{"id":70631,"date":"2026-02-13T10:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/?p=70631"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:04:35","slug":"understanding-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/understanding-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Life"},"content":{"rendered":"Eduardo Rinc\u00f3n, co-leader of the Section for Agriculture since the summer of 2024, in conversation with Wolfgang Held about life, Mexico, and becoming human.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDo you have a core anthroposophical idea that guides you?\n\n\n\nI would say: the idea of the human being, as understood in anthroposophy. In light of everything happening in the world today, at all levels, I believe that becoming truly human is not only an option but a priority\u2014from the inner development of our souls and our interactions with other beings, to our relationship with the earth and cosmos, to the deepest mystery of our times. This can be seen in many ways. For me, love and freedom are key aspects of becoming human, and working with the earth in agriculture is an ideal way to develop human qualities.\n\n\n\nIs there any<div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\">Would you like to keep reading? We're pleased to present our Summer 2026 offer, valid until August 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/subscribe\/\"> three months of free access <\/a> \u2013 cancel anytime.\r\n<br><br>\r\nIf you're already a subscriber, <a href=\"#\" class=\"modal-tr\" data-type=\"latl\">please log in here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eduardo Rinc\u00f3n, co-leader of the Section for Agriculture since the summer of 2024, in conversation with Wolfgang Held about life, Mexico, and becoming human. Do you have a core anthroposophical idea that guides you? I would say: the idea of the human being, as understood in anthroposophy. In light of everything happening in the world today, at all levels, I believe that becoming truly human is not only an option but a priority\u2014from the inner development of our souls and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20022,"featured_media":70108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8810,8797],"tags":[8798,11755],"class_list":["post-70631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-conversation-en","tag-deepening","tag-english-issue-7-2026"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70631"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70660,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70631\/revisions\/70660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}