tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29469552.post287752462257786605..comments2023-12-15T12:31:38.281-08:00Comments on Spiritual Science is Practical: The Use of Bodily Forces in Spiritual DevelopmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29469552.post-73900271076409205882018-10-01T15:20:44.357-07:002018-10-01T15:20:44.357-07:00Many people nowadays are returning to what was pra...Many people nowadays are returning to what was practised then because they cannot rouse themselves to the realization that, in order to penetrate in to super-sensible worlds, every epoch must follow its own appropriate path.<br /><br />The yogi rose above the level of the masses whose experiences were as described. He carried out certain exercises of which I shall speak. These exercises were good and suitable for the nature of humanity in ancient times; they have later fallen into decadence and have mainly been used for harmful ends. I have often referred to these yoga breathing exercises. Therefore, what I am now describing was a method for the attainment of higher worlds that was suitable and right only for man in a very ancient oriental civilization.In ordinary life breathing functions unconsciously. We breathe in, hold the breath and exhale; this becomes a conscious process only if in some way we are not in good health. In ordinary life, breathing remains for the most part an unconscious process. But during certain periods of his exercises the yogi transformed his breathing into a conscious inner experience <br /><br />All modern exercises in meditation aim at entirely separating thinking from breathing. Thinking is not on this account torn out of rhythm, because as thinking becomes separated from the inner rhythm of breath it is gradually linked to an external rhythm. By setting thinking free from the breath we let it stream, as it were, into the rhythm of the external world. The yogi turned back into his own rhythm. Today man must return to the rhythm of the external world. In Knowledge of the Higher Worlds you will find that one of the first exercises shows how to contemplate the germination and growth of a plant. This meditation works towards separating thinking from the breath and letting it dive down into the growth forces of the plant itself.<br /><br />Thinking must pass over into the rhythm pervading the external world. The moment thinking really becomes free of the bodily functions, the moment it has torn itself away from breathing and gradually united with the external rhythm, it dives down not into the physical qualities of things but into the spiritual within individual objects.<br /><br />-Rudolf Steiner Modern and Ancient Spiritual Exercises<br />https://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/19220527p01.html Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407139577098233830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29469552.post-25265125891276733322017-10-04T18:11:37.126-07:002017-10-04T18:11:37.126-07:00Very good.Very good.Eugene Passofarohttp://www.templeosiris.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29469552.post-83586645700348259362017-03-04T13:06:46.025-08:002017-03-04T13:06:46.025-08:00Like new-born Thoughts that glow and burn, suspend...Like new-born Thoughts that glow and burn, suspended<br />In the vast pantheon of an Angel's mind,<br />All thought with love, all love with wonder blended,<br /><br />-T.L. HarrisMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407139577098233830noreply@blogger.com