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Rudolf Steiner

Six Steps in Self-development

The so-called 'supplementary exercises' — to be carried out alongside the 'review exercises' and meditation — are integral to the path of personal development presented by Rudolf Steiner. Together they form a means of experiencing the spiritual realm in full consciousness. Meditation enlivens thinking, the review exercises cultivate the will, whilst the supplementary exercises educate and balance feeling. Conscientiously practised, this path of self-knowledge and development has the effect of opening a source of inner strength and psychological health that soon make themselves felt in daily life. In six stages these exercises enable the practise of qualities that can be summarized as: control of thoughts, initiative of will, equanimity, positivity, open-mindedness and equilibrium of soul. When carried out regularly, they balance possible harmful effects of meditative practice and bring inner certainty and security to the soul. They are also of inestimable value in their own right due to their beneficial and wholesome effect on daily life. In this invaluable small book, the editor has drawn together virtually all Rudolf Steiner's statements on the supplementary exercises, supporting them with commentary and notes. With a chapter devoted to each exercise, they are described in detail and from different perspectives.
82 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2013
Publication year
2013
Translator
Matthew Barton
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Quotes

  • giuseppezetticcihas quoted5 years ago
    it is not a question of thinking about this or that subject, but of thinking objectively and appropriately, and invoking inner strength.
  • giuseppezetticcihas quoted5 years ago
    Corresponding ‘thinking exercises’ should not therefore be focused on distant and complex subjects but on simple ones that are near to hand. If we overcome our resistance and, over several months, turn our thoughts for at least five minutes each day to a mundane object (such as a pin or pencil, etc.), excluding all other, unrelated thoughts as we do so, we have already achieved a good deal.
  • giuseppezetticcihas quoted5 years ago
    All meditation and concentration exercises, and suchlike, are worthless and may even be harmful in a certain sense if we do not regulate our lives in accordance with these conditions. We can’t receive powers: we can only unfold those that already lie within us.
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