Some people flee the world, because flight suits those timid souls that are so anxious to save themselves. But today, instead of trying to save our souls, we must throw ourselves whole-heartedly into the glorious work of bringing heaven down to earth. You will protest, ‘But how could we ever do that? It is quite [...]
We need another philosophy today, the new philosophy that is coming with the Aquarian age- And now let us look at what these two triangles mean in the spiritual life. In the past, religions such as Buddhism, and even Christianity, urged human beings to detach themselves from the physical world and seek to approach God [...]
Men and women both share the unconscious desire to become Seals of Solomon- 'Esoteric books have much to say about the Seal of Solomon but very few show any real understanding of the profundity and the magical power of this symbol that comes from the meeting and interpenetration of the two triangles, the two principles. [...]
Scientists talk of the spirit as energy- You have all seen the two triangles in the lecture hall at the Bonfin: the red one with the apex pointing up and the blue one pointing down. I have often talked to you about the symbolism of these two triangles, but today I want to speak about [...]
Have a conversation with Him- 'Now, as I very well know, there are times when you feel that you have been cast aside, that you have nothing to hold on to, that all your ties with the Lord are broken and the spring has dried up, then I advise you to have a conversation with the [...]
It may seem respectful to think of God being outside us- 'If we feel abandoned by God today it is because we have abandoned him. Can we say that we are always with him? I know, of course, that it is not easy for human beings to conceive of the Lord as being inseparable from themselves, [...]
'Yes, but he does not eat sausages- All creatures, both the malignant, evil creatures of darkness and the creatures of good and of light, need to eat. In fact the Christians amongst you were horrified one day when I explained that even God ate. `What? God needs to eat?’ `Yes, of course, but he does [...]
Our bodies were intended to be temples- 'Most human beings are extremely negligent about the purification of their physical bodies. It never occurs to them that their bodies were designed to be temples of the living God and that they should look after them and strengthen and purify them. They continually abuse their bodies by [...]
Rudolf Steiner's prediction- 'You must know how to have variety in your life, but variety in the forms, not in the principles. You must always adhere to the same principles, always be animated by the same love, the same light, the same nobility, the same ideal; but you must not always manifest them in the [...]
In the past, the truths of initiation were revealed very sparingly and only at the price of terrible trials. This is why those who received them could use them to become extraordinarily powerful. But now that people receive them without having to make any effort of their own, they are incapable of using them to [...]
