We are like the sun, which nourishes the life of the earth

“We are like the sun, which nourishes the life of the earth and brings forth every kind of strange, wonderful, and evil thing; we are like the mothers who bear in their wombs untold happiness and suffering.” ~ Carl Jung

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Conquering Anger

Anger has its value for the development of the human being. The human being must purify himself, he must overcome anger. Anger is something that works beneficially in that it is overcome. The human being would never be able to reach perfection without conquering anger.

Source (German): Rudolf Steiner – GA 108 – Die Beantwortung von Welt- und Lebensfragen durch Anthroposophie – St. Gallen, November 21, 1909 (page 100)

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No one can be born in the spiritual world with spiritual eyes without having first developed them in the physical world

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Thanks to his insight into the supersensible world, the initiate gains a better knowledge and appreciation of the true value of visible nature than was possible before his higher training; and this may be counted among his most important experiences. (more…)

The actual destiny of an individual is, on the contrary, the result of his former deeds

The actual destiny of an individual is, on the contrary, the result of his former deeds. A person who radiates much love in one life will, in another, be able to stay young, inwardly as well as outwardly, for a long time. A person who harbors many feelings of hatred in one life will age prematurely in another. Individuals who abandon themselves to an ordinary, indolent life, which avoids all forms of spirituality, deprive themselves of something for their subsequent life that will be difficult for them to retrieve.

Source: Rudolf Steiner – GA 109 – Rosicrucian Esotericism: X: On Karma, Reincarnation and Initiation – Budapest, 12th June 1909

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The ignorant Freemason is a drone and an encumbrance in the Order

The ignorant Freemason is a drone and an encumbrance in the Order.albert-mackey

He who does not study the nature, the design, the history and character of the Institution, but from the hour of his initiation neither gives nor receives any ideas that could not be shared by a profane, is of no more advantage to Freemasonry than Freemasonry is to him.

The true Freemason seeks light that darkness may be dispelled, and knowledge that ignorance may be removed.

The ignorant aspirant, no matter how loudly he may have asked for light, is still a blind grouper in the dark.

— Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry