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Title: Memória e Amor
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Estudem a crianÃ§a atÃ© a troca de dentes. NotarÃ£o como o poder da lembranÃ§a, da memÃ³ria, gradualmente se desdobra. Inicialmente, Ã© bastante elementar. A crianÃ§a possui certa memÃ³ria, mas ela se torna uma forÃ§a independente apenas no momento de troca da dentiÃ§Ã£o, estando completa em seu desenvolvimento quando a crianÃ§a estÃ¡ madura para a escola. SÃ³ a partir daÃ que podemos comeÃ§ar a edificar a memÃ³ria. Antes disso, ao enfatizarmos a memÃ³ria, tornamos a crianÃ§a rÃgida e criamos uma condiÃ§Ã£o de alma esclerÃ³tica para sua vida posterior. Quando lidamos com crianÃ§as antes da troca de dentes, trata-se de receberem as impressÃµes do presente da maneira correta. Ã‰ entre a troca da dentiÃ§Ã£o e a puberdade que podemos empreender a edificaÃ§Ã£o da memÃ³ria.

Title: Evil and Spiritual Science
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see: the concept that many people have who stand before the
progressed for a few centuries. But how things truly stand with
this response about the simple negativity of evil stands on the
willing and desiring, and so it stands before the possibility
not standing before, what we have often been forced to mention:
the simple world of the senses and the understanding related to
to the senses and to the understanding that is related to the
and that its bodily nature stands over against the
concealed, we now see that this spiritual world stands in
whole world. It shows as if on a screen, how things stand with
understanding portray. But he must assume a spirit world. But
may laugh more or less at this; whoever better understands the
human knowledge can do no more than make a halt, when it stands
stand at the watershed between two epochs: the epoch of
correctly understand our soul, must live up against the
Whoever wants to understand life

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 1: Popular Occultism, Introtroduction
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the whole sensory reality of a human being or object of stands before
the inner aspect. When a person stands before us we can touch his physical

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 2: Man's Ascent into the Supersensible World
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by little you will have learnt to understand these images. There is
murder. Matters namely stand as follows: Whenever you relate something,

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 3: The Different Conditions of Man's Life After Death
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astral world. This will give us a basis for an understanding of reincarnation

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 5: Life Between Death and a New Birth
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after death, the whole past life from birth to death stands before the
This picture stands before

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 8: The Evolution of Man and of the Solar System; the Atlantic Evolution
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2) From the standpoint of science which considers itself far cleverer
than the authors of these documents. 3) From the standpoint of an allegorical-symbolic
arbitrary). 4) From the occult standpoint, by taking the things described
meaning, thus reaching again a literal understanding of the words. For
the sentence: “With the growth of knowledge and understanding,

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 9: Lemurian Development
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This event stands in closest

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 10: Paths of Occult Training
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standard-bearer is Anthroposophy. The future task or civilisation as a whole

Title: i Spirituality: Lecture 1: Historical Symptomology, the Year 790, Alcuin, Greeks, Platonism, Aristotelianism, East, West, Middle, Ego
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development, the much-debated question mentioned to begin with was whether the outstanding and
when, from a spiritual-scientific standpoint, we look more deeply into the historical development
Catholic theologian shifts the standpoint entirely before he takes it up at all. He does not go
into decadence. In Plato, if we are able to understand him properly, we find the last offshoots,
human being as the spiritual. But it existed in a — I beg you not to misunderstand the word
soul-constitution was completely different from that of later humanity when, for an understanding
It was only through misunderstanding that there
man's being. He had little understanding for what took place between birth and death. And now,
towards the 'I', but he cannot reach the point of really understanding the 'I' philosophically.
far as he can understand it, Kant, if he could really think to the end, would have to think the
still only a reaction, a last reaction to something else. For one can understand Kant only when
understand? There entered into Kant here — it fitted badly in his case because he was too
One will only be able to come to an understanding
respectively. But we have arrived at a point of humanity's development when understanding, a
common understanding, must spread equally over all humanity. How can this come about?
follow from spiritual-scientific training. And we stand here at a point where we must say: In
depths of spiritual science. No good will come from instincts, but only from the understanding
good can be achieved from levelling everything. This is the serious battle in which we stand.
This building stands here,
Entente. Understanding must be developed here for what is to become a unified culture containing
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Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 2: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 1
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increasingly educated for freedom, must also take up a conscious stand more and more to what
necessity of founding a social life consciously. And we must take a conscious stand towards
socialist conception of life, however, developed in such a way that it stands entirely under the
has no understanding at all of the foment of deeper forces in the whole of our present
world. The more recent life of humanity can only be understood if one understands this
how, based an a political-military standpoint, Napoleon, with his 'Continental System',
essential task to be able to take up a stand towards life from this point of view.
different types of beings do indeed work through human beings and we understand human character
the first type prevent die emergence of an economic life that stands as an independent entity

Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 3: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 2
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one wants to understand how the human beings of the European Centre are wedged in, as it were,
thinking. And one can only understand the role played by what then developed out of the Roman
prejudice at the results of Darwin's research will understand that something was present there
most outstanding human beings, of the Centre give weight to: the fact that the human being, as he
understanding. One saw how the German element evolved into the Magyar in an artificial way and
If you go to the East there is no understanding at
understanding at all for what is called rational in the West? Let us be under no illusion here.
The Russian has not the slightest understanding for what, in the West, one calls rationality. The
understands nothing; that is, he does not feel in this word what Western people feel. But what
worlds into human beings — this he understands well. Through the nature of what is spoken
by nature not the slightest understanding for what one must refer to as the relation of the
slightest understanding for this. For this is something quite different from what is given
eleventh and twelfth centuries (it came then in the fifteenth century) — the outstanding
medieval spiritual development, from this point of view. Just study, from this standpoint, such
Ages when one perceives its most outstanding spirits as being those in whom reason from the West
re-fructified. The Orient will understand the spiritual life that blossoms in the Occident only
have a great deal of understanding for an independent spiritual life. And it will also take

Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 4: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 3
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to go no further than these images. For had he, from his standpoint, tried to go further he would
development, these two soul-constitutions, which I have characterized for you, stand side by
Schiller and Goethe they stand in a certain way simultaneously side by side. Schiller and Goethe
(Verstandiges)
really able to understand something like
beings of the Centre; from what, between economics and the reconstructing spirit-life, stands in
did without standing on
American life, into which our emigrants dissolved, stands today under the influence of the German
standpoint is that one hears something, makes a note of it, and then it is over and done with,
everywhere, and yet humanity will not take a stand. Until it makes a stand in all three spheres
Goethe's Standard of the Soul

Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 5: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 4
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faculties that stand in a relationship to nature, he is not free. If he tries to flee into the
precisely through a faculty like the intellect, which does not stand in a relationship to the
in economics. In the future it will be the association. And people must stand together in an
is a matter here of gaining a true understanding of the child one is educating so that one can
perceptive understanding of practical life is brought to bear — especially of the practical
could provide something tangible out of the realm of practical life itself, and which could stand

Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 6: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 5
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If an understanding for what one can call the
create a preparatory understanding for the course that the Christ-idea, the image people have had
Thus the first understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha
before the intellect broke in and understanding for the Mystery of Golgotha could no longer be
the original understanding of Christ. The first understanding occurred in Gnosis with the remains
something to be understood as one understands things of the physical plane. After all, with an
event on the physical plane one cannot understand why it ought to be described in four different
Thus for someone who stands in a spiritual relation to the Mystery of Golgotha the contradictions
not stand in a spiritual relation; they stood in the sign of dialectics right into the lowest
standard for the world. Just look how easily people are satisfied when they are told somewhere
those circles who had no understanding at all for the Mystery of Golgotha, who had only tradition
to understand this on the basis of the development of European humanity. One must, for example,
understand the development of the universities. How have the universities developed? One should
social authority principle. One must only understand how deeply this has penetrated into the
visionary gift and say all sorts of things they do not understand themselves against this modern
still exist. Human beings can still just about understand it. They set down this understanding in
priest speaks words in a language they do not understand. For it is not a matter for them of
understanding but a matter, at most, of living in the general atmosphere which is directed to the
soon as people begin to debate something it means they no longer understand it. What lives in the
very last traces of understanding for the Last Supper were gone — the play of dialectics
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Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 7: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 6
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world-views. But this science has not been capable of raising man's power of understanding to the
learn of nature, the less we understand of ourselves, the less we understand of the human
we hear the demand that man should stand solely on the basis of his own being. This comes forward
weight on the soul. It is here that the inability of natural science to give man an understanding
his being. And let us now consider from a spiritual-scientific standpoint the counter-image of
understand that this has to happen. He can already embrace the thought that it must
understand.'
the earth who has united Himself with earthly humanity. People will have to understand that the
specialized science, is well able to understand what this man can understand. One simply cannot
not understand and does not wish to understand.
the Gospels has come up with, to stand there and say: Our salvation for eternity must come from
understanding it as such.
expectation, develops an understanding for the great experience of the twentieth century that is
that, in all reality, we can move forward to an understanding of Him.

Title: Abbreviated Title: Lecture I:
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But for one who wishes to understand the
readily understand that what thus surrounds us when we are born into
surrounds you, this does not stand there by itself but is the result of
understand that someone who takes no interest at all in what surrounds him
with which he must live in order to learn to understand their gradual
understand their destruction and disintegration. Those people, however, who

Title: Talk To Young People:
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sounds) at the same standpoint where they were before they were
crisisâ€ they can hardly understand.
describe â€” please don't misunderstand the phrase â€” as filled with
anthroposophical movement. A singular understanding came about
understand other people in the most human way. Otherwise we won't get
beyond the endless unproductive discussions. The will to understand
agree. What is so necessary is that we fully and heartily understand
understanding. You see, it was an attempt to search out and explore
have made it impossible. Anyone who cannot understand this is an
narrow-minded man on the street will understand what you mean when
begin to understand this when they begin to understand themselves. To
begin to understand these gestures of the spiritual world we can
is truly young, if today's youth, with understanding, can lay hold of
heart of ours. It then will help us to understand spiritual science.
down but we should learn to stand up. Nietzsche had an apt phrase for
an etheric heart. It is our etheric heart that will understand that

Title: "Heaven and Earth will pass away but my words will not pass away"
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this ‘dual’ man, the matter stands thus, for example: That,
stand in a most important and significant time.
just as Spiritual Science of today stands to the materialist; so will,
and B, standing together at a street corner. We go away and relate this
to a third person. But let us also suppose that A has been standing
persons standing together at 3 p.m. But the one who has been standing
without any sort of attempt to understand the other — to

Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture I: Tree of Life - I
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understandable, one might even say justifiable. But something else
has already been said that may bring us again some understanding of
God Jahve, radiating from the far distance, which stands at the
gradually to reach an understanding of what had happened through the
took pains to understand Nature around them. And so we can say that
understanding and which then gradually dried up and withered into
conception in order to understand what hid behind this Mystery of
despairing struggle towards an understanding, a real understanding of
understanding what is flowing to him from the Christ Impulse. And so
understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha, then this would have been
trees of Life; ash and elm. And with this the following fact stands
humanity were, in a way, protected from understanding anything that
fundamentally only another way of pointing to the understanding of
One cannot understand Europe if one does
not bear this connection in mind; one can, however, understand Europe
of Europe, if we are to understand this European

Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture II: Tree of Life - II
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say, the arms of Lucifer. And one can understand the deep mystery
comes in which we must unfathom if we would understand the necessary
realm; and indeed that is very easy to understand since Ahriman as we
developed and strove for an understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha.
outstanding position in our Building. The Archetype of Man in the

Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture III: The Power of Thought
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to meet with full understanding when one speaks out of the sources of
forces within us we can hardly reach a right understanding, based on
has neglected to acquire an understanding for the Mystery of
papier-mÃ¢chÃ©; they have little understanding of
us is not exhausted with what stands in the Gospel. He is not among
revelation. One stands as it were ever confronting the Christ, and
Hence we may understand as living
as one has received it to relate it to the world with understanding,
being, then you will understand: In Greece the evolution of humanity
misunderstand what is meant when I speak about it. It is of course
Acropolis, or a Greek Temple, they stand there in order to remain
one day it becomes more perfect, will always stand there in such a
against the walls standing there and in order to dissolve the forms,
— for wherever they stand they really want to be
radically different, and one does not really understand the age of
divine. You only arrive at a real understanding of this
understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha, that he only saw how human
understanding of the fact that something entirely new had now arisen
old Mysteries, but he had no understanding for what was then emerging
today only at the beginning of understanding what has flowed into
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Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture IV: Harmonizing Thinking, Feeling and Willing
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earnestly you will understand that something of immense significance
solved in any case with earthly understanding. But we have seen that
it flow into the world of our concepts and understanding. Thus,
what a man must really understand to comprehend Christology. Why do
so many people not understand it? Why do they connect no right ideas
open to ideas which permit an understanding of the Mystery of
has died, and that they are trying to learn to understand the living
the dead, they are trying to understand and explain the living from
must take pains, always take pains to replace an understanding
through the dead by an understanding through the living. The whole
science must disappear. In its place must arise an understanding of
as the Moon existence, which stands behind them, —
be wanting in an understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha. For we
be understood, must be really grasped, as standing outside everything
understanding of the world must take in the future. But for a long
by other races if they say things that these people do not understand
or have no intention of understanding — another
not bring it to the world by standing up and presenting their views,
remain in the background as Mahatmas, and those who stand before the
world speak of the Mahatma standing behind them, and what they
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Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture V: Tree of Knowledge - I
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soul, we see what stands behind of great importance: we note how
unless you first come to understand where these proofs originate. For
we consider in a more comprehensive sense what stands in the
— the eyes only stand for the senses as a whole.
already, if one understands things aright, one finds the enduring
us out of the cosmos. The sense-world stands there:
will not suffer it). The little rose simply stands as the
joy; the jubilation of nature when the rosebush stands there with all

Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture VI: Tree of Knowledge - II
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be justified, but all the same Lucifer stands at the side. There is
therefore, to undertake one's self-development from this standpoint,
my dear friends, is necessary: to understand how the impulses of
and who, standing outside, say: these spiritual scientists certainly
can only understand this through spiritual science. The question is
This means, we stand there, we see the

Title: World Downfall and Resurrection
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that is why it is so difficult for us today to understand the
Indeed, this understanding can only come from Spiritual
now we must try to understand the kind of thinking in which such
try to understand the attitude of men living in the first
wine). There was a real understanding of this mystery in those
blood. Standing on the Earth they knew: there is something in
growing faculty of human intellect to understand this teaching
Only in the light of this knowledge can we begin to understand
understand the thoughts of the early Christians but out of this
Understanding these things was hardly possible any longer in
understand John Scotus Erigena when he speaks of the Godhead
only a question of understanding the real meaning of the
begin with, men would be capable of understanding them.
men were not supposed to understand. These dogmas are not
— which he himself found difficult to under' stand
if we really understand them and shake off Alexandrian
from somewhere else, but we stand in dire need of it.
come to an understanding of the now faded wisdom of antiquity.

Title: Lecture: Philosophy and Anthroposophy
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knowledge of the human being. Not to have reached this standpoint and still
they can themselves take their stand upon true reality. Others, who aim at
the soul, sought to gain an understanding of the world by the rational
his technique of thinking, that became the standard of the central period
hard words; but when considered from the standpoint of the new era, they
problem of Knowledge from the standpoint of rational faith. On the other
of cognition who pride themselves on understanding Kant, consider every man
real understanding of Aristotle enables us to find that an entirely
to understand Aristotle's teaching of “matter” and
definitions in the Scholastic writings. We must understand what is meant
one with a dubious impression: men no longer understand each other on
degrees ripen an understanding of all that Hegel has given to the world;
upon the theory of knowledge, no understanding is possible of what is here
element) possesses the power to produce its own reality; it does not stand
Anthroposophy. Very few philosophers, however, have any understanding of
Strictly logical thought is both the point of departure and the standard of
Science will find its way. An understanding of anthroposophy is also
if it would develop an understanding of anthroposophical

Title: Meditative Knowledge of Man: Lecture I: The Pedagogy of the West and of Central Europe: The Inner Attitude of the Teacher
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— and in doing so we are taking our stand on an
to make it fully understandable, but it will become clearer if to begin
than of this when they decide to take their stand on the esoteric
sufficient understanding for the Threefold Social Order, so that on the
basis of this understanding, the peoples of the West will take it
understanding it. We must know how to guard it, with a certain confidence,
stand in our classroom, conscious of the fact that it is a good tiling we

Title: Meditative Knowledge of Man: Lecture II: The Three Fundamental Forces in EducatioN
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activity, notwithstanding the fact that it proceeds from the physical body.
later appear in the child as his powers of understanding and intellect, and
help you understand the matter still better, I should just like to mention
bring the matter closer to your understanding, if you know that the music a
languages. And it is truly so — from the standpoint of
primitive standpoint when we work our way into the spiritual. To this we

Title: Meditative Knowledge of Man: Lecture III: Spiritual Knowledge of Man as the Fount of Educational Art
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But if you undertake a study of the being of man, and learn to understand
is essential that we really understand these processes right down to the
point where we understand what is actually going on in the body. You will
movement and set them in motion. You will realise that from the standpoint
to distinguish understanding. And here we have to be clear about the fact
that all understanding is conveyed by man's rhythmic system, not by his
nerve-senses system, and we only understand a picture process, for example,
vibrations that are the actual bodily conveyers of understanding. We can
understand, because we breathe.
The belief is that understanding has something to do with man's nervous
the rhythmic system is connected with understanding, understanding becomes
closely will see the connections between understanding and actual feeling.
Actually we have to see the truth of something we understand before we can
place for our understanding of knowledge and the soul's element of
distinguish perception, understanding, and sufficient assimilation for the
understand at a pinch, because he is breathing all the time and therefore
have to understand in great detail.
intimately connected with the organs of speech, understanding only comes
remarkable way, and to help you understand it fully perhaps I may remind
you properly understand the marvellous organism that comes forth from man
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Title: Meditative Knowledge of Man: Lecture IV: The Art of Education Consists of Bringing Into Balance the Physical and Spiritual Nature of the Developing Human Being
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understanding from a different point of view and it was said: with the
understanding only if we bring two such aspects to a synthesis. In
understand the utter seriousness of this matter when I tell you that the
painting understand the meaning of what he draws: when I let the child draw
of it, taking it in, perceiving it, and so understand it and, as I
happen. Those who are standing in front of a class will be enormously
are teachers who are inclined towards an understanding of Karma and less in
understand him with greater and greater love. And precisely through that we
dilettante tirades through a deeper understanding of the human being. Even
stand outside the reality of things. The fact is that certain things will

Title: Social Understanding: Lecture II: Social Understanding Through Spiritual Scientific Knowledge
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UNDERSTANDING THROUGH SPIRITUAL SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE.
our time. In that case it is vital to understand what its connection is
to remember something. Looking at memory is the best way to understand how
they despise material existence instead of understanding it and looking for
understand man. There is no way of really grasping man if you look at
standing in front of you belongs entirely to this line. But supersensible
understanding are supersensible, that is, everything we make use of for
understanding. And these are the same forces that also form our head. So we
understanding.
earth. The forces of understanding come to us from the world's periphery,
child absorbs something that reaches beyond his understanding, purely
yet understand what he has taken in, as people say in superficial life. Yet
re-experiences it. He has become mature now, and he can understand what he
is able to release from the depths of his soul; he can understand the thing
in your younger days with inadequate understanding, and which you can now
takes in what it understands — for that will disappear
difference if you understand the kind of things that are being put to
practical use by spiritual science. Because if you understand them in the
understand it properly, you will find an opportunity to make use of the
people are so little aware nowadays of what is at stake. For standardised
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Title: Buddha and the Two Boys: Lecture I: Buddha and the Two Boys of Jesus
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for the understanding of the Christ Mystery.
developed slowly at first. Outwardly it showed no particularly outstanding

Title: Buddha and the Two Boys: Lecture II: The Gospels, Buddha and the Two Boys of Jesus
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for the understanding of the Christ Mystery.
other Gospels, that in a certain sense one would get the same understanding
especially to the understanding of the outer, present physical world. Above
thinking, feeling and willing, then stands, so to speak, each for itself.
just in the abstract. If you want to understand how this happens in
understandable for the writer of the gospel of Matthew, who added the
understand Christianity in all its deep meaning, we have to realize that
above all, go out, so to speak, to an understanding mastery of world
to understand the most original of the ancient Hebrew spiritual current.
compassion and love. If we want to understand this, we must tell ourselves
pronounce certain moral principles; man then understands them. When he
people are picked who have understanding for the teaching. Perhaps one will
One usually understands as development that

Title: Lecture: Art As A Bridge Between The Sensible And The Supersensible
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understanding. The proletarian masses have increasingly had to regard
literary. Ever less understanding showed itself for the pictorial, for
human beings became less and less capable of understanding each other in
prerequisites of any kind, everyone actually has his standpoint. Today
standpoint with regard to even the most mature way of thinking. The
understand each other so little — indeed to an
conceived of as born out of the entire world. Understanding the human
being presupposes understanding the world. Yet, how little is a real
understanding of the world actually sought (and hence a real
understanding of the human being) in a natural scientific age that enters
to have nothing to do with understanding the social question, it
intimately connected with understanding the social question. This will
once more of calling forth a common understanding between beings that
understand that. A “casting” actually
acquire understanding for the many-sidedness of human beings, and gain
feel ourselves standing within what is comprised by the genius of
rights-genius. We must learn to stand within what is encompassed by the
us a standpoint for observing the world. Then our
person sees it from a different standpoint.
not notice such things. But it is easier, self-evidently, to understand
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Title: Raphael's Mission in the Light of the Science of the Spirit
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especially in such outstanding figures as Raphael. What we have
standpoint in regard to the development of humanity —
What is put forward here from a spiritual scientific standpoint
then one may ask: How does it stand with this overall
aspires to in wanting to ascend to an understanding of
Florence. How did matters stand with Florence when Raphael
come to an understanding of the characteristic soul quality in
from the standpoint of spiritual science we have to see the
that stand in relative proximity to him in the kingdoms of
itself with the kingdoms that stand below the human being. Thus,
Perhaps it is not too audacious, in attempting to understand
serenity in Raphael. Then we come to understand why he had to
Thus, Raphael stands at a turning point, at a watershed,
internalizing of the human soul. Hence, in standing in front of
Yet, at the same time, in standing before these pictures, they
understand the profound empathy with which he contemplated
understand Herman Grimm when he relates that he once hung a large
by means of spiritual science — do we come to understand
We can understand our relation to Raphael and such thoughts as
discourse on Raphael. We understand these words; and we
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Title: Leonardo's Spiritual Stature: Lecture
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colour it once had. Even so, standing in front of this wall
1519, we nonetheless stand before the mural in the dining hall
conjured onto the wall. One stands with a certain wistful
Strangely indeed does this personality of Leonardo stand before
the most varied standing to his abode, telling them all manner
to secret and never finished. One has to understand this
He wanted to make clear that this Christ countenance stands
of this hypothesis, one understands that in striving everywhere
standpoint?
Today we stand once more at a new turning point, at the turning
we sense that the artist created as Nature does, in standing
natural scientific worldview does not yet exist. He stands
him! How does it stand with the economy of existence, if we
adopt a different standpoint and say: Whatever Leonardo may
being stands within supersensible existence. We can say, such
understand! — In order to be able to reveal various
becomes understandable when Goethe states: “Of regular
from this human countenance. We begin to understand the age,
endure. In comprehending the age, we understand this great
understanding, while immersing ourselves in spiritual

Title: Fairy Tales: in the light of Spiritual Investigation
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aforementioned sources from the standpoint of
sources from the standpoint of spiritual research finds that
the need to understand the specific human beings presented to
approaching fairy tales with sympathetic understanding,
human soul stands. In attentively following up these
against what stands in perpetual contrast to the human
and every soul stands under the impression of this battle
of our understanding, our reason, feeling and will. This
understanding them, it sensed more or less consciously
rays differs according to whether it stands in this or that
that in regions of the world where human beings stand
shrewdness, in this whole battle — in its stand in
— reason! This does in fact stand unconsciously
Grimm, understandably had the feeling — even if

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Only in contemplating them from the standpoint of true
spiritual science do we come to understand their deep

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same time, so distinctive and unique as to stand apart. Today's
enable one to understand the Greek world. Yet what the Greeks
beginnings of the Greek world. Adopting his general standpoint,
actually stand with regard to this interplay of the world of
humanity's development stands before his soul: the Christ
later, of Goethe. He grants us the feeling of standing as
the figures and their gestures, while standing inwardly before
then stands before us with such boldness that we are sometimes
would humbly stand aside to let him pass; if Raphael came by, I
becomes understandable that such a spirit had to struggle in
the life of that time, the figure of Michelangelo stands out
himself with other matters, he succeeds in standing as it were,
for those who adhere to the standpoint of erudite scholars,
unbridgeable prejudice outstanding, However, the expression
stand as alien and isolated in modern cultural life. We have
if he does not share the same standpoint completely, we do
nonetheless stand — or can at least stand, immeasurably
“With what existential joy did this human being stand in
words: With what existential joy did Herman Grimm stand in
even those distance themselves from him, if they but understand

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historical course of events, that we stand in a very definitive
historical evolutionary epoch and that we can only understand this
was of course a question of power. And in order to understand what
We cannot understand the old oriental
ruler or the rulers. It is very difficult to understand the feelings
more or less forgotten. Even Catholics understand little of the fact
If we wish to understand such a
necessary because only thus can we understand what tasks and what

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understand the contemporary world under such disagreeable conditions,
exist in Central Europe. And in order to understand what happened in
usually merely tools, the really powerful people stand behind them.
secret societies, whose members usually don't understand them —
stand to some extent the esoteric platitudes of the ceremonies, of
after every third lecture someone stands
matter of standing in reality. Of course the taste of lemonade can be

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necessarily justified, but understandable — later continued on
understanding of what is necessary for rights in society is
new spiritual life. And it is therefore understandable that it is
burdened with the most ridiculous misunderstandings. For this new
will understand me better if you imagine that we try to paint this
only in order to stand with his soul in the service of the whole. He
tell the truth. And we will understand each other best when our
mutual understanding is based on the desire to hear the unvarnished

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that Anthroposophy's methods stand in an unauthorised, opposing
contemporaries find the most difficult to understand, is this,
development something else needs understanding, if one wants to
arrive at an anthroposophic understanding, than that which one
thoughts, as it stands, you now want to extend when you enter
phenomena in nature, in order to understand it. You would want
second item which commonly leads to misunderstandings is
contrast we now have the standpoint of Anthroposophy which
conception of nature. Anthroposophy stands on the basis of a
he wanted to arrive at a certain causal understanding of the
then misunderstandings arise — somewhat in the sense that
understand this way of thinking at all, and finally the
it — misunderstandings developed relating to battles
is very easy — I understand totally where
misunderstandings come from — to find such phenomenology
mathematical thinking. It is quite understandable that Du
understanding” in which he, I could call it, celebrated
mathematical understanding to it. Here one must differentiate:
and only possible system of understanding everything in the
revealed from within the letters. If I lovingly remain standing
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understanding through biological differences, by finding a
beings. For those who want to understand if one could speak
balance, which we recognise inwardly whether we stand on two
inner understanding it doesn't involve mere judgement, but a
to know that a person is standing in front of us, when we see
of the animal. Here the most impossible misunderstandings come
function in the life of humans are to stand upright. — I know
naturally understand quite well, and said: ‘When we sleep, we
contrast to the animal, who stands on four legs, in quite a
When you think about this, you would understand the innermost
the animal, which stands on its four legs and which has been
walking and standing. This reflects in later life and becomes
standing within the cosmos. When we now compare the position of
on the one hand humans stand upright and walk vertically. This
Therefore we can say: by the human standing upright, he has

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in science to determine certain steps to understand concepts,
Hegel could not stand Newton and was unsympathetic to his
grandiose manner, he wanted to understand actually only on the
level of thinking, that he wanted to understand the experience
wanted to attain a true understanding of the Logos, then the
wisdom. We understand that in ancient times, philosophy could
on an understanding of a mathematical nature. Time was short to
the understanding of nature. So it happened that certain
believes this then it is a misunderstanding. However, I must
understand the scientific way of thinking in its purity and
bridge between West and East, and this task must stand before
will now understand.

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view understandable, it is always accused of having its ideas
ordinary human understanding and ordinary healthy logic. In any
understanding. One of these areas in which results can really
are simply verified through healthy human understanding, is not
— life skill, on his understanding of life, and it is this
understanding which enables him to grasp the most varied of
to a self-understanding which one can't achieve in
all teaching is based on the understanding of the human being,
meaningful educational principles and does not stand back
can readily understand how the spiritual utterances which were
understand the child — and even young people!
the possibility to fully understand the child and enter into
have a civilization which we simply don't understand, when we
reading and writing. Yes, we stand within a civilization in
teacher, standing in front of the children, must say to
stand with shy religious reverence to what is hidden within the

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theoretical standpoint. Today — I mean at this very present
those who stand within it, formed out of their personal actions
stands within the structure of the general social organism. We
the standpoint of bringing the contradiction to clarity, and
can only say I fully understand these misconceptions which have
misunderstandings are phenomena of our time. However, I must be
on the other side of the standpoint, that in overcoming these
situation: Perhaps no stone will remain standing as he has
discovering and understanding: real problems exist here,
an ever wider understanding for them.
external symptoms are wanted. It has little understanding that
sense with the “Key notes” to understand them
“scientific”. If one considers what stands in the
point of view object according to today's understanding of
arrived into the soul constitution; the drive to understand the
understanding the phenomena of human life and human nature as
you take a stand in opposition to such abstract attitudes,
can be taken up every day. It was a call to the understanding
about really understanding how each day the members of the
only; we need to understand them in a lively form. If
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of misunderstandings will again be linked to what I have to say
new misunderstandings to arise; I will renounce some of them in
scientific research stands in a somewhat puzzled manner towards
which is considered popular, which we call understandable. You
this basis one can understand the entire medieval theology,
systems in order to understand them and not to oppose them.
understandable why Catholicism has become Catholic, Protestants

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book and the mind, which understandably I didn't wish to
understand that human evolution already existed as a deep
stand at once on the boundary between what is consonant and
understand the content of older words. We must realise that
standardization, etc. — translator.]
wants to really understand literal fluency. One can't
decline; but very much not so in the case of those who stand

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own obstinacy, which hinders understanding what the School
your souls what should stand over our School as a kind of
understanding. We shall begin with the words:
spirit-world stands that messenger of the gods, that messenger
better. That messenger of the spirit stands there and warningly
understanding, and can only be revealed by the countenance of
which he achieves when he understands what the Spirit-Messenger
such earnest awareness, we shall stand in thought where the
up from the floor and stands there with his hands in his
blue skin, is verily what rises from the abyss and stands

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spiritual world that guardian stands who earnestly warns people
mind the fact that the Guardian stands before the [entrance to]
to creative knowledge, we are truly standing in the spiritual

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world to those who are striving to be initiates and stand with
their souls in the spiritual world as people stand in physical
stands to a certain extent on firm ground, for this process has
outward experience. He stands on firm ground because he says to
You could not determine whether a person who stands before you
reality, is also the way the adept feels standing at the
a real spiritual being, a real spiritual fact stands before you
Only by honestly facing these opposing forces can he stand in
evoked in us by what the Guardian of the Threshold, standing
must also advise the person who wishes to stand correctly in
Thus, you have the manner in which you must stand within the
how do you stand within? Not as though you were standing with
in physical life; not by drawing breath. You stand there by
understand.

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Guardian of the Threshold. And we must understand this meeting
world cannot take place without this understanding of the
in understanding true esoteric life as we continue. For what
the esoteric, our very understanding of it brings about a
With this kind of attitude it is not possible to understand
we do not understand them if we do not use pure thinking to do
merely pours through our understanding, when it should immerse
then we will understand something else. Yes, my dear friends,
words. And when we understand the words, the thoughts they are
in ordinary life to the deeper understanding in the soul. And
trochaic rhythm, and we should understand how this rhythm,
stand still when such mantras penetrate our souls, or voice
is different with feeling. We act correctly if, standing below
I said last time, it is not a question of understanding the
able to withstand the separation of thinking, feeling and
stands a tree; I contemplate it. I contemplate my hand: it is
stands before us today - its conception originally from the
consciousness. Think, my dear friends, about standing outside
stand on, which we consider to be so important that it only
When you see the third beast's glassy eye, stand firm and feel

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is able to approach and come to an understanding of the
spiritual world in any form, depends upon understanding the
to the heavenly. So that in the moment that man stands before
the universe occurs. For normal consciousness we stand here in
to human beings. So here we stand, apart, looking inwards at
the senses, and how reason understands it, it is certainly not
is more difficult for normal consciousness to understand light.
the person who really stands before the Guardian of the
humans stand below and let the sun shine on us; for the more
be inwardly liberated if we do not stand before the pure
darkness in spirit-land, but when we stand before the
Then we must do our best to understand, with spiritual
matter, our thinking is extinguished. By understanding this,
between warmth and cold is what one must understand as the
instinctive clairvoyance that he could understand the words
understand what was being called out to him. And now we live in
understand the words called out to them in spirit-language.
out to him and he does not understand them and must therefore
live through the torments of not understanding. And what do
and our willing will be able to understand and to grasp the

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can say: our feet stand on the ground of the solid
from the earthly world where he stands alone, as it were, where
because we stand alone and the kingdoms of nature are beyond
don't merely understand this theoretically, as is mostly the
chemical laboratory, where the chemist stands at a bench and
lessons, my dear friends. You should not understand the things
will you experience the heart of the matter if you understand
those who realize that the light is there will understand the

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thinking is only capable of understanding the earthly - we must
of the stages from the point where I now stand, at which I am

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(Vorstand) which was formed during the Christmas Conference and
character. The investment of the Vorstand was thus an esoteric
Thus, the Vorstand at Dornach is an initiative-Vorstand, as was
position of the Vorstand at Dornach within the Anthroposophical
rather do the statutes describe what the Vorstand intends. And
used, the agreement of the Vorstand at the Goetheanum is first
based upon an understanding with the Vorstand at the
unless an understanding with the Vorstand at the Goetheanum has
that is, to Mrs. Wegman, in order to obtain the Vorstand's
agreement. It is important that in future the Vorstand at the
work in the world without a connection to the Vorstand at the
Goetheanum, they must either reach an understanding with the
Vorstand or they cannot include things which originate in the
unrecognized by it, but must clearly understand that it cannot
understand that [the leadership of] the School must be able to
reveal the grand cosmic script. For one who understands the
Then we must know: at this threshold stands a spiritual figure
healthy human understanding of what he has been told, for both
We stand here on the earth in our earthly existence: we feel
we can understand the human being so that we look through the
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desires to understand in the right way must do so inwardly.
With common sense we can understand all of anthroposophy, but
to understand inwardly means to transfer more and more what is
the moment when the child stands on its feet and begins to move
yourselves as human beings standing amidst the earth's forces.
it again to a standstill, thus making the earth itself a
understanding, that is, with ever greater cosmic experience

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individual must find the way to understanding what it means to
understand everything offered by anthroposophy, if it exerts
common sense which understands anthroposophy, then at the
common sense which understands anthroposophy is the beginning
starts with this understanding through healthy common sense and
due to purely external circumstances. They do not understand
consideration of earthly relationships one stands spiritually

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brothers, if we are permeated with the will to understand
our earth — in appearance. It can therefore stand as
Here I stand — each of us says rightly — and
understand what the content of this esoteric school is meant to be.

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been said that understanding must exist for true spiritual
that we must understand that the person who is able to transmit
threshold; that the Guardian of the Threshold stands at the
at first by means of healthy human understanding – then
spiritual world in the right way, and then to stand within the
wants something different than really standing within the
spiritual understanding. But a substantial seclusion from the
way. It is better to stand within the tumult of life, exposed
other side of the threshold standing before the Guardian in the
are standing on physical ground.

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first arrive at the threshold where the Guardian stands, and
Who stands before spirit-land's gates,
And to your understanding's power,
Death stands at the long path's end.

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situation of standing before the Guardian in order to advance
normal human understanding, first in knowledge and also through
may lose the everyday capacity for understanding, which holds
Here on this side of the threshold we are standing on the earth,
He stands on the other side. The Guardian of the Threshold
standing on the other side of the threshold. The Guardian
is the case. He calls to us once we stand on the other side
You must understand, my dear friends, the reality that this
I” here in the fourth place when standing before the
present when one stands before the Guardian of the Threshold

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events and cosmic beings, if they can truly understand with
in order to grasp with full understanding what the content of
first as the blackest darkness. It stands like a wall before
The first being we encounter stands at this abyss.
enable us to understand our situation once we have flown over
When we stand here in the physical world, we feel
standing among the three kingdoms of nature. We must also
in our souls the sensation of standing in the spiritual world
standing beyond the abyss in the spiritual world still in
surroundings we do not stand alone. We should learn to feel
that we stand within the cosmic process, and that everything,
own souls with which, where we are standing in darkness
Thus we are standing at the Guardian of the
so that we can stand in the realm of nature, but also in the

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who correctly understands the world. But before doing so,
From this you will understand that membership in the School
heart to understand them: the admonition to self-knowledge,
in meditation we imagine the being standing at the abyss of
before us. We must cross over this abyss. The Guardian stands
stands before the abyss of existence; now we are already
are standing within this black, night enclosed darkness,
prepares us for understanding.
human beings, stand between the resounding of the demand for

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understanding of the universe, resounds to human hearts from all
the Threshold stands, appeared before our souls. We heard the
Guardian stands, feels himself to be within weaving, living
Death stands at the path's end.

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This stands before our souls as unshakable, all-pervading truth:
Threshold, who stands at the abyss of being. He doesn't speak
was brightening for us. Now, as we stand shaken by the great truth
“only spirit is”, he stands there speechless,
understand the connection between his earthly existence and that
passes through the gate of death will only be able to understand
And what is extremely important in understanding
understand what is resonating there.
should already have heard here. They don't understand it. When
understand what is resonating there, if we can only hear the
incomprehensible sounds instead of the understandable words of
understand the spiritual world into which he enters if
there, so to speak. We are now standing before the third one,
stands there. On it stands:
Who stands before the gates of spirit-land,
And your power of understanding,
Death stands at the path's end.

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Now we stand within the Spirit-Word, the
fleeting thoughts understand as “I am” is only
lightning, where we now stand. The Word is flame, a flaming
This is what the human being who stands within it all says.
it is a conclusion when we now stand at the place where we
point out to our souls the path to understanding the true
What has been presented to us in mantric words, will stand

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stands, when we consider Michael, we have the Archangelos who
only then, my dear friends, can you correctly understand what
our true humanity flows. To really understand these words means
understand the inner meaning of the esoteric path. This
that it be understood; for such understanding is in itself the
work for each individual. And the first thing is to understand
transcendence, magnificence and majesty. When you can stand
deepest darkness. And we stand there, surrounded by the majesty
aware that the first being who confronts us stands where the
Threshold stands before us on this side of the abyss. We call
he stands there — if we have sufficiently internalized
and if we correctly understand the words which resound:
We are standing at the edge of the abyss. The Guardian speaks
beings in our surroundings say, if we understand them

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Guardian calls us to stand close to him. He looks at us with
naught but seeming. But what we feel stands at least halfway

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After he first showed us how we should stand in respect to our
strength; how, however, we should understand that not only what
Your selfhood then should understand
Your selfhood then should understand
Your selfhood then should understand
Your selfhood then should understand
we then “understand”, where we gradually come
will. We stand alongside being. Two high-toned syllables
“understand”; It is “grasp”, which is
from above, if it wants to follow a higher striving. We stand
Again, we are standing between polar opposites with our

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then, if we understand what striving towards the light is, we
darkness transform us into matter, but to stand firmly in our
contains the force of human will. Once again, we stand face to
bring. We are still standing at the yawning abyss of being, but
seekers after knowledge, we stand now before the Guardian of
standing on the earth, on the element earth. You are standing
feet, regardless of whether you are standing on the floor of a
in standing, that you are touching the earth's gravitational
element. You could be standing above on a mountain, or on a
understanding impossible. Least of all in esoteric matters

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knowledge we have reached the place where we stand before the
death in order to understand the things of the physical-sensory
we are to find the truth, how we stand in the middle between
Guardian of the Threshold, before whom we stand as the earnest
But it is just this understanding of ourselves as earthly human
Thus, we may understand what is spoken as having been

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stand beside the Guardian of the Threshold. The abyss of being
dear friends, when we are standing here in earthly existence
when we walk or stand, when our will pervades us. We must
observe it as if we stepped out of our bodies and were standing

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the human being experiences when he stands on the other side of
stands there in the region, in which we first were with all our
the person who stands over there, who we ourselves are, in a
back once again at the gray figure that stands over there,
figure is standing. We look over there. There stands the one

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on the one hand and under complete misunderstanding of some
fear and misunderstanding were not there. Then again, in the
to take a stand towards the social question and to intervene in
midst of a discussion, standing within the will of a modern
about the question of spiritual science. From the standpoint of
possibility exists for the understanding, the mutual
understanding of the classes. The middle class has difficulty
can hardly understand how it came about, one could call it,
struggles, what is obvious in social life today does not stand
understanding of themselves, whereas before they had been
to is that basically it is hardly appropriate for understanding
was also the time religious evolution came to a standstill and
members of the social organism. Only when the understanding is
together. If one can't understand the human organism in this
reform it, not understand the social organism correctly. Today
an understanding of the function of human labour in the entire

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understanding in order to orientate it towards the healing of
a real understanding of this organism it is necessary to
understand that this social organism, if it is to be healthy,
natural organisms. In order for you to understand me I have
between the public rights and the economic system stand the
order for no misunderstanding to arise in a belief that the
understandably also start on the side of the spiritual life but
understand it more closely.
social organism as the human head organisation stands in
Independently standing beside the economic system another
to understand that the human organism can only be alive as a
but the deepest sympathy and deepest understanding for the
are just what work together in a unit. Through an understanding
wish to say I can understand every objection raised but ask you
understand objections being raised as I'm just trying to
not yet clear. I must say I can understand every objection
established between understanding such content and the will to
stand alone.
Today we stand, because during the last decade humanity has
we stand in front of the most terrible catastrophe which has
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made an understanding between different classes of humanity
between them, how difficult understanding is; this failure to
understand is both a world historic and also a social fact of
many, will stand out, that the modern Proletarian, considered
dismissed by the proletarian, does not understand that the
thoughts also want to penetrate the understanding and
comprehensive reformation, reforming the understanding of the
humanity at present, standing within the thought forms and
understanding is too closely meshed. They can't grasp the
present. Whoever is, in full earnestness, able to understand
of the world and takes on an inner soul understanding into
to understand it in depth, that the development of modern
social understanding, out of a certain inclination to purely
life's branches should be conceived with social understanding,
of the spiritual life need to stand within the social organism,
not submit only to one's inner freedom but must stand within
Spiritual life stands opposite pure economic life just like the
digestive system stands opposite the head system in the natural
circulate as goods on the market and stand under the law of
Proletariat. This understanding, while it has altered in some
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able to understand their position within the human community
found towards understanding such things by doing what one
order to really understand the history of life. As much as
understanding of life and to point out such things with radical
understanding, to find a mutual understanding between both the
newer times, that social understanding, an understanding for
enters, but that this understanding brings no learned aspect
in their current situation to understand it in a lively way,
order to make it understandable, say the following: in economic
coalitions which essentially exist on the understanding of the
Beside the economic life the political life must stand, which
understanding of the difficulties when one looks for instance
of law which I've just been speaking about. An understanding,
but not an understanding for some or other general abstract
definition of law, but an understanding for the effectiveness
that end it is necessary for people to also really understand,
I could say, understand out of the very foundation, what is
Even though basically this law is easy to understand, you could
processed in the right social understanding where human labour
to work and have an understanding about work. This is what a
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necessary to make the following clear, in order to understand
stand first of all. To do so is to develop insight into the
of life itself, living in the social movement actually stands
entire life experience, they stand within relationships which
can give laws, when this spirit is separated and stands
you stand in the more modern economic process as goods.
each creating its own laws and own management. They will stand
stand within the totality of the social organism. People today
Brotherhood, then it is easy to understand that it is being
be regulated from the political standpoint and forever balance
between both factors, on this basis people stand equally before
speaker's words as follows. Understandably with every lecture
rightly understand out of which omissions my talk should come
statements. Understandably I don't want to discuss such
I don't quite understand what this whole irrational element has
question possibly contains a misunderstanding with Dr
convicted by a Czech in a language he fails to understand. He
a Czech who can't understand German. What I am indicating is

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concluded that now again an understanding needs to be
addressed, an understanding so strongly yearned for which has
those who are searching for such an understanding, it is so
quickly come to an understanding; how far humanity has come
come to such a frightening expression for those who understand
hand, hardly an understandable word can be heard in response.
The words which do become audible stand in an extraordinary
those who really understand the Proletariat, not merely think
resisted everything which presented itself as an understanding
understand its needs to be considered as a question of human
understand these things correctly, how they have developed,
output of goods to the power of labour. Labour stands on quite
of humanity with an inner understanding for what has emerged,
paradox even — it stands on a scientifically orientated
to understand as science.
uttered in trivial words: ‘Where they must stand equal before
will stand through his particular relationship towards the
on the free understanding of those who need the acceptance.
out of a free understanding with their colleagues and with a
needs but directed to a social understanding which has been
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this the very thing that helps him to understand its nature? And will
which help us to understand the achievements of an artist need not be
this simply means that they have never taken the trouble to understand
uses his intellect when he endeavours to understand the laws of the
organs of creation, we can well understand why in his musical dramas
human being to another? To outer eyes, men stand there, side by side;
help you to understand these things. We know that the world evolves
But even nowadays it is quite easy to understand the real origin of
We can never understand such marvellous interweavings by reference to
music a world that stands behind the physical world, using the
put such questions shows such a lack of understanding of his mission
to be by those who understand the mysteries of the Grail. In the
standing on the balcony of the summer-house at the Villa Wesendonck
feeling and let the ideas in their totality stand before our souls.

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strained every nerve to understand how a Being like the Christ, Who
in regard to the outstanding figures of the early Christian centuries
Very little real understanding of Plato is shown in modern text-books
Idea of the Good stands above the others. — For what is expressed
is little real understanding of Platonic philosophy. Modern
intellectualism is incapable of it. Nor is it possible to understand
would understand the universe let us not pay heed to space, for space
learning in those days, and one can readily understand that Plotinus
also tried to understand the descent of the Christ into Jesus of
crown of wisdom was to understand how the Christ Being had entered
where they were able to understand the essence and being of the
of understanding the value and worth of personality, of
develop to a point where he will understand how the Christ took up His
been so splendid a preparation for an understanding of the Mystery of
third and fourth centuries A.D. to gloss over a deep misunderstanding.
absolutely objective standpoint, for what comes to pass in history is

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since Sylvester Eve of 1922-23, there stands out in the
the situation was that Anthroposophy stands upon a spiritual
guard against such a misunderstanding as this. One who has
standing on this foundation, so ardently craved by many
understandable to anyone who knows that he can achieve that
however, to understand first how a community-building element
human heart, in essence, understands the language of the
understand that other element which must play a corresponding
the like, we do not thereby as yet understand the spiritual
world. We begin to develop the first understanding of the
other person. Only then does real understanding of
start from that state for the real understanding of
within the earthly world and learned to know and understand
awake that we then understand Anthroposophy for the first time
this understanding, you receive Anthroposophical ideas into an
that it shall be laid hold upon by a true understanding of
Anthroposophy. If this true understanding of Anthroposophy is
matters stand at present, however, I see in this hall two
parties, two groups of persons, who fail mutually to understand
very first step toward mutual understanding. Why? It is
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understanding this phenomenon. And what I have to say in these
that this person does not understand other persons and that
they likewise do not understand him unless they simply consider
Therein lies the difficulty of mutual understanding between
reach mutual understanding with a person who is telling him
their understanding of the teaching drawn from the higher
Thus, does it become understandable, precisely from a
never been any understanding when I have said that there are
understand from what I presented to you yesterday and today
destiny if one stands entirely alone. For one who is a true
this attitude of mind cannot be maintained when there stands
simply fails to understand its innermost impulse. All the more
only from a standpoint different, perhaps, from one's own.' I
this, but this standpoint is taken in the right way only when
Please, understand that I am not asserting in a
understanding of the higher worlds requires a consciousness of
Anthroposophical Society. One will then stand firm in the
Society. One will stand firm equally in the physical world and
understanding of the Anthroposophical world view.
like a dreamer but will be able to act as a person standing
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Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 1: Evolution and Consciousness, Lucifer, Ahriman
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quite clear on a number of occasions that to understand
evolution to get a real understanding of the origins of
clearly understand this in the case of a plant, for it
understand it’. My reply was: ‘Reverend
understand. All the time they want to describe their
stand on its own. That is how luciferic and ahrimanic
we want to understand human life; all we would be doing
humankind is concerned. We cannot gain understanding of
human understanding in the vertical direction to become

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 2: East, West, and the Culture of Middle Europe, the Science of Initiation
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nurtured entirely at soul level. You cannot understand
understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha, out of the
understand little, if any of it. The point is that it is
understands. Europe can only be made to rise if people
this, however. They think they understand each other.
to understand the Mystery of Golgotha in the new and
to understand the presence of the Christ in huMan
make no progress in social understanding. It is no longer

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not stand still.
their heads with illusions, wanting to understand history
limited ideas. Yet it is only possible to understand the
understand the way things were said in works written and
fact that one stands within spiritual life and perceives
of something happening somewhere today, they stand there

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that are understandable and indeed also justifiable. In
clearly understand — making it the centre of both
than that humankind should today gain true understanding
torpor to stand up against such people. The day before I

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number of people to fully understand the following. To
managed to get a real understanding of the physical
absolutely essential if one wishes to understand the
I stand with my two feet on the ground. I really perceive
same drawing can also stand for something different.
understand it in its transformed non-physical form, our
understanding of this today. It is a serious matter when
matters is to gain a clear understanding of social
relations in this world. Real understanding of the
little understanding will say: ‘You are using
us understand the essential nature of the human being. It
understand that because our friends Molt, Kühn,
movement stands behind them.
understand what I mean if they want to — could be
think at least some of you will understand what I mean.
human understanding, must be there as well; it is the
pole of human understanding where it is possible to enter
to get a clear understanding of the world, of the things

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we must clearly understand that the fruits of mysticism
experience if some person stands here and lets a stone
understand that human beings must hold the balance
want to understand the language of heaven. Since it has
people to understand the language of heaven.
cultural life. If we understand what the present age asks

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understand nature in a way when we use the intellect to
to understand on the basis of different facts. Modern
the Threshold standing there, the quality we call
gets a clear understanding of the spiritual paths, using
the whole human being in arriving at such understanding
century onwards have become standard in Western
them, will indeed make use of it and try and understand
therefore a question of having the will to understand
anthroposophy is so difficult to understand. We shall
never understand spiritual science by merely thinking it;
we shall only come to understand it if every one of its

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 8: The Opposition of Knowledge and Faith, Its Overcoming
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is to help us understand why in the present age humankind
stringent standards as the outer science of the

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not have far to go to understand what happens in
of this outside world; we merely need to understand
understanding of the body, this materialism, will one day
transition, a time that stands out in the historical
We must understand it before we can consciously take our
understanding of the physical, sense-perceptible world.
understand very clearly how a balance is achieved between
with our understanding of the threefold nature of the
understanding of what is in preparation there in a
and understand what is in progress there.
understanding for the things of the earth, for the things
The West understands earthly things only, the East has no
understanding of them. Because of this, the heavenly
in an individual such as Tolstoy. We must take our stand

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 10: Transition from the Luciferic to the Ahrimanic Age and the Christ Event to Come
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understanding of current events. We must above all understand where the
soul came to an understanding with the phenomena Of nature, and the
us to understand that humanity has created a completely new world around
to praise the beauty of those speeches, we fail to understand the signs
mystical heights for moral uplift will not understand this language. The
is the new understanding we must gain for the Christ event; otherwise we
during the first half of the 20th century?’ If we understand the
new understanding of the Christ must be found so that humanity may be led

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understand human beings if we add other aspects to these
spiritual understanding of the outer world must arise. To
Brazen King, but with firm understanding for the three

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mysteries if one wants to understand the human being at all.
and a new birth, but in order to be able to understand what is
the outset in order to prepare ourselves for a complete understanding
able to see this. Let us assume that a man stands before us. In this
lecture, you will understand that those people who are able to see into
occurs, which stands before you with all its details like a great
earth life, but this tableau of recollection stands there all at once

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energy if we would understand our place as man within
would argue a very poor understanding of the future if we
expression in the spoken word stands far apart from truth and
hard to understand as to be incomprehensible, and I have had to
and we can really only understand what has entered its
only a half-truth from the standpoint of our modern
kingdoms of Hierarchies which stand above us. I want to
other men in the consciousness that when a fellow-man stands
“So difficult to understand,” people comment on all
this! They must take the trouble to understand it, however,
standing before us, but as souls which have come over from
bring genuine social transformation. The best understanding of

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standpoint as the first and second post-Atlantean epochs.
proved that old age no longer understands its own youth,”
we stand at the beginning of the greatest conflicts, the
the impulse towards fatalism at some time, but we stand to-day
of pre-natal life, remaining young notwithstanding white hair
to understand what is meant by the spiritual world. But the
learn to take our stand within the whole civilized world, and
only be achieved from a spiritual standpoint, by penetrating
death”; he will not understand. He has been made wholly
unaccustomed to direct his understanding to such a
disentangle them again. To understand that these three strata
— unless we can understand these things from their

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shall get the best understanding of my subject to-day by
of the Beings of the three higher Hierarchies standing nearest
power. It is in this sense that we must understand the feeling
that time. It was natural for this instinctive understanding to
understanding of the Event of Golgotha which existed in the
that the understanding of what really happened on Golgotha
Here, too, we stand at a turning-point. A new understanding of
sensible. The new understanding of Christ must arise from
understanding of Christ Jesus. Nor will
understanding be complete, really satisfying the needs of
how they long to understand reality by means of abstractions.
nations, torn asunder by hatred and misunderstanding, can only
way. Until men realize the duty of this understanding there
standpoint of natural science, we should have to say that the
understanding of what is included in our idea of the Threefold
world, but the real, fundamental understanding which will lead
understand things deeply enough. All that is connected , with
and fire, so that the necessary understanding may be given to
the right; comprehension from the standpoint of spiritual
understanding for our time. So it is that as we pass through
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Title: Problems of Our Time: Main Features of the Social Question and the Threefold Order of the Social Organism
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understand their times by adopting a wholly new conception of
life. Opposed to these circles stands the great mass of the
latter. We do not even understand adequately what is the demand
proletariat. We may understand the form of the words when they
produced by the leading classes, did not understand them, and
We stand before the whole sweep of the spiritual life
understand him. As it fell to me to give the preliminary course
merely enquire what standard shall be set in the socialized
who stand within the economic life must act whether within or
basis, when one adult human being stands over against his
must stand on its four legs? Or is a horse a unity only if it
stands on one leg? Just as little can one expect that the
the hypnotism of this idea and can understand the necessity for

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