(please answer the 3 questions at the bottom of this message - thank you!) Hello all, I learned a great deal from The 6 Exercises Adventure (challenge, journey etc) which finished today, and it has inspired me to start a weekly group here in the Spiritual Scientist Community. Thank you to all those who joined us or watched the replays. I'm still working on a name but for now I'm calling it "The Heart of Attention Circle". Here's how it will work: OPENING - We'll start with a spiritually inspired verse/poem/prayer THEME - I'll bring a spiritual theme and give a short talk to introduce a basic concept from Spiritual Science DISCUSSION - We'll open up a discussion on the theme and share how we understand it and how it might relate to our lives and experiences PRACTISE - Then we'll continue our work on a particular spiritual practice (eg. one of the 6 Exercises) and encourage one another CLOSING - We'll close with a spiritually inspired verse/poem/prayer Access to this group will be for Premium members - which $29 per month or $290 per year - but the 6 Exercises Challenge - (which I will run again soon!) will still be free for any member of this group. Please let me know in a comment below the following: 1. What time zone are you in? 2. What days/times suit you for the group sessions to take place? (I'm thinking Wednesday evenings UK time 7.30pm which is 2.30pm EST (USA) 3. I'm considering a 2nd group for those in NZ & Australia - how is 7pm Melbourne time? ...and when you're ready - here's the link to join: Please click here Warmest wishes Mick

Good morning and thank you for letting me join. My motto is: Today is the best day of our lives because it is the one we are living. Have a beautiful Sunday. All the best from Ireland. Bastiaan

Hello, my name is Anthony Nguyen, and thanks for letting me join this anthroposophical community! It's been a few years since I've stepped into what is known as the "threshold" in Anthroposophy, or in Christian terminology "The Dark Night of the Soul”, where the ego personality (thinking, feeling, willing) becomes pulled apart and confronts its lower nature or 'double.' Unfortunately or fortunately, I'm still passing through each of these challenging gates endlessly, with the yearning of the spiritual life, above and below keeping me strong as I experience this 'living nightmare.' I've yet to also attain any dramatic developments either after these few years; only subtle refinements to my thinking, feeling, and willing, and becoming more aware of the archetypal nature of my soul. Though to be fair, I'm still in my early adulthood and only started to mature recently. Anyways, I’m writing this mainly because I’d love to open up a conversation and hear a little about everybody’s experience with the threshold as we become conscious of it throughout our lives. As long as you feel free and comfortable to share a little, since this is a very personal topic in nature. These can be any mundane or mystical experiences, strange physiological or psychological symptoms, or any general observations from stepping consciously into the threshold. From a personal point of view, this is helpful since I feel like I’m literally the only one whose experiencing this weird phenomena, especially since I can hardly find anybody in our modern day (online) who had written/shared their own experiences on the threshold. Oh, the loneliness! From the point of view of others, I feel that this can be also helpful to gather as many insights and perspectives on this challenging topic, so we can build a larger picture of the threshold and how it uniquely plays into our lives. This can be helpful for us modern day initiates-in-training. Again, I understand this topic is a very private and challenging one, so don’t worry about sharing vaguely or broadly.