"So you see, my dear Coningsby, that the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes." ...
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Durward Starman
durwardstarman
Aug 20, 2012 11:50 pm
*******I think this is off-topic for our list; I see little connection with the study of Steiner. -starman ...
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Durward Starman
durwardstarman
Aug 21, 2012 2:50 am
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juancompostella
Aug 21, 2012 3:39 am
I perceive that Ayn Rand was exactly what true freedom meant for America at the time she wrote her two tomes, "The Fountainhead", and "Atlas Shrugged". She...
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juancompostella
Aug 21, 2012 4:17 am
Starman, in consideration of Robert's post herein, it appears that the enemies of Rudolf Steiner and anthroposophy are having a 'field day' in other quarters...
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be23566
Aug 21, 2012 5:06 pm
Ayn Rand immediately dismisses "intuition" based on the common understanding of it as some mysterious knowledge that springs from the blue, instead she holds...
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be23566
Aug 21, 2012 8:50 pm
I would say that the difference between intuitive thinking in the Philosophy Of Freedom and anthroposophy would be the "content" of thinking. I don't see where...
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juancompostella
Aug 22, 2012 2:44 am
For me, Steiner seemed to be quite clearly attempting to extend the principles contained in POF into the "content" of his spiritual-scientific research with...
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juancompostella
Aug 22, 2012 3:05 am
I know that this book also gives a prominent place to those efforts of thinking that POF would be proud to have extended on its behalf. I myself have the...
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be23566
Aug 22, 2012 10:01 pm
Why not show them this video "The Invention Of God And Religion" and engage them in an argument that is important to have. Isn't the fact that their religion...
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juancompostella
Aug 23, 2012 2:43 am
I watched the video, and see all the ear-markings of what religious propaganda can mean, and maybe being a good christian today means accepting all aspects of...
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juancompostella
Aug 23, 2012 3:50 am
Chapter III - ending I found these concluding remarks really important to bring to this discussion concerning how POF was born. - Juan "I was deeply stirred by...
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be23566
Aug 23, 2012 4:43 am
The religious liturgical form given by Steiner was an artistic creation (invention) that was the result of a human beings thoughts that translated truths into...
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be23566
Aug 23, 2012 5:38 am
Here are some uses of spirit in the text. Could someone explain what "spiritual" means so that this text would make sense? Tom soul brings over something...
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Stephen Clarke
hozhonahasglii
Aug 23, 2012 3:11 pm
Dear Tom, Juan: On the genesis of POF, you might like to look into Steiner's Kabbalist influences, since Kabbalah forms the armature of much of his cosmology,...
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be23566
Aug 23, 2012 4:43 pm
Stephen, I wouldn't be surprised if connections to the Philosophy Of Freedom weren't found in other systems. You do have to know the other system and also POF...
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Stephen Clarke
hozhonahasglii
Aug 23, 2012 4:56 pm
Tom: As you say...and as I said: I look forward to more from you on POF, which, upon further reflection on my part, might have been an attempt to upgrade a...
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Durward Starman
durwardstarman
Aug 24, 2012 4:02 pm
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Durward Starman
durwardstarman
Aug 24, 2012 4:03 pm
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juancompostella
Aug 25, 2012 3:35 am
... Tom, Steiner says at the very end of this third chapter of "The Story of My Life", "The spiritual vision perceives spirit as the senses perceive nature;...
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be23566
Aug 25, 2012 4:55 am
To make a picture of observed objects sounds like making a mental picture. The essence of a thing in the Philosophy of Freedom would be its concept or idea. In...
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be23566
Aug 25, 2012 5:13 am
"A spiritual perception formed itself before my mind which did not rest upon dark mystical feeling. It proceeded much more in a spiritual activity which in its...
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juancompostella
Aug 25, 2012 2:01 pm
... rest upon dark mystical feeling. It proceeded much more in a spiritual ... was experiencing had the clarity and understood connections between the parts as...
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juancompostella
Aug 25, 2012 6:59 pm
... So, studying POF brought forth intuitions that you then began to grasp in thought? It seems to me that this would be the catalyst for those specific...
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be23566
Aug 26, 2012 9:41 pm
Where is this "continually being corroborated" taking place? Tom Last...
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Durward Starman
durwardstarman
Aug 26, 2012 11:27 pm
The 'CALENDAR OF THE SOUL' Dr. Rudolf Steiner gave out the 'Soul-Calendar' in 1912, consisting of 52 meditative mantras to enable us to experience the...
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Durward Starman
durwardstarman
Aug 26, 2012 11:59 pm
*******It might make thinking about Steiner's philosophy clearer to reflect on his central assertion that when we think in concepts and ideas, we draw each...
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Durward Starman
durwardstarman
Aug 27, 2012 12:45 am
*******I don't think the quote refers to a spiritual world 'beyond' the spiritual ideal world of concepts and ideas. First, by "spiritualism" Steiner is...
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juancompostella
Aug 27, 2012 3:22 am
... Within the one doing the investigating; the one engaging the process. My experience seems to work the opposite of the order indicated by Steiner's steps...
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juancompostella
Aug 28, 2012 1:39 am
... *******It might make thinking about Steiner's philosophy clearer to reflect on his central assertion that when we think in concepts and ideas, we draw each...
