A beautiful quote and invitation! And yet Steiner was always eager to point out the positioning of various opinions in his lectures and discuss right and wrong ways of looking at things, truthful and deceptive ways of understanding. "Love your enemy" came up in my personal dialogues coincidentally this week as well and it is clearly a daily practice rather than arrival. I really gave it a try by watching all the Davos speeches of last week and loving the speakers despite my various assessments of their propagandistic tools? 🙃 THAT was a trip for me...who needs psychedelics when we can attempt to love the enemy and reconcile all opinions of humanity today with LOVE? 😅 That has got to be the ultimate...

Maybe create a poll or propose possible times and we vote? Or just do a POPUP announcement and whoever can make it will make it... spontaneity approach :)

@Fem Baron I am on CET also + 1 hour

Interested but need more details on time commitment.

@Mick Young That works!

I appreciated this first time opportunity to come together in online "circle". I thought the ratio of introduction (lecture) to discussion was just perfect. My reason for joining this online platform is to converse with others curious about (and informed by) anthroposophy, but do it in a more intimate container than facebook groups, where I am a member and sometimes turned off by the flavor of discussions. I have no "expectations" other than meaningful connection and insightful conversation and learning. I think it is good to be inclusive of other spiritual lineages but also take little steps together over time to understand anthroposophy and its relevance to this current day and age. I am not a fan of dogmatic thinking and I think thus far this group feels balanced in this regard. Steiner is not just for "anthro experts" and high initiates, he has a powerful body of work that can help all of us at all levels of spiritual development. I look forward to more topics and discussions.

@Sue Bozzo Hi Sue, thank you SO MUCH for your comment! Yes Steiner can seem super intellectual, dense and brainy for most people, even though his whole body of work is essentially a map of esoteric knowledge and wisdom and profoundly mystical. I personally know my feelings to be important messengers and do not categorize them as lesser than thoughts. I do understand and agree with what @Mick Young said during the live chat about feelings being even more fluid than thought and thus can seem more "elusive" to capture, but as an artistic soul, I find that both thoughts and feelings can carry deep in-sight. At the same time both can be unreliable or even deceptive :) I am sure you can relate as far as being ultra sensitive due to your psychic abilities, yes? On the will and surrender dance, yes! A perpetual reciprocal relationship is at play: reflection and action, action and reflection. I do love the concept of the "receptive will" that was brought up re the Bastiaan interview and I will look into it deeper.