"We look back upon our whole soul, upon our ego itself, as upon something which has to be laid aside, when we want to enter the supersensible world. The soul, however, cannot but consider this ego as its real being until it enters the supersensible worlds. The soul must consider it as the true human being, and must say to itself: “Through this, my ego, I have to form ideas of the world. I must not lose this ego of mine if I do not want to give myself up as a being altogether.' There is in the soul the strongest inclination to guard the ego at all points in order not to lose one's foothold absolutely. What the soul thus feels of necessity to be right in ordinary life, it must no longer feel when it enters supersensible surroundings. It has there to cross a threshold, where it must leave behind not only this or that precious possession, but that very being which it has hitherto believed itself to be. The soul must be able to say to itself: “That which until now has seemed to me to be my surest truth, I must now, on the other side of the threshold of the supersensible world, be able to consider as my deepest error.” Quote from "A Road to Self-Knowledge" by Rudolf Steiner GA 16 Art by Chris Hill "Over the Marsh"

“Love is higher than opinion. If people love one another, the most varied opinions can be reconciled — thus one of the most important tasks for humankind today and in the future is that we should learn to live together and understand one another. If this human fellowship is not achieved, all talk of development is empty.” Rudolf Steiner from Steiner’s lecture “At the Gates of Spiritual Science” (Lecture 11, Stuttgart, 1 September 1906) in the Collected Works (GA 95).

Hi all, A few people on this platform are doing these impromptu "coffee and questions sessions". It's just like jumping on a zoom call (with or without a hot drink!) and having an informal chat about spiritual matters. Just wanted to find out if that was something you'd be interested in? (just while I'm still getting this 6 week challenge organised). If so, what time of day works for you? Please Let me know what time zone you're in. Thank you! Mick

This is how the Northern Lights looked here in Stroud, UK on my birthday (19th Jan)....and I missed it

Hi everyone, apologies for the lack of activity in here. Every time I'm about to get going on everything, I seem to get unwell. Nothing serious, just a bad flu. Looking forward to engaging with everyone here again very soon. Thank you (again) for your patience. Warmly Mick