists/writers come together to focus on Michael. We have done wonderful work and deep dive conversations over the past 5-7 years. This is not a class, FREE we work from home, check in when we want and post our images at end of September. Join in here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FestivalGroupArts if you want to see our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxfGqYjx7Wo  cheers Kristena

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Free Spiritual Research Michaelmas. Every year a group of artists/writers come together to focus on Michael. We have done wonderful work and deep dive conversations over the past 5-7 years. This is not a class, FREE we work from home, check in when we want and post our images at end of September. Join in here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FestivalGroupArts if you want to see our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxfGqYjx7Wo  cheers Kristena

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2018 artists from all over the world enJOY

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Today, Helene shared this re: Verse for America

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Today, Helene shared this re: Verse for America

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https://anthroposophy.org/letter-from-virginia-sease/

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How wonderful, timely and surprising it was to receive a letter meant for all US Society members from Virginia Sease, emeritus member of the Executive Council of the Goetheanum in Dornach, former Council member from the US Society, long-time Waldorf teacher at Highland Hall School in Los Angeles, as well as researcher and author. As an American who has now lived for quite some time in Switzerland, she brings a unique and loving perspective to the electoral landscape in which we in the US find ourselves immersed these days. In her letter she renders a new and refreshing perspective on Rudolf Steiner's "Verse for America." She sees it as both meditation and prayer, a deep combination of soul and spiritual forces that can serve as a centering guide as we navigate the ever-changing political terrain we call election year. The letter follows here and I hope you join me in appreciation of the wisdom it carries from a friend who may live afar but carries a connection to the close and diverse realities of US culture.
Dornach, 24th February 2020

Dear Members and Friends of the Anthroposophical Society in America,

We may regard the current situation in regard to the future leadership in the United States as one necessitating deep reflection on the part of each citizen. Regardless of one's personal persuasion it is incumbent on each individual to cherish the hope that the right pathway into the immediate future and also beyond may be realized.

As members of the General Anthroposophical Society we are aware that at the end of the 4th Principle of the Society it states: "The Anthroposophical Society rejects any kind of sectarian activity. Party politics it considers not to be within its task." Bearing this in mind we may seek the right pathway through inner activity.

The United States of America received a great gift from Rudolf Steiner in 1923: the so called "America Verse" given for the Foundation of the Threefold Group which was transmitted by a Swiss messenger directly from Rudolf Steiner to Ralph Courtney. Ralph Courtney met Rudolf Steiner in Paris in 1906 and later became a strong voice internationally for the Threefold Social Order. This verse was translated into English by Frederick Heckel, a long-time editor of the Society's Newsletter.

Today many people work with this Verse privately and in groups and branches of the Anthroposophical Society in America. I would like to suggest that members and friends who are concerned about the destiny of America at this time, direct the thoughts which are within this Verse especially to the beings of the Third Hierarchy who may then be able to form this meditative effort into a positive direction. This Verse is actually both a meditation and a prayer.

From my perspective as an American citizen living now almost 36 years in Switzerland I experience frequently how people from many parts of the world while visiting the Goetheanum express their questions and concerns about my homeland.

These few words come with my grateful thoughts and my good wishes for everything which each person can inwardly contribute at this time.

With many warm greetings,

Virginia Sease, Ph.D.
Executive Council emerita
General Anthroposophical Society
Goetheanum
CH-4143 Dornach, Switzerland
Threefold Verse
May our feeling penetrate
Into the center of our heart,
And seek, in love, to unite itself
With the human beings seeking the same goal,
With the spirit beings who, bearing grace,
Strengthening us from realms of light
And illuminating our love,
Are gazing down upon
Our earnest, heart-felt striving.
Translation by Frederick Heckel
Dringe unser Fühlen
In unseres Herzens Mittelpunkt
Und suche in Liebe sich zu vereinen
Mit den Menschen gleichen Zieles
Mit den Geistern die gnadevoll
Auf unser ernstlich herzliches Streben
Aus Lichtregionen uns stärkend
Und unsere Liebe erhellend
Herunterschauen.
Rudolf Steiner

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Letter from Virginia Sease - Anthroposophical Society in America

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Intro from John Bloom, General Secretary How wonderful, timely and surprising it was to receive a letter meant for all US Society members from Virginia Sease, emeritus member of the Executive Council of the Goetheanum in Dornach, former Council member from the US Society, long-time Waldorf teacher at Highland Hall School in Los Angeles, as...

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We read 15) - 21) together today. So good! Discover what is essential! Even in 5 minutes a day!
We'll start with paragraph 22) on Monday... "For all human beings, in addition to what we may call the ordinary, everyday self, also bear within themselves a higher self or higher human being" (!!!!!)

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we read 22 through 25 today. One take-away: As esoteric students we have no need of impatience. We'll start at 26 tomorrow, middle of page 31.

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we read through paragraph 30. "We realize that thoughts are not mere shadow pictures and that hidden beings speak to us through thoughts" (!!!) Tomorrow we pick up at paragraph 31, top of page 35.

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we read the end of chapter 1 ("all our work and suffering are for the sake of a great, spiritual cosmic interrelationship"!!) and started Chapter 2, The stages of Initiation. We read the first 2 paragraphs and will begin under the heading Preparation, with paragraph 3 on Thursday.

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Offering a gender-neutral & slightly different translation of Verse for America

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Offering a gender-neutral & slightly different translation of Verse for America

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May our sensitivity penetrate
into the middle of our hearts,
And seek lovingly to unite itself
With human beings sharing our goals,
With spirit beings whose sight mercifully
Descends upon our warm & earnest efforts,
Bolstering us from spaces of light,
And brightly illuminating our love.

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We read Chpt 2, paragraphs 3 -5. insights into how the astral world spreads out before us!

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"we can begin to hear with our souls"! We read through chat 2, paragraph 9. starting at paragraph 10 next time

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We read paragraph 10 in chapter 2. We are going to sleep on it & decide on Tuesday if we will re-read this amazing section again!

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Thank so much for sharing where you are in the reading. I am following with y'all and participating in a different way . 💜

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Timothy Kennedy is sharing on FRAC this coming Friday

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Timothy Kennedy is sharing on FRAC this coming Friday

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https://frontrangeanthrocafe.org

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Our first annualFRAC Comedy Evening!
Hosted by Ronald Koetzsch, including one of Ronald's popular comedy presentations. Timothy Kennedy
The Wisdom of Geometry

Why did it say above the school of Athens "Only those who know geometry may enter"? And why in Islam is geometry the primary means for expressing the divine? Why does geometry and pattern play so prominently in every spiritual tradition around the world? From what I've experienced, geometry is the most non dogmatic language of truth and beauty. It invites us to be whole, and teaches us to organize ourselves inwardly. It can lead us to enter into the spiritual world with clarity, building a certainty of the spirit's reality. And if we take it up as a wisdom practice, we can begin to learn the language of divine forces manifesting. In our time together, I will try to unfold some of this practice with you. Hoping to plant some seeds that we may cultivate together.

Timothy Kennedy has been a part of anthroposophical communities throughout his life. He's sought to find an Anthroposophy of the will, and through steady practice, and lots of grace, is finding balance in his inner and outer work. He has lead the largest natural building and design company in the US for 24 years; Administrates the global Natural Building Network online and is currently in development on a 700 acre project integrating regenerative farming, ecological restoration and healthy housing for 100+ humans. He recently joined the Western Regional Council of the Anthroposophical Society in America in hopes of furthering the life of Anthroposophia in the West.

Upcoming Guests:
Sept 17th - Robert McDermott
Sept 24th - Edward Schuldt
Oct 1st - Signe Schaefer

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Our first annualFRAC Comedy Evening!Hosted by Ronald Koetzsch, including one of Ronald's popular comedy presentations. Timothy Kennedy Why did it say above the school of Athens "Only those who know geometry may enter"? And why in Islam is geometry the primary means for expressing the divine?

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Today we re-read paragraph 10 from chpt 2. Teachings from esoteric leaders are "not just words. They are living forces." (p48). Jeanne read the Calendar of the Soul in Dutch! And Peter closed by playing guitar and singing the Verse for North America. We are creating a beautiful field of activity, yall. Keep it up!

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I super enjoyed our recapitulation of yesterday's reading. It forged a new something in our group, like a weaving of a Cathedra, at least to my view. I love repeating things in general, and as I mentioned in the chat, since we already had covered the content in our reading yesterday, I could surrender a little bit more today as we were read to, I didn't have to listen for me. I could listen and receive what and how and why and who the person was that was reading. Through that, I felt the spiritual forces as they streamed through our group. Some I could feel, and others I could know were there.                                                                          Of course, there was much potential I could not yet feel, know and look forward to more capacity so I can sense more. Love to all, peace to all. ~Contributed by Anne Dale

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I super enjoyed our recapitulation of yesterday's reading. It forged a new something in our group, like a weaving of a Cathedra, at least to my view. I love repeating things in general, and as I mentioned in the chat, since we already had covered the content in our reading yesterday, I could surrender a little bit more today as we were read to, I didn't have to listen for me. I could listen and receive what and how and why and who the person was that was reading. Through that, I felt the spiritual forces as they streamed through our group. Some I could feel, and others I could know were there.                                                                          Of course, there was much potential I could not yet feel, know and look forward to more capacity so I can sense more. Love to all, peace to all. ~Contributed by Anne Dale

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We started at paragraph 11, chapter 2 under the heading Illumination. We read through 14. Peter closed with the song again!

Lovin' this sentence: we need only to practice the exercise over and over again.

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Sheet music for "Verse for North America"

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Sheet music for "Verse for North America"

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This is the sheet music for the tune to which Peter so marvelously set to the Verse for (North) America, as requested by Helene. It's a traditional Shaker tune, originally accompanied by the "Simple Gifts" lyrics.  In 1963 an English songwriter working in the church experimented with using the tune for new lyrics, and "Lord of the Dance" was the result.
Thank you Peter for this rich experience!

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A wonderful link that provides many english translation and a number in other languages. Also there is more than just CoS. It will take a bit of looking around for the various gems. Thank you In Gratitude & Reverence

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The Calendar of the Soul. For each consecutive week there is a verse for meditation, the effect of which will enable the soul gradually to discover in itself and in its own experiences the connection with the great cosmic constellations.

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Esoteric teachers are ..."a help to us when we seek to struggle from the darkness into the light" p54. Today we read 13-18. Start at page 55, paragraph 19 on Friday.

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How to Show Up to Practice/Good Morning:

What is the requisite starting attitude?

To practice I must show-up, first.

Everyone comes as a beginner to self development everyday. To grow, I must move from where I am to my next step. To be where I am is a beginners fundamental stance, and to get to know oneself, the only way of progress. Some days I can’t find my grounded self, other days I’m grounded and I have the wind in my wings. One day; the body weighs heavy in my shoes and I am best suited for listening. Another day; I’ll make promises my track record can hardly bear. Somedays, I hold onto wounds and shame I dare not share. Knowing these things, and how to recognize them is where I’m going, so one day I can speak to another’s struggles. Today we’ll share from the books and bring our thoughts to attention and our breath to this life’s blood. The more we know, the more we know what we do not know. This is where we will be when illumination dawns. This is how we show up, where we really are, with reverence for truth and holding our friends with highest esteem, to meet each other in our striving. I must get to know failure from every side, see it’s darkness and feel it’s sting. And also, I must gather the keys to my own failures, to approach that bad path with new eyes, blind to those subtle assumptions, to guide me away from the routine toward new stand points and vision. I can bring curiosity with positivity to fein and parry these accustomed attacks of self-resignations with grace and jujitsu, with stealth of awareness, using the information and intuitive experience gained on this path, mixed into life’s successes and joys, achievements…buoyant, enlivened, soaring, vivified, flying in the great blue yonder, now!

Tomorrow, I will search again, somehow, blindly for ground. Beginning again, in this cycle of a living soul’s struggles, returning to these journals to find myself. I pickup my shield and sword to find sustenance, to find myself in others and walk again toward the light of striving on the path, beginning again, again.

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Why? Discouragment Buster! Shukman's practices and experiences mirror what we are reading in KOHW about "how" to know higher worlds. Since he decribes experiences he is having TODAY, somehow this adds to my confidence in the universality of the search by many people to know "more".

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Henry Shukman (@mountaincloudzencenter) teaches mindfulness and awakening practices to a wide range of students from all traditions and walks of life. Henry is an appointed teacher in the Sanbo Zen lineage and is the Guiding Teacher of Mountain Cloud Zen Center. He has an MA from Cambridge and an MLitt from St Andrews and has written several award-winning books of poetry and fiction.

Henry's essays have been published in The New York Times, Outside, and Tricycle, and his poems have been published in The New Republic, The Guardian, The Sunday Times (UK), and London Review of Books. He has taught meditation at Google, Harvard Business School, UBS, Esalen Institute, Colorado College, United World College, and many other venues. He has written of his own journey in his memoir One Blade of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir.
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Henry has also recently created a new meditation program, Original Love, which aims to provide a broad, inclusive path of growth through meditation.

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ABOVE: This should be the link for the APO
Anthroposophical Prison Outreach Walkathon site.

Thank you for your interest and support!!!

Here is an easy link to get involved in the APO Walk-a-thon this year!

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This Year's Walk-a-thon is September 24 - 26, 2021
We hope you will join in to walk, run, or cycle!

will be held throughout the weekend of Anthroposophical Prison Outreach's ninth annual walk-a-thon, Walk a Mile in My Shoes, September 24 - 26, 2021. Unlike most walk-a-thons that take place in one location, this is a nationwide event with no set course.

Unlike most walk-a-thons that take place in one location, this is a nationwide event with no set course. Walkers, runners, and cyclists participate wherever they are located, for however far they want to go. Some choose to do it all at once, and others for a little each day throughout the weekend.

You can walk, run, or cycle alone or with friends, in a park or neighborhood, along a waterfront, or on a trail. Wherever your imagination leads you, we hope you will join in.

Our goal is to raise $35,000 to support the work of APO. Your participation makes a difference!

How can you help? Participants ask their co-workers, family and friends to sponsor them. People give because they want to support YOU! All you have to do is ask . . . "Would you be willing to sponsor me for a walk-a-thon I am doing?" We make it easy, with a web link you can email to friends and family or post on social media as well as a packet including a sign-up sheet and some brochures you can hand to potential supporters. It's easy to get involved!

We are celebrating our 22nd year of APO. We encourage inmates to take responsibility for their lives through meditative techniques, books of a spiritual nature, mentorship, and correspondence courses. Thank you for your support.

If you're unable to participate as a walker or cyclist, please consider either supporting someone who can. Or, make a direct gift to the program by following this link .

Please help us reach or exceed this year's goal!

On behalf of the Anthroposophical Prison Outreach Steering Committee,

Kathy Serafin

Eileen Bristol

Rick Ruffin

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This Year's Walk-a-thon is September 24 - 26, 2021 We hope you will join in to walk, run, or cycle! will be held throughout the weekend of Anthroposophical Prison Outreach's ninth annual walk-a-thon, Walk a Mile in My Shoes, September 24 - 26, 2021.

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We read instructions for doing a SEED meditation. Paragraphs 18-22 in chapter 2.

Note to self: Try seed meditation again this weekend. Keep doing it over and over even if it seems like nothing is happening.

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Link to FRAC to listen to Timothy’s presentation 

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Greetings all….

I did get the direct url for the zoom to be used for FRAC tonight.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/294724669?pwd=SGVTSUxJL2N0U1NzNE1QUjdBUnI5UT09

Hoping to see many of you there.  If you cannot make it, the session, minus the breakouts, is recorded and can later be viewed fro the FRAC site at https://frontrangeanthrocafe.org/

Robyn

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Monday after the call, join Atlanta's Lunch & Learn (12:30ET) to hear more from Timothy Kennedy

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Monday after the call, join Atlanta's Lunch & Learn (12:30ET) to hear more from Timothy Kennedy

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We read paragraphs 21-24. ...I become aware that something I cannot see lies hidden in what I can see (p59)

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We started by listening to the Mars tone. Then Jolie read cots/week 24 from Michael Hadley Burton. We read paragraphs 25 through most of 30 today. Will start at 30) again tomorrow.

The Golden Rule from page 62: For every single step that you take in seeking knowledge of the hidden truths, you must take 3 steps in perfecting your character toward the good.

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Today's Quote in my e-mail from Rudolf Steiner seems related to what we are reading in How to Know Higher Worlds, and to what I am observing around me and how I observe it.

Objective reality

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 BY RIDZERD IN ANTHROPOSOPHY

We will never be able to discover the facts of the spiritual world unless we develop an attitude that acknowledges the facts of the physical world. The right way of experiencing the spiritual world must be developed here in the physical world. That is why we have been placed in the physical world: it is our task here to seek for ideas that are in harmony with objective reality, so that we acquire this ability and so that it becomes a habit we can carry with us into the spiritual world.

But today so many people base their assertions on nothing but emotion and are not in the least interested in whether they agree with objective reality. This is precisely the opposite of the direction in which humanity must move if it is to progress. And, especially in our materialistic age, the notion of thinking in accordance with reality has been so frightfully distorted by the influences we have been describing; thinking that is in accord with reality has become a rarity. And an honest attempt to think in accordance with reality today collides with all the contemporary thinking that is at variance with reality.

Source: Rudolf Steiner – GA 170 – Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Thirteen: Dornach, 28 August 1916

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We read paragraphs 30-32 today. We decided at the end of the call that on Thursday we will re-read 32 in a couple of different translations. It is a very profound thought that wants to awaken in us the appreciation for the dignity of each Human Being.

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https://www.goetheanum.org/en/michaelmas-conference-2021?vgo_ee=gylPs4shrUpLfAUgy01nebaOUC4sv8ibhAowzejb%2BMM%3D

Reading about the Michelmas Conference at the Goetheanum and remembering what we read today in our group. Quotes from the above info sheet, one from RS and one from Martin Buber:

“Suddenly, a completely different language is spoken in Genesis. Previously, everything is expressed in a very definite way: ‘the Elohim created’, ‘the Elohim spoke’, and so on. We are dealing with something of which one has the feeling: it is determined from the beginning. Now a new language is spoken where the coronation of Earth’s becoming is to occur: “Let us make man” [...].With this we have, so to speak, touched on what is to be described as human dignity. [...]Feel the full weight of these words: a goal for the gods is the human form on earth!”Rudolf Steiner. Secrets of the Bible Story of Creation, GA

122  |    |    | “Trust, trust in the world, because this human being exists - that is the most inward achievement of the relation in education. Because this human being exists, meaninglessness, however hard pressed you are by it, cannot be the real truth. Because this human being exists, in the darkness the light lies hidden, in fear salvation, and in the callousness of one’s fellow-men the great Love.”Martin Buber, Rede über das Erzieherische. In : Schriften zu Jugend, Erziehung und Bildung. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2005, S. 150

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Commiting to Human Dignity

Michaelmas conference of the General Anthroposophical Section at the Goetheanum
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Commiting to Human Dignity Michaelmas conference of the General Anthroposophical Section at the Goetheanum from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd October 2021 Application requested prior to: Friday, 17th September 2021 Conference support: Please contribute to the artistic presentations and lectures, as well as the refreshments during the breaks, by ticking the amount by which you wish to support.

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Kristena West presenting after our call on Monday Sept 27

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Kristena West presenting after our call on Monday Sept 27

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Atlanta's Lunch & Learn is hosting Kristena to share about her dream work at 12:30ET on 9/27. Zoom link in the pdf (not the same link as our regular call)

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LunchandLearn Sept 2021 Anthroposophy Atlanta

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We read 32 in 2 translations and also paragraph 33.
We heard the Calendar of the Soul translation by Mable Cotterelle from Geraldine in the UK

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Here is the info for a 6BE/8FP group that we will start at this link in October 2021

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Here is the info for a 6BE/8FP group that we will start at this link in October 2021

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Info about an offering from Elderberries:

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Info about an offering from Elderberries:

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September 20, 2021- check your time zone !

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In retrospect, I suddenly realised that what I did, when I spoke of my insufficiency, might be seen as an act of courage. 

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In retrospect, I suddenly realised that what I did, when I spoke of my insufficiency, might be seen as an act of courage. 

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The verse that Anne Dale read, made tears come to my eyes, because I have heard it before (in German), and also because I had just finished a conversation about life and death, and how to speak to the suicidal tendencies in these times - with a man who has been there ...
Very often, I have the experience with anthroposophy, that others find exactly what suits my soul's yearning.

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Hello friends, I had to listen on the phone yesterday on the way home from an appointment so I didn't get to see the artwork that was apparent to those of you on zoom. Is is possible for whomever brought it, to post it on the padlet for us? Many thanks! Nancy

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We finished Chapter 2! Starting chapter 3 on Monday.

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Anne Dale posted this beautiful thought in the chat today

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Anne Dale posted this beautiful thought in the chat today

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The Burning away description inspires me to share that one of the properties of Water is said to be "Burning" in the sense it can clean itself. Each element such as water can be said to have other elemental qualities within it. We are not limited by what we have experienced in the past as a "Burning"... it can be such as water cleaning itself. a natural inherent beauty as it were, or subtle turning towards spirit, like the water loving itself

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We started chapter 3 and read about the Trials. Spent several paragraphs learning about the Fire Trial. We'll pick up tomorrow
on page 72, paragraph number 9 in the German paragraphing.

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Here is the book that I read the opening from on Monday

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Here is the book that I read the opening from on Monday

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Hello, Wonder Bearers. In our shared meditation practice space today, I was "diving" into what the occult script feels like to me, and although I often see/sense/know the real script, when I do not have it in my immediate awareness (This script came to me years ago without the instruction for repeating it until we have complete confidence....) or when I am just living life, the feeling of knowing what to do is very much like an "instruction notice" for action. And this is the same feeling as the certainty of what the script is "saying/revealing/pointing to." I can even ask in my inside voice "What do I need to see/do/be, etc?" and if I am patient I will get something, sometimes right away and other times not, and other times, a clear "response" such as "not yet." I share this for a specific reason. I do not yet see a lot of Anthroposophical People sharing their own occult experiences, and in my own vision of the instruction notices for this time, I see much can happen if we give generously of ourselves by sharing what real qualities we feel/sense/see. To further be impeccable with the qualities I experienced today.... I was very much in my own heart space, but also in a bigger heart all around us. It was a bit like a density and force present all around me. I was wondering where to place my attention from this "platform" of vision, this spiritual organ of perception. Also within this experience I became aware of something in me that I can further open to, and it will take more than 3 minutes in my estimation, so I will trust that I can meet the opening within my day and life as it meets me. Much love and blessings to all of us. Peace. This is contributed by Anne Dale.

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Verse for America?
Dear fellow researchers, I would love to bring consciousness to the way we use our language and to invite all of us to do research in history, and also in our hearts.
I grew up in Brasil (with an s) and was taught that North, Central and South America are all one and only continent named "America".
I talked to Angela Foster  who told me she learned North and South America are different continents. How interesting!
The "Verse for America" was given to the Threefold Branch. Would it be possible that it was "only for them"? I always thought it was given to the American continent all together. In fact, I know many people in Brasil working with this verse.
I will check in with my friends there and see if I can bring more information, and I invite all of us to think of all the Americans, from North, South, Central (and why not, East and West!).

I even wonder if it was not given to the future of Humanity all together.

May human beings hear it! 💜

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Autumn Bird Song ~

Out car window, just now

Small Nuthatch fledge lights

On a stick on ground balancing watching

Looks down to ground and pecks a speck

Dead branch rolls forward claws let go

Head diving under heels under twig rolling

Upside down 2 seconds 2 legs kick then twist

Big Nuthatch lands nearby

Little Nut stands up looking around

Big Hatch shares a gentle soliloquy

They turn about and fly off

MRichter

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We read about the occult script and then some about the Water Trial. We will pick up at paragraph 15 on page 76 tomorrow.

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We read 15-17 today and learned the headers over two important thresholds..."Without healthy human understanding all steps are in vain" and then "All prejudices must fall from you". Wow...Common Sense and Open-mindedness!

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“How far am I, from the source of my arising?”, said the Acorn to Earth Mother. “All the way.” said She. “Your journey is a small part of many beginnings.”
“Soon, you’ll Shute, Root, Stem and Leaf.”

Acorn lie germinating in these wondrous mysteries, as he settled dreamlike, to sleep for Winter, and die in the bosom of Mother Earth’s promises.

MRR

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Week Twenty Five

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How far did we read? I was sad to miss! I did hear Timothy read the closing and loved that he said "A Verse for Our Time and Place". perfect!

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Our own Kristena West will join Anthroposophy Atlanta to share with us about Dream Work. Everyone is invited!

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LunchandLearn Sept 2021 Anthroposophy Atlanta

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we finished chapter 3! we read a little at the beginning of chpt 4. Will start chapter 4 again on Monday

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Some of us might need a bit of "push" (image of the turtle) while others might need the shell holding us back (image of hare).
If you goole festina lente images you will see others. ♥
Robert Sardello (in his book Power of Soul)  gives a beautiful picture for working with the virtue of patience in the alchemy room.

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Thank you so very much for all the support!

Kathy

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Here is the recording of Timothy Kennedy's talk on 9/13/21

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Here is the recording of Timothy Kennedy's talk on 9/13/21

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Here is the video of Kristena West's presentation:

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Here is the video of Kristena West's presentation:

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we started again in Chapter 4, Practical Considerations. We read the first four paragraphs. Pick up on page 86 next time.
PATIENCE.

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Joe sang Verse for America to the tune of Bob Dylan's Tambourine Man!! We read through 5 - 9 paragraphs of Chapter 4. Page 88-89 has some very relevant indications from Dr Steiner about not letting prejudice and racial discrimination keep one from seeing the true human soul.

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We are scheduled to complete our 6 weeks together on Friday, Oct 1. Some want to keep reading together... but it will overlap with 6BE Practice Group starting on Oct 11.
If you have an idea or suggestion, we can stay after the call on Wed Or Thurs to discuss or you can post it here on the padlet.

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Reading group continuing:  What about reading at either 11:30 am or 12:30 pm until finishing the book?

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Reading group continuing:  What about reading at either 11:30 am or 12:30 pm until finishing the book?

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We had a lovely closing on Friday, our 30th day together!

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We had a lovely closing on Friday, our 30th day together!

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Everyone had the opportunity to read one of their favorite lines from the book. So powerful!

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Robyn & Sally have agreed to take on leadership for the next phase of this reading group. Beginning on Friday, Oct 15 we will reconvene at 7pm ET for 30 minutes of group work together. Open with Calendar of the Soul, Read for about 25 minutes, Close with Verse for America. We will pick up at the beginning of Chapter 5. The plan is to meet every Friday until we complete the book. Same Zoom Link!

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Initiation -

Modern Initiation is available to every man. In the past, it took lifetimes to prepare. Today it takes effort and the passing of trials in order to gain the necessary experience to receive higher knowledge.  The chapters Preparation and Enlightenment describe the state of perception needed to see and hear in the higher worlds.

1st. Fire Trial- To enter one must have common sense. After this trial, the candidate will gain a truer vision enabling them to see beyond the physical. The Fire trial burns away the veil that prevents seeing into the spiritual world. If this trial is passed successfully an occult script will appear. For safety, it is best to learn to read the occult script from a knowledgeable teacher. The candidate must learn to act out of this higher script. After this trial, the candidate can turn back and he will be enhanced and is a benefit to the world.

2nd. Water Trial- Is like swimming in deep water with no support. One must learn to read the writing of the occult script and accept the task given by the spiritual script. The candidate must prove he can move in the spiritual world free from personal biases and, prejudice or cherished opinion. Ordinary duties must still be tended to.

3rd. Air trial- presence of mind is needed and quick decision making relying exclusively on the higher self.  The candidate learns to anchor into the higher self as a central point of reference.

After passing this trial the candidate can enter the temple of higher wisdom.

The next task is to take the oath to protect higher knowledge and to use it in the service of humanity. At this point, the draught of forgetfulness is offered which quiets the lower memory to enable decisions to be made in the present- free of the past.

Then the draught of remembrance is offered to acquire higher truths in the soul.

The candidate must raise herself up to and become one with this higher truth so it lives through him or her.

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Greetings all... To recap where we got, here is a short synopsis of the evening:
1.  Sally and Robyn gave a review of the main topics and themes in Chapter 3 and 4 to set the stage for Chapter 5, "Requirements for Esoteric Training.  (See separate padlet entries for each of the Chapter reviews, please.)
2.  We got as far as section 7 in Chapter 5 and will pick up again with section 8 (We will again , next week, do a very short synopsis of the readings from sections 1-7 that we completed.)
Next week, Kathy R. and Carolyn C. will be our readers.  Thanks to everyone that was able to join and looking forward to our next session on 22 October!

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These are the highlights that I found most impactful in Chapter 4....

Educating our feelings, thoughts, and moods as indicated in Preparation, Illumination, and Initiation allows for the organization of our souls and spirit to occur in a similar way as nature does in our physical bodies.  This ordering results in our abilities to see vortices in colors which change as order comes to them.

We begin to be able to breathe and see, as well with the spirit.  But in this process we must learn patience and be inwardly content with even the smallest achievements.

Calm and patience are words that Dr. Steiner uses many times in this Chapter, by the way, whether it is with our own development or how we deal with issues we encounter.  These two words, when practiced, enable the subtle inner changes in our thoughts and feelings which impact our abilities to gain higher knowledge.

One other key thing we need to pay heed to is our honesty with ourselves in the depth of our souls.  Through inner truthfulness we understand our own mistakes, weaknesses, and shortcomings and then can overcome them when we see them for what they are, enabling the doors to higher insight to open to us .

We must education our life of wishes and aspirations and focus on the important questions we really should be asking.  A special kind of force lies behind those wishes and aspirations, which arises from right knowledge. The Golden Rule is "Do not aspire to do something until you know what is right in a given domain."

Strong emotions such as anger, irritation, prejudice, vanity, ambition, the urge to gossip, etc. will hide our ability to see the soul currents around us.  Our gift of seeing only arises when we have suppressed all of the bad traits and emotions that block the emergence of the latent faculties that are inside each of us.

We must refine and purify out thoughts before we say something.  This means paying attention to the other more than ourselves when in conversation or interactions.  Contradiction to the other person must be carefully weighed to understand the impact it will have on them and how our response can enable the other to discover the right out of themselves.  This then begins to develop a type of gentleness in us and we can then see more of the soul life around us.

Key messages that were interwoven, but stronger at the end of Chapter 4, included these:
-  "Do not expect to see and hear in the world of souls and spirit right way."
-  "One day when I am ready for it, I shall receive what I am to receive."
-  Have patience and constancy....
-  Only we can create obstacles to our development.
-  FAST is NOT the path of spiritual development.  It will only undermine one's health, happiness and peace of mind.
-  Gentleness and calm and patience... (those words again) together along with quiet peacefulness are best for our esoteric training.  With those, we must each find the "right places"  to pursue our training... and then be patient.

The spiritual light.... will come to us... when the time is right!
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(Pages 101-107) Requirements for Esoteric Training Continued… 5. Steadfastness in following through on a resolution, once it has been made.Each resolution is a force that works in its own way.  We must act out of love as motivation. We judge a deed in the act itself, not on its outer effect or reception. 6. A feeling of gratitude for all that we receive must be developed. Example: Our very existence is a gift from the universe.  In doing so we develop the all-embracing love we need to attain higher knowledge.  Only if I love something can it reveal itself to me. EVERY REVELATION SHOULD FILL ME WITH THANKFULNESS. 7. To understand life as these conditions demand- always. This creates a unity in our lives; we develop harmony. This brings the calm, inner harmony we must develop in the first steps of esoteric training. If we are sincerely and genuinely willing to meet these requirements, then we are in a position to commit ourselves to the first steps in esoteric training.Esoteric training needs an outward form of expression. These requirements build a proper foundation. Our striving must be built upon trust and love for humanity and expand to include all existence. Strengthen our creative tendencies. Focus on creating what is good and whole, what brings joy and growth.   Avoid all destructiveness in deeds thoughts, words or feelings. In every evil we must see that which can transform it to good. Look with reverence to what opens before us. Work and reverence are fundamental attitudes expected of us as esoteric students. Love for the work, not for the results, moves us forward. We need to be able to listen to the other with reverence and devotion. Where we have already formed a conclusion, we cannot learn anything.  Our willingness to learn should be unconditional. Better to withhold our judgement, when we don’t understand, rather than condemn. As we gain more knowledge, we need to be able to listen attentively, calmly, and reverently. Cognizing the truth is infinitely more subtle and delicate than ordinary thinking and life, in the physical world. Truth and the higher life dwell within each human soul, where each one of us can and must find them.  They lie deep within.  Obstacles must be cleared away.Only a person experienced in esoteric science can advise us on how this is to be done. Spiritual Science shows a way. Esoteric methods shorten the path.

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(Pages 101-107) Requirements for Esoteric Training Continued… 5. Steadfastness in following through on a resolution, once it has been made.Each resolution is a force that works in its own way.  We must act out of love as motivation. We judge a deed in the act itself, not on its outer effect or reception. 6. A feeling of gratitude for all that we receive must be developed. Example: Our very existence is a gift from the universe.  In doing so we develop the all-embracing love we need to attain higher knowledge.  Only if I love something can it reveal itself to me. EVERY REVELATION SHOULD FILL ME WITH THANKFULNESS. 7. To understand life as these conditions demand- always. This creates a unity in our lives; we develop harmony. This brings the calm, inner harmony we must develop in the first steps of esoteric training. If we are sincerely and genuinely willing to meet these requirements, then we are in a position to commit ourselves to the first steps in esoteric training.Esoteric training needs an outward form of expression. These requirements build a proper foundation. Our striving must be built upon trust and love for humanity and expand to include all existence. Strengthen our creative tendencies. Focus on creating what is good and whole, what brings joy and growth.   Avoid all destructiveness in deeds thoughts, words or feelings. In every evil we must see that which can transform it to good. Look with reverence to what opens before us. Work and reverence are fundamental attitudes expected of us as esoteric students. Love for the work, not for the results, moves us forward. We need to be able to listen to the other with reverence and devotion. Where we have already formed a conclusion, we cannot learn anything.  Our willingness to learn should be unconditional. Better to withhold our judgement, when we don’t understand, rather than condemn. As we gain more knowledge, we need to be able to listen attentively, calmly, and reverently. Cognizing the truth is infinitely more subtle and delicate than ordinary thinking and life, in the physical world. Truth and the higher life dwell within each human soul, where each one of us can and must find them.  They lie deep within.  Obstacles must be cleared away.Only a person experienced in esoteric science can advise us on how this is to be done. Spiritual Science shows a way. Esoteric methods shorten the path.

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Greetings all…. I am fortunately remiss in getting updates to the padlet. There will be two, one being tonight.

First off we are now done with Chapter 5 and about to embark into Chapter 6 which looks like will take us up to right before Christmas. For planning, here are the tentative dates we will meet through the end of the year to continue our conversations with Dr. Steiner:
29Oct,
5,12,19 Nov (taking a break for Thanksgiving)
3,10, 17 December.

We should be able to finish our readings with Chapter 6 as we approach Christmas and Holy Nights and start Chapter  7 on 7 January. There is no rush or formal stop date and if we end earlier that planned, we can meet for open discussions or review if there is interest.

More from me with a recap of the first part of Ch 5.

Thank you all for being fellow students on the path to understanding the “how to guide” to spiritual development.

Robyn

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Tonight we started with Chapter 6 and stopped on page 114 with the fifth soul process.  Eugene and Ana will pick up and read next week starting with the sixth soul process.  Russell will provide a recap of what was read tonight.
Blessings all!

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Oct. 29, Chapter 6 review, pages 108-114

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Oct. 29, Chapter 6 review, pages 108-114

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HTKHW chapter 6 review for Friday, October 29, 2021 Study, pages 108-14

Basic principle of spiritual science is to be fully conscious

- those who choose not to pursue their training with open eyes may become mediums, but not clairvoyants

1st experience

– changes occur in our “soul organism” that appears in the center of the PB as a soul-spiritual cloud

- all our instincts, ideas, passions are within this cloud

- sensual desires appear as dark rays

- pure, noble thoughts appear as red-purple hues

- logical thinking appear as yellow forms

- muddled thoughts are indistinct

- intolerant, opinionated thoughts appear sharp and inflexible

- thoughts of others are flexible and changing

- the soul organism form extends from the inside of the head to the middle of the PB

- the organs of the soul organism, are known as chakras or petals

- 1st is between the eyes

- 2nd near the larynx

- 3rd in region of the heart

- 4th region of the solar plexus

- 5th and 6th in the lower abdomen/reproductive region

- A seer sees the chakras or petals in a state of motion and in different colors

- The student first sees light, later movement and rotation which is the beginning of clairvoyance

- larynx chakra has 16 petals, allows us to see clairvoyantly into the way of other soul beings

- heart chakra has 12 petals, opens cognition into the mentality and character of other souls

- solar plexus chakra has 8 petals, we gain insight into the abilities and talents of others

- 8 of the 16 petals of the larynx were formed in distant past in an earlier evolutionary stage

- 8 remaining petals we are to develop through conscious exercises

1st soul process exercise – concerns how we acquire ideas or mental images with discipline, meaning each one is to become meaningful, that they are to provide an insight into the outer world

2nd exercise – is to make conscious decisions, from trivial to meaningful with well thought reasons

3rd exercise – contains speech. To speak with substance and meaning, avoiding cross talk and jumbled conversations, talking neither too much or too little

4th exercise – concerns the ordering of outer actions. We should strive to have our activities integrate harmoniously into our surroundings and with others. And when a situation occurs, how best to respond and weigh the consequences, if any, of our initiatives.

5th exercise – concerns the arrangement and organization of our life as a whole. How to live in harmony with both nature and spirit being neither hasty or lazy, or hyperactive or lax. To honor and support our health and regulate our habits for a harmonious life.

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Tonight we started reading on page 114 with the sixth soul process and ended on page 122 right before section 12. Thanks Ana for reading with me tonight! Next week, Sally and Kathy will guide us through our continued journey!

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I need to defer my reading until another week.  Anyone interested in helping Sally?

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I need to defer my reading until another week.  Anyone interested in helping Sally?

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Tonight’s reading by Joe and Judith started on section 12 on page 122 and we ended with section 15 on page 129. Because we got into a very rich, meaty section tonight, we all agreed to reread starting with section 14, the 10 petalled lotus flower next week. Thank you Joe for graciously agreeing to share a recap with us next week!

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Alex Grey Auras sacred art painter https://www.cosm.org/entheon

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Alex Grey Auras sacred art painter https://www.cosm.org/entheon

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Entheon means a place to discover the Creator within.

Entheon, Sanctuary of Visionary Art at CoSM, transforms a three-story carriage house into a stunning 12,000 square foot exhibition of the finest original works of Visionary Art, precious paintings, drawings, sculpture and moving image, that resonates with the highest states of consciousness. Inside Entheon, the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors features a cathedral-esque latticework ceiling, ten archangels, and a quartz crystal moat that surrounds each of the twenty-one Sacred Mirrors.

The exhibition inside will open before the building is wrapped in sculpture.

Contribute to Entheon

All-One Gallery

The Entheon Portal features bronze sculptural doors, a work of art entitled Creating a Better World, by Alex Grey. Artists, Adam & Eve, return to the Garden to paint a new world and harvest the Tree of Wisdom.

Through the inspiring bronze and glass doors of the Portal, you enter the All One Gallery.

Original artwork will be exhibited by leading masters of the International Visionary Art Movement.

Inside the entrance, the World Prayer Wheel, by Alex Grey, may be turned by every visitor, each revolution symbolizing the repetition of the prayers inscribed, "May the Elements Be Purified." "May Peace Prevail on Earth." "May All Being Be Liberated." "Sustain the Web of Life."

The Entheon Museum Shop will offer affordable originals, limited editions, Visionary books and posters, and an attractive and eclectic selection of artistic gifts and fine altar objects.

The Psychedelic Reliquary hosts treasured artifacts and ephemera, including the spectacles of Dr. Albert Hofmann and the ashes of Timothy Leary. A shrine inside the Reliquary Room is dedicated to Alex's artistic collaboration with Grammy Award winning band, Tool.

Chaos, Order, Secret Writing Gallery

A multi-media installation of the Chaos, Order, Secret Writing world of Allyson Grey includes devotionally labor intensive drawings and paintings, her mystic abstractions point to the fabric of spectral light, a system at the foundations of consciousness.

Progress of the Soul

An unfolding narrative appears in the Progress of the Soul Gallery, featuring Alex Grey's original masterpieces, Kissing, Copulating, Pregnancy, Birth, Nursing, among others.

Gaia Gallery

One of Alex's most beloved monumental paintings, Gaia, a twelve by eight foot masterwork, is on view. Painted in 1989, this visually prophetic work articulates the plight of our environment while also revealing two airplanes headed toward the Twin Towers.

The Performance exhibit will host documentation, relics and rarely seen early footage of the Grey's provocative performance art rituals that led to the creation of CoSM and Entheon.

Great Hall

The mission of art is to make the soul perceptible.
- Alex Grey

The Great Hall will host Celestial Celebrations and the most attended events at CoSM.

On display in The Great Hall are transcendental works including Alex Grey's beloved paintings, Net of Being (featured by the band Tool), Theologue (meditating figure), Cosmic Christ, and the winged bronze sculpture, World Soul.

Also on view in this mystic gallery are four of Allyson Grey's most iconic works, the diptychs Jewel Net of Indra and New Order I & II.

Chapel of Sacred Mirrors

Entering Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, we stand inside a gothic brick archway and become a living Sacred Mirror. This series of nineteen highly detailed paintings and two etched mirrors, are presented in frames sculpted with the history of humanity and the universe. Viewers are invited to reflect on a vision of the physical body transforming into pure infinite love energy.

Completions Ahead:
Interior completions include:

Lighting Fixtures Throughout

Cases and Carpentry for Entheon Shop and Registration
Exterior work to be completed includes:
Great Hall Audio-Visual

Brick & Concrete Pathways

Landscaping

Make a Contribution:

Fund a gallery ($75K-$250K).

Naming opportunities are available.

How would you like to contribute?
To all who have helped make this historic sacred work of co-creation an ongoing success, we join with a growing community in thanking you with all our hearts. Together we can offer a spiritual creative legacy for generations to come. Building a temple, the work of a community, is the inevitable consequence of love.
Please give generously.

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What is the nature of pure creativity? How do we cultivate this mindfulness practice? How does our emotions shift our creative practice? How can we welcome our true inner artist?

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Podcasts discuss cross-cultural sacred traditions, how to create sacred art. Women's personal empowerment, self-help and creative arts.

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January 14 is Recap Night!  Chapter 7 reading starts on January 21 with Kristena West!

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January 14 is Recap Night!  Chapter 7 reading starts on January 21 with Kristena West!

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If you are joining us on the recap night, Sally and Robyn will be taking us through Chapters 1 - 5, Judith and Joe will take us through Chapter 6 together.

We pick up new reading with Chapter 7 and Dreams.... on the 21st! Thanks for joining us!

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Study Guide from George and Gisela O'Neil, covering chapters 1 - 7

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Study Guide from George and Gisela O'Neil, covering chapters 1 - 7

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Very interesting reading, pictorial view, and insight into Steiner's writing of How to Know Higher Worlds.

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Study Guide and Diagrams to Knowledge of Higher Worlds by O'Neil (1)

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Mystery Drama #2
The Souls Probation
By Rudolf Steiner

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4uajFzgXSY

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Padlet link for the 6BE practice group that meets at NoonET, beginning Sept 19, 2022

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Padlet link for the 6BE practice group that meets at NoonET, beginning Sept 19, 2022

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https://padlet.com/angelaARC/6BEgroup