One suffers at times a kind of pain when one comes into an assemblage of Anthroposophists. Such a heaviness in the air! No inducing the members to get a move on! If one begins a discussion, no one else so much as opens his mouth; why, their very tongues are heavy — heavy as lead! And they pull such long faces! Out of the question to expect them to look happy or to laugh! And yet, do you know what is the first and most essential qualification for a teacher of these children? Humour! Yes, real humour, the humour of life. You may have mastered every possible clever method and device, but you will not be able to educate these children unless you have the necessary humour.
There will have to be a feeling and understanding in the anthroposophical movement for what “movement”, mobility, really is!
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Could you give a date, lecture,location reference for this quote, please?
In the greater scheme of things I remember that goodness is a winner without strife. Remember the equation + x + = + and
- x - = + ?!! In other words
Negatives self destruct. That is their nature. Even if they do it by transformation..
Hi, Yes I have been thinking over this indication by Rudolf Steiner from the book Education for Special Needs (chapter 6), the Curative Education Course, I have been studying it for years. I was quite happy to read this here. It seems the movement he is referring to is a movement of soul, thinking and will, it involves acceptance of the other,striving to understand and the humor in ones living experiences. This would make one's soul lighter and something a person with special needs likes to see. It works as a calming agent.
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