Will arises from sympathy. Will is, we might say, another aggregate state of sympathy: consolidated or condensed sympathy, which turns...
Children have always been close to my heart. But I would also have liked to become a painter. I feel...
Every metanoia, i.e., inner transformation, has something paradoxical about it: on the one hand, I want to overcome the old and start something new – and on the other hand, I myself sabotage my transformation. This paradox is very often a theme in poetry. Many plays show this inner conflict...
Much of what we encounter in the world is not as it seems. But often, it takes a more extended,...
The wise men in the Jewish land proper – the Pharisees and scribes that is, had no news of the birth of...
Rhythmic processes can be understood as vibrational phenomena, as they are also described physically using the example of mechanical vibrations. In addition, one will have to look for the peculiarity of vibrations in the realm of the living, for which physical vibrations can only have a model character. Thus, rhythm...
Rudolf Steiner sharply distinguishes the spiritual meaning of the term ‘intuition’ from its everyday usage. If one generally associates the...
“If colleague Z says one thing, I can guarantee that colleague Y will say the opposite in response; and if...
In the district where our counseling center is located and which we are responsible for—a so-called social hot spot in Dortmund with a high proportion of migrants—there are public places where young men regularly gather. In my example, they are young people who have immigrated with their parents from the...
The Bavarian singer-songwriter Werner Schmidbauer calls himself a “collector of moments” [Momentensammler] in his song of the same name. This...
Herein lies the paramount importance of memory as the stepping-stone from sentient to intellectual soul. Memory, as the German word...
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