Comments on Having a revival by yourselfTypePad2008-06-05T20:15:43ZBrian Hineshttps://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2008/06/having-a-reviva/comments/atom.xml/Randy commented on 'Having a revival by yourself'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e200e553232a8288342008-06-08T01:13:16Z2008-06-08T01:13:17ZRandy Type O: Correction. I was relating a post from another site quoting Rudolf Steiner. I'm not worth quoting. But thanks.<p>Type O:<br />
Correction. I was relating a post from another site quoting Rudolf Steiner. I'm not worth quoting. But thanks.</p>Type O commented on 'Having a revival by yourself'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e200e55300955388332008-06-07T17:13:32Z2008-06-07T17:13:32ZType ORandy wrote: "This is a problem of nutrition. Nutrition as it is today does not supply the strength necessary for...<p>Randy wrote: "This is a problem of nutrition. Nutrition as it is today <br />
does not supply the strength necessary for manifesting the spirit in <br />
physical life. A bridge can no longer be built from thinking to will <br />
and action. Food plants no longer contain the forces people need for <br />
this."</p>
<p>**Opinion: It is not a feat of strength. No matter how strong you are, how vital, you can't lift yourself off the ground. Nothing needs to change, be removed, stregthened or transformed. It is fully present in any circumstance. It is a matter of simple recognition rather than hurculean effort by the super-nourished. Think of this...many of the recognized sages throughout history have been rather weak and on marginal diets. Eat the best diet possible and enjoy good health, but you won't be any closer to what you seek than you would be on twinkies and whiskey.</p>
<p>So much attention is paid to the "I".. I must do this. I must eat that. I must struggle to acheive this. This is further absorbtion in the illusory ego structure, the only non-obstacle to recognition. <br />
</p>Randy commented on 'Having a revival by yourself'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e200e5531b3f4a88342008-06-07T16:17:44Z2008-06-07T16:17:44ZRandy You Are What You Eat (according to Steiner) Pulled this off a newsgroup I read each day. "There is a...<p>You Are What You Eat (according to Steiner) </p>
<p>Pulled this off a newsgroup I read each day.</p>
<p>"There is a story told in Spiritual Foundations for the Renewal of <br />
Agriculture, the 1993 Creeger/Gardner translation of Rudolf Steiner's <br />
1924 lectures on agriculture...the foundation of Biodynamics. E.E. <br />
Pfeiffer, who later brought the techniques to the U.S., asked Steiner<br />
a few months before the course, "How can it happen that the spiritual <br />
impulse, and especially the inner guidance bear so little fruit? Why <br />
do the people concerned give so little evidence of spiritual <br />
experience, in spite of all their efforts? Why, worst of all, is the <br />
will for action, for the carrying out of those spiritual impulses, <br />
so weak?" I was particularly anxious to get an answer to the question <br />
as to how one could build a bridge to active participation and the <br />
carrying out of spiritual intentions without being pulled off the <br />
right path by personal ambition, illusions and petty jealousies; for <br />
these were the negative qualities Rudolf Steiner had named as the <br />
main inner hindrances. Then came the surprising and thought-provoking <br />
answer: "This is a problem of nutrition. Nutrition as it is today <br />
does not supply the strength necessary for manifesting the spirit in <br />
physical life. A bridge can no longer be built from thinking to will <br />
and action. Food plants no longer contain the forces people need for <br />
this."</p>Adam commented on 'Having a revival by yourself'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e200e552c53f1d88332008-06-05T20:49:11Z2008-06-05T20:49:12ZAdamBrian, very very nice post. I think in mainstream terminology this is close to what is called "self-empowerment" (a new-agey...<p>Brian,</p>
<p>very very nice post. I think in mainstream terminology this is close to what is called "self-empowerment" (a new-agey sounding term). You write very well about the subtle dance that happens with self. I have been out of sync for long stretches of time, and it can be very depressing to always do battle with oneself. And it can feel like a nice "balm on the soul" as I heard it put once, to come back into sync. yes, nice observations. </p>