Philosophical Speculations

Here is also an interesting lecture passage from Steiner to contemplate: Today's thought of the day also speaks of this: As the physical eye must be acquired in the pre-earthly life, so must the eye, for the perception of the spiritual world, be acquired here on earth through spiritual science, act...

It might be of use to have some intuitive orientation about where this work Secret Science in Outline stands in the historical development of man. Here are few quotes from The Inner Realities of Evolution : If you now turn to the accounts given, for instance, in my Occult Science about Saturn, Sun a...

I noticed that I live in my normal 'mode' of consciousness, and can enter into a more 'phenomenological' mode. But I only get in there if I think or write down what has been shared a thousand times in this forum by Cleric and Ashvin. I must be active in concentrating that intuition in thoughts, to ...

Thanks, Lou! Cleric, I wonder how you managed to get these multilevel pictures - they are fairly complex! Please don't reveal your prompts, in case we end up picking a theme to do a sort of image generator lineup :) Have you already created something like an image of, say, the etheric body? I have ...

I like how you put it at the end, that we can 'stress test' our thinking elasticity using the supersensible, cosmological facts narrated in the book. It comes to mind that AI picturing can probably be used to this effect, to see how much it takes before one is shocked (but also stunned, or inspired...

I thought I would open a thread to collect thoughts specifically arising from this book, that I plan to read along with the online reading group Urphänomen (since I can't attend their Tuesday meetings). Chapter I seems to have a continued introductory character. Now reading Chapter II - The nature ...

In connection with this discussion, I would like to add the following illustration. The first one we have seen before: https://i.ibb.co/G0DGvN6/image.png Now this: https://i.ibb.co/zrdyCps/image.png In our ordinary consciousness, we feel ourselves mostly in the head area. This is because the most re...

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The fruit metaphor is good, it helps reconcile the paradox of concentration and relaxation. For now, I have to admit I am still trying to neutralize the tendency to remain in control. Probably the reason why not much happens for me is because I'm not yet able to release control, to really relax. A ...

I made no comment about not being judged. Francis would say true happiness would be having a peaceful heart no matter what is happening. OK, because you said "which feels (even momentarily) as a freedom from judging or being judged " , I wanted to clear that out. Please excuse me Cleric b...