#60
Yesterday's Nice Thing: Knitting with Emma
It has been a weird week, but yesterday things finally came together for me - the penny dropped, as it were. I was agonising for weeks, possibly months about the state of the world. You know how fruitless and pointless life is in general. That the world is totally doomed and we are doomed along with it - and that the evil people have won - and then, I read two pieces of writing - one by a Christain Community priest, and another by Steiner. The first one said, there are four things which Steiner said the Etheric Christ brought to us - first, to always hold wonder in your heart, the second, to always seek the truth, the third, to acknowledge that there is a spiritual reality and the fourth, to work with the three in the world - to bring your actions to bear.
But there was still this vexing question about the state of the world and Steiner actually says, it is going to get a lot worse before it gets better and of course, it is not going to get better unless we make it better. In this lecture about Ahriman, he talks about the MO of this supersensible being - like Christ, like Lucifer, who is probably already incarnated as a human. This being has been preparing the way for its incarnation now for the past 500 years and the increasing materialism in the world is the evidence for this. You aren't to deny the truth of materialism, but the problem is that people have also closed themselves off to the spiritual as well.
So Steiner identified these three trends which were robbing Earth of its life force. First, the overemphasis of materialism and empiricism in science; second, the adulation of a materialistic economics and banking where only MONEY is used as a measurement; third, the rise of Christian fundamentalism which resulted from a dead reading of the Gospels - Steiner also said that the Gospels have had their day - Christ now lives outside the Gospels and it is our task to bring his work to the world beyond.
Together these two pieces of writing not only explained what is going on and why it is going on, but also how to overcome this. One of the reasons we teach music in school is to give the children a sense of what is 'true' - knowing how to sound and recognise a true note. These two pieces of writing rang true for me. And Steiner did say things ARE going to get worse before they get better - but you musn't give up. These forces of materialism will have you on your hands and knees and the only choice you have is to get up over and over again, you must get up and breathe life into the Earth.
So, the big question is do I believe in a literal etheric Christ and a literal Ahriman - I have come to the conclusion that I do. There is no other explanation for the horrific nature of human beings right now. There is most certainly something evil moving in the hearts of people and it is driving them insane. The most obvious indicator of this is the behaviour of people online - the Internet is now a cesspool. It seems to be either filled with the most asinine platitudes which pass off as 'inspirational quotes', or people hating each other, tearing at each other's throats - there does not seem of be an inbetween. Or else it is filled with people trying to get you to buy things. This is not what the internet was suppose to be - back in the day when it was invented it was suppose to be a tool to bring people together. And now it is a place fraught with danger and horror.
But into this, we must continue to work with the Christ being - and the Christ being brings strength to help heal this broken world. To counteract the forces of death and deadening. From the destruction of the rainforest to the penetration into ever deeper depths in their quest for more money, as if they are in a trance. It is mad really. But it is a madness which is being cultivated by this force. What is the purpose of this being, trying to destroy the planet? I wonder sometimes if things need to have a reason... I don't know why we were created, but I do know why we need to fight back. To stand up and be counted...
It all makes perfect sense to me. And it gives me a narrative upon which I can make sense of. This rereading of the lecture was like a breakthrough in the tunnel. When you are constantly working away in the mines and you have given up - then there is a final breakthrough - that is happening now.
I know it isn't very fashionable nor intellectual to be thinking like this, in a 'superstitious' way, but where have intellectualism and cleverness gotten us? Here - here is where. And the push back is coming with these fundamentalists and if we do not recognise our spiritual realities and work with them in a positive manner then we are missing a huge piece of being human. So I am now no longer an atheist - I have taken my first steps towards finally saying anthroposophy has the solutions - working with anthroposophy in the real world is where I am at now.
OK, I'm off for my run - I am starting the week as I mean to go on. Run then sending Ghin for circus, then coffee and chillax and THEN i am heading to Islandmagee it is weird reddish dawn.
It has been a weird week, but yesterday things finally came together for me - the penny dropped, as it were. I was agonising for weeks, possibly months about the state of the world. You know how fruitless and pointless life is in general. That the world is totally doomed and we are doomed along with it - and that the evil people have won - and then, I read two pieces of writing - one by a Christain Community priest, and another by Steiner. The first one said, there are four things which Steiner said the Etheric Christ brought to us - first, to always hold wonder in your heart, the second, to always seek the truth, the third, to acknowledge that there is a spiritual reality and the fourth, to work with the three in the world - to bring your actions to bear.
But there was still this vexing question about the state of the world and Steiner actually says, it is going to get a lot worse before it gets better and of course, it is not going to get better unless we make it better. In this lecture about Ahriman, he talks about the MO of this supersensible being - like Christ, like Lucifer, who is probably already incarnated as a human. This being has been preparing the way for its incarnation now for the past 500 years and the increasing materialism in the world is the evidence for this. You aren't to deny the truth of materialism, but the problem is that people have also closed themselves off to the spiritual as well.
So Steiner identified these three trends which were robbing Earth of its life force. First, the overemphasis of materialism and empiricism in science; second, the adulation of a materialistic economics and banking where only MONEY is used as a measurement; third, the rise of Christian fundamentalism which resulted from a dead reading of the Gospels - Steiner also said that the Gospels have had their day - Christ now lives outside the Gospels and it is our task to bring his work to the world beyond.
Together these two pieces of writing not only explained what is going on and why it is going on, but also how to overcome this. One of the reasons we teach music in school is to give the children a sense of what is 'true' - knowing how to sound and recognise a true note. These two pieces of writing rang true for me. And Steiner did say things ARE going to get worse before they get better - but you musn't give up. These forces of materialism will have you on your hands and knees and the only choice you have is to get up over and over again, you must get up and breathe life into the Earth.
So, the big question is do I believe in a literal etheric Christ and a literal Ahriman - I have come to the conclusion that I do. There is no other explanation for the horrific nature of human beings right now. There is most certainly something evil moving in the hearts of people and it is driving them insane. The most obvious indicator of this is the behaviour of people online - the Internet is now a cesspool. It seems to be either filled with the most asinine platitudes which pass off as 'inspirational quotes', or people hating each other, tearing at each other's throats - there does not seem of be an inbetween. Or else it is filled with people trying to get you to buy things. This is not what the internet was suppose to be - back in the day when it was invented it was suppose to be a tool to bring people together. And now it is a place fraught with danger and horror.
But into this, we must continue to work with the Christ being - and the Christ being brings strength to help heal this broken world. To counteract the forces of death and deadening. From the destruction of the rainforest to the penetration into ever deeper depths in their quest for more money, as if they are in a trance. It is mad really. But it is a madness which is being cultivated by this force. What is the purpose of this being, trying to destroy the planet? I wonder sometimes if things need to have a reason... I don't know why we were created, but I do know why we need to fight back. To stand up and be counted...
It all makes perfect sense to me. And it gives me a narrative upon which I can make sense of. This rereading of the lecture was like a breakthrough in the tunnel. When you are constantly working away in the mines and you have given up - then there is a final breakthrough - that is happening now.
I know it isn't very fashionable nor intellectual to be thinking like this, in a 'superstitious' way, but where have intellectualism and cleverness gotten us? Here - here is where. And the push back is coming with these fundamentalists and if we do not recognise our spiritual realities and work with them in a positive manner then we are missing a huge piece of being human. So I am now no longer an atheist - I have taken my first steps towards finally saying anthroposophy has the solutions - working with anthroposophy in the real world is where I am at now.
OK, I'm off for my run - I am starting the week as I mean to go on. Run then sending Ghin for circus, then coffee and chillax and THEN i am heading to Islandmagee it is weird reddish dawn.
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