Being Driven to the Spirit.

Introduction: In the beginning of Rudolph Steiner's book "Riddles of Philosophy," published in 1914, the author characterizes how the consciousness of the very early Greeks was an imaginative one and that as the Greek time progressed it changed into the three streams of philosophy, art, and religion. The author then  follows the development of  philosophy and philosophers right into his own time. However, in the penultimate chapter (the ultimate one is on the maturing of philosophy into anthroposophy), he ends quite surprisingly with the scientist Albert Einstein and the significance of relativity for the modern human being.

For all who have striven to grasp the significance of something of Einstein's special and general relativity and the radical change it has brought in different ways, especially for physics and rapidly changing human life, will find this brief summation quite magnificent!  Please read; you won't be disappointed.

"A new thought current has been stimulated through the transformation of fundamental physical concepts that has been attempted by Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955). The attempt is of significance also for the development of philosophy. Physics previously followed its given phenomena by thinking of them as being spread out in empty three dimensional space and in one dimensional time. Space and time were supposed to exist outside things and events. They were, so to speak, self-dependent, rigid quantities. For things, distances were measured in space. For events, duration was determined in time. Distance and duration belong, according to this conception, to space and time, not to things and events. This conception is opposed by the theory of relativity introduced by Einstein. For this theory, the distance between two things is something that belongs to those things themselves. As a thing has other properties it has also the property of being at a certain distance from a second thing. Besides these relations that are given by the nature of things there is no such thing as space. The assumption of space makes a geometry that is thought for this space, but this same geometry can be applied to the world of things. It arises in a mere thought world. Things have to obey the laws of this geometry. One can say that the events and situations of the world must follow the laws that are established before the observation of things. This geometry now is dethroned by the theory of relativity. What exists are only things and they stand in relations to one another that present themselves geometrically. Geometry thus becomes a part of physics, but then one can no longer maintain that their laws can be established before the observation of the things. No thing has any place in space but only distances relative to other things.

The same is assumed for time. No process takes place at a definite time; it happens in a time-distance relative to another event. In this way, temporal distances in the relation of things and spatial intervals become homogenous and flow together. Time becomes a fourth dimension that is of the same nature as the three dimensions of space. A process in a thing can be determined only as something that takes place in a temporal and spatial distance relative to other events. The motion of a thing becomes something that can be thought only in relation to other things.

It is now expected that only this conception will produce unobjectionable explanations of certain physical processes while such processes lead to contradictory thoughts if one assumes the existence of an independent space and independent time.

If one considers that for many thinkers a science of nature was previously considered to be something that can be mathematically demonstrated, one finds in the theory of relativity nothing less than an attempt to declare any real science of nature null and void. For just this was regarded as the scientific nature of mathematics that it could determine the laws of space and time without reference to the observation of nature. Contrary to this view, it is now maintained that the things and processes of nature themselves determine the relations of space and time. They are to supply the mathematical element. The only certain element is surrendered to the uncertainty of space and time observations.

According to this view, every thought of an essential reality that manifests its nature in existence is precluded. Everything is only in relation to something else.

Insofar as man considers himself within the world of natural things and events, he will find it impossible to escape the conclusions of this theory of relativity. But if he does not want to lose himself in mere relativities, in what may be called an impotence of his inner life, if he wants to experience his own entity, he must not seek what is “substantial in itself' in the realm of nature but in transcending nature, in the realm of the spirit. It will not be possible to evade the theory of relativity for the physical world, but precisely this fact will drive us to a knowledge of the spirit. What is significant about the theory of relativity is the fact that it proves the necessity of a science of the spirit that is to be sought in spiritual ways, independent of the observation of nature. That the theory of relativity forces us to think in this way constitutes its value within the development of world conception.

It will not be possible to evade the theory of relativity for the physical world, but precisely this fact will drive us to a knowledge of the spirit. What is significant about the theory of relativity is the fact that it proves the necessity of a science of the spirit that is to be sought in spiritual ways, independent of the observation of nature. That the theory of relativity forces us to think in this way constitutes its value within the development of world conception

It was the intention of this book to describe the development of what may be called philosophical activity in the proper sense of the word. The endeavor of such spirits as Richard Wagner, Leo Tolstoi and others had for this reason to be left unconsidered, significant as discussion of their contribution must appear when it is a question of following the currents that lead from philosophy into our general spiritual culture."

The Light of Being

(Maria to Johannes,

“Portal of Initiation,” Scene 11)

How can you truly experience

Your eternal spirit Being?

Only when the Light of the World

In you is Itself perceiving.

(Light for my path to Being must be

All that I’m taking from the world with me.)

8/3/11

A Temporary Change of Pace.

Introduction: Dear Readers, We much regret the absence of a posting last Saturday, but for this week, as a transition to  something larger in the future, we are offering a single verse recently written, for your reading pleasure. Any comments offered would be greatly appreciated.

The Child: A Growing, Individual Work of Art

Imagine a teaching faculty as an Art- Collective
All striving together in mind and heart
To help the growing child its nature to work on
So it becomes for each child his own work of art.

Some will help the child form a flexible mind,
Some will make sure color and form are there,
And others will bring modeling, music and verse
And gardens that are growing with loving care.

And with the arts of math and science integrated 

And reverence and wonder birthed artistically well,

The whole will one day be that work of art

In which the child's true being can in freedom dwell.

A dream you might say, but a beginning’s been made

And these faculties grow ever stronger in this Michael Age.

10/22/14

From Image to Reality (Part 2)

Introduction: Image, Revelation, and the New Jerusalem.

Here follows St. Paul's description of that Armor of God we need put on for our progression through the apocalyptic unfolding given to us and for us in the Book of Revelation:

11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

It is only when we are so armored, that we can with the Archangel Michael participate in the three great Revelation events so challenging to understand.  And yet, with the aid of anthroposophy, the new knowledge brought to us by the great spiritual achievements of Rudolf Steiner, we can now begin to achieve an understanding of these events, how they are related and how they relate to the Being Realization of the Image of Man.

 1: The Michael Battle in Heaven (Rev.12) begins with the woman, "clothed with the sun.... And she was with child and cried out in the labor and pain of giving birth."  and then continues, "see, a great fiery red dragon with seven heads and ten horns... stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so he could devour the child when it was born." But the Dragon is overthrown my Michael and his followers, and the Child "is caught up to God."

2: The Rider on the White Horse (Rev.19): "He is clad in a blood-sprinkled robe whose name is the Word of God. And the armies of heaven, clad in pure white linen follow him on white horses.... And on his robe and thigh is written: KING OF ALL KINGS, LORD OF ALL LORDS." And the two great Adversaries and all who follow them are then overthrown.

3: And I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth (Rev. 21)  and I saw also the holy city, the New Jerusalem, which "In its beauty of form it was like a bride adorned for marriage,"

All that follows right to the end of John's Revelation  reveals  great insights concerning the progression of how we, who in the Beginning were Man in the mere Image of God, can now freely bring about its Realization of Being that fulfills the Image, a Realization that profoundly relates us to the birth of the New Jerusalem.

Secure in the knowledge of the significance of the Great Turning Point of Time, we can commence  this great journey of Knowledge and Will with those activities which cannot but ensure that we come to the Marriage Feast in our pure White Garment.

The Literal Cannot Understand

(Revelation: 7:13-17)

Soiled were my garments

At the Paradise Time,

But I’m striving to clean them

With will I’ve made mine.

Who of the world can understand,

A world now literal grown,

How pure white I’m now making my garments

In the Blood on Golgotha sown?

11/13/07 

Update for the First 3000

Dear Readers, 
      Here again we post the world picture for the sources of those who in the last month or so have come to the blog. It is quite different than what was given before when we posted at the time of reaching 2,000 visitors. The United States is again number one with about the same number of visits as before, but Germany, so very prominent at that prior time, now shows hardly any interest at all, while the  Netherlands, also in large numbers then, has disappeared altogether. The United Kingdom, with so little presence before, now shows much increased activity. Have these numbers a story to tell? If they have, perhaps that story will be clearer when we come to post for the next thousand visitors. 
      Again, there will be a special posting on the blog to mark this visitor "milestone." It will be in two parts and can be viewed under the titles of "Man Made in the Image of God." (Part 1.) and "The Image of Man Made Reality." (Part 2.)

Man Made in the Image of God. (Part 1)

Introduction: From Wedding Garment to the Armor of God

Beginning as a created image, man in world evolution can awake to find himself in a process in which the opportunities are given him to realize himself as a creative, free, loving and Divine Being. The freedom to choose this future for himself has been made possible for him by Christ's Great Loving Deed on the Hill of Golgotha at the Turning Point of Time.

Today, in our New Age of Great Archangel Michael, we find him ready to lead us, if we so choose, to union with our higher self, to the King's Son, as given in the great Michaelmas Parable of the "Wedding Feast," which here follows:

1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

   As we in our purified white garments are brought into union with the King's Son, the Adversaries who know that the sublime offspring of this union will have birth in a New Heaven and Earth, a"Christmas Child" no less, they rage against that birth, for with it they know they will come to utter defeat of their  diabolic and satanic powers. And so the new bridegroom must put aside his pure wedding garment and replace it with the Armor of God and side by side with Michael he must engage in the Great Heavenly Battles that will determine the next stage of his Image being Realized as Divine Being, and with that ensure the birth of the "Christmas Child."

 And God's Armor? Let us hear of it as described so gloriously by St.Paul. (See next post.)

For Michaelmas 2014

Introduction: (An "Old" News Item): Pope Francis consecrates Vatican to St Michael Archangel

 In 2013, Pope Francis, joined by Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the Vatican to the protection of St Michael Archangel and St Joseph.
Following a brief ceremony in the Vatican gardens, the Holy Father addressed those present:
 "Michael struggles to restore divine justice and defends the People of God from his enemies, above all by the enemy par excellence, the devil. And St. Michael wins because in him, there is God who acts. In consecrating Vatican City State to St Michael the Archangel, I ask him to defend us from the evil one and banish him."

 In the light of the above news item can we go on to imagine for a moment the Goetheanum, the world center for anthroposophy, as being consecrated to the Archangel Michael?  Not only to protect it from evil, but as a radiating center from which comes the New Michael message of the Thinking Heart?  Then to this we can add the words given by Rudolf Steiner in the Last Address:

"May (my) words so speak to your soul that you receive the Michael Thought in the sense of what a faithful follower of Michael may feel when, clothed in the light rays of the Sun, Michael appears and points us to that which must now take place.

 For it must even be so that this Michael garment, this garment of Light, shall become the Words of the Worlds, which can transform the Logos of the Worlds into the Logos of Mankind."

Prepared By the Holy Spirit In the Christ’s Love-Presence I cannot be As long as I’m Nature’s creature, I must at first have made myself free  And in that Presence then be a potential co-creator. And for this free meeting Michael alone leads me where With the Spirit most Holy I can for it prepare. 8/30/14 Free and Realized in Heaven and on Earth I purpose myself, as only human beings can, With the goal of becoming free, And I purpose again what must follow that, Which is to realize that freedom of me. For my first purpose I find I must to heaven go, For the second free deeds on Earth I bestow. 9/3/14 The One to Be Found My higher self, the heavenly one,  Has sent me on a great mission To the Earth, where I am there to wake up And become the great Truth of the Earth condition. So to Earth I have come to experience illness and pain And lies and deceit and betrayal, And loss of others I love very much  And experience despair and the great urge for withdrawal, But I’ve stayed for it's here where I can only be Working toward Oneness  with the One who sent me. 8/7/14

When the Thinking Spirit Comes to Self-Knowledge To create an instrument for the Thinking Spirit Saturn and Sun came to be, And for the creation of the Thinking Spirit itself Moon and Earth had to serve quite perfectly.  The Thinker became conscious in the Moon-Garden Fall And self-conscious on Earth when dualism ruled all. And now in the present of this knowledge at the core, The spirit thinker who thinks this knows he’s the one it’s all for. 8/4/14 Nevermore to Die The I opens itself to the spirit, The living spirit that then enters in And this living spirit has the “I” for its sheath Which it then develops most strongly to win Itself as spirit self forming and living as “I,” Immortal, eternal, nevermore to die. 7/29/14 The Great and Glorious Countenance Smile if you will when enthusiastically I describe the great, glorious nature Of Lord Michael, the Freedom Lord, The Bridge-master of our Present's  true Future. For Michael is the one and only Countenance of The Christ, our Source of World-Working Free Love. 7/13/14

Striving Lifewards

Not Who I Am The barrier stood before me A reality surely impassable,  And I myself had to accept That I for it was responsible. Its appearance was of great depth, A multitude like stone, And on every block there was my name, Mine and mine alone. Some blocks were of passion, some of desire, Some of impulse out of control; Rendered visible to me the barrier was My very own state of soul. Beyond it lay my heart’s desire To be both loving and free, And nothing at all stood in my way Except the wall that was me. But hope now suffuses my despair As I strive to do what I can To take down the wall I know is me, But in truth is not who I am. 1/29/04 Some Easter Morn “What have you made of yourself this morn?” “A factory,” says I. “To bring forth goods for all mankind So that we shall not die.” “And what have you made of yourself this morn?” “A library,” says I. “To bring forth knowledge for all mankind So that we shall not die.” “And you, what have you made of yourself this morn?” “A chalice heart,” says I. “To hold the blood of selfless love So that we all may die - And be reborn Some Easter morn.” Fission and Fusion To find yourself in the infinite Fission and fusion must be The poles of everything you do On the road to becoming free. You fission the world then fusion bring By deeds both free and moral; Between these poles you ever strive To win the life immortal. 12/19/03 Forever Their trust grew in Him at the Wedding Feast When wine was drawn from water, But I who never drank there at all, I’ll  trust in Him forever. Then Judas betrayed and Peter denied And Thomas became the Doubter, But I who never knew Him at all,  I’ll believe in Him forever. Saul became Paul when he saw Him And became His glorious follower, But I who never saw Him at all, I’ll follow Him forever. Some say now they’ll trust, believe and follow When again He returns the Savior, But He won’t return, He must be sought And I shall seek Him forever. And when I  find Him then shall I be In freedom with Him Forever. 12/18/04

The New is Forever The Babe was a seed near perfection Of the world that had grown old, And it itself could but repeat The story already told. And as that seed developed Into leaf then glorious flower, Came the season for new seeds  To form with grown-old power. But into its blossom’s calyx Was born from the heavens above The seed of the old world’s fulfillment: The seed of Endless Love. And when into Earth it entered, We received of its Love and Light And the “Freedom in Love” new story We were all empowered to write. 12/28/04 Opaqueness Rightly Valued Imagine I had no perception Of the world of sense at all; Imagine that world in which I had Not yet experienced the Fall. And in that world, please imagine, I was rich as rich could be Participating all creation - But not self-consciously. And cared for was I  by divinities, In a state of splendor and grace, Enraptured in flowing relations - But with no inner reference place. And above that realm of relating Beings Was the great Archetype of me,  But I could not reflect Him at all, In my state of pure transparency. And so opaqueness was needed That Him I might know within, And for that mysteriously I had to submit To the deed of Original Sin. And that’s how I’ve come to know Him, But as shadow of his nature divine, And the reality of his true Being In transparency I’m striving to find. 12/30/04  For Light Prepared The task I freely gave myself Was to find the inner sun, But experience told me that it directly Could not be gazed upon. But help there was that I’d prepared For when I began my search I peered through my mental images: Sun glasses darkened by earth, Which later I didn’t need at all For then I had come to be At one with the sun and was shining into The darkness that helped me be free. 10/6/05 Purpose (Ephesans:3-11) God’s Purpose was in the Creation, Which I once thought made me unfree, But now it is as St. Paul has said: I am the Purpose of me. 12/14/05

Coming to the Other in Different Ways

And Consecrated, Too! If you were the left hand And I were the right,  I’d yearn for a master Who prayed every night. 12/23/06 Much in Little Christ created the Jesus Project, Then into Jesus He came And empowered him with His very own Being And gave him also His Name. “Follow me,” He then said, “To where I’m going. (Demonstrating ‘how’ for all to see). "That’s  if you will, of course,” He went on, “And want to come home to Trinity.”  2/1/07 On Awakening A man passed by a lovely rose And was scratched by it quite badly, And as the blood flowed forth from him He uttered words most angrily. The rose awoke from its sun-devotion, Its state of dreaming bliss, And said to herself, how could I so lovely Be responsible for anything such as this? (Waking to one’s nature can sometimes bring pain, But often it’s the only way self-knowledge to gain.) 9/27/07 Question and Answer “What is greater Than Love?” He asked. “He who loves,”  I replied and passed Into the realm Of the Moral Sun, Where Lover and Love Are always One. 12/5/07 Freedom To Love the Other Without the Other I couldn’t be Self-conscious of The I of me. My challenge now Is to endeavor To be I-conscious Without the Other. Unless achieved Dependency On the Other Keeps me unfree. Only in sleep And in Death is it gone, But with it then goes My I-consciousness won. I love this Other That’s awakened me, But that love can’t be perfect Until I’ve made myself free. 1/4/11 Bittersweet Life was bitter most every day Since from the Garden I was sent away. But He brought sweetness  To the marrow of me  Saying, "I shall forever abide in thee.”

Shamed into Fulfilment While I was selfing and being selfed Just the other day, Into my self, so very capacious, The natural world came to say That it was really dissatisfied And loudly it complained, And demanded to know when I would begin  That for which I had been ordained. There was much shame in this for me To be so by it chastised, And the Cosmic Intelligence - that now is mine - I immediately exercised. So now we’re becoming quite happy together As fulfilled am I while evolving world nature. 12/7/06   Seriousness I won’t be too serious about the Passing Show, Its appearance, its substance, its form, Its endless parading for my pleasure and pain And its state of being endlessly reborn; I’ll keep my seriousness for drawing out God Who’s spellbound in the parading I see, And serious too about drawing out His Son In the Passing Show of me. (This seriousness is, I think you will find, The true essential of a “Michael mind.” 4/10/07 In Purity Circling He was an old ocean steamship Covered with salt, smoke and grime, But filled with rich cargo and heading home After voyaging a very long  time. She was heading for the open sea  And her voyage had just begun. No cargo had she, but so graceful was she As she sailed to the rising sun. They met quite far from the harbor And each admired the other, And the innocent one and the experienced one Touched and then circled together. He  told her of all his adventures Which on land and sea he’d found And the love in the telling and listening In a timelessness both of them bound. But the old one woke first from that dreaming Time’s tide told him he must go, And as she still dreamed, full steam ahead He signalled his engines below. And as he broke free, he many tears shed  But no more than the one left behind, But that pure loving circling planted a seed For themselves and all of mankind. 5/19/07 To Gain Allegiance of His Power Before the Dragon All bowed are we Because of spirit lethargy. Unlethargized We would see The Dragon before us  On bended knee. The choice is ours, whether bowed we remain Or receive Dragon allegiance when True Self we attain. 12/11/09

Verses for and about Children (Waldorf Perspective.)

Introduction: I'm hoping that this small selection of verses from my teaching in Waldorf Schools will grow into a separate blog  that will offer verses and plays from the grades one through eight as taught by a class teacher.

(Second Grade and Fables) Stubborness Two goats met at a chasm Each on the different side, And each began to cross over on the tree trunk That bridged that chasm wide. Alas the trunk was narrow And no passing could there be, So stubbornly they butted each other until Both fell to die most miserably. (Second Grade and Fables) The Very Observant Fox Hungry was the Old King Lion For the taste of our friend fox. “Come dear fox and pay a visit,” Called he from his cave in the rocks. But friend fox he never rushed in To any place without great care; He now saw footprints that went into But none that came out from the lion’s lair. “Thank you for your most kind offer but I’ll not visit you today.” This the fox said then safely went home - What he’d observed saved his life that day. (Third Grade and Old Testament Studies.) The Paradise Song (Sung to “O’ Tannenbaum”)  There was a tree in Paradise  And on it grew an apple. The Lord commanded Adam be Obedient to his firm decree That he should not the apple taste Or out of Paradise must go. The serpent came and tempted Eve Who of that apple tasted; She then to Adam offered it And Adam of that apple bit And straitway out of Paradise Our God in Heaven sent them But not alone, for from his heart  There streamed forth great compassion  He sent the angel Michael To help mankind on Earth to dwell  Until the day He'd send his Son  Whose love would fulfil everyone. The Teacher: Child and Man I must now strive with right good will To do all that I can With the child that is before me And help him bring forth the man. And nearer perfection this will unfold If this striving teacher I am Can experience the child I once was myself Before conceptual life began. 10/26/05

(Fourth Grade includes helping the child experience at a deep level the theme of the following verse): The Importance of Parts A pack of cards that's missing one (Though fifty-one remain) Means all of those are not enough For playing every game. A jigsaw that is not whole, That has a missing part, Can't be completed, though hard you try Right from the very start. A minute is small part of a day But it in what you do Can make you feel so very sad Or happy the whole day through. And though I am myself a part And sometimes feel so small, My family, school, indeed the world Needs me to make it whole. (Fifth Grade and anticipating the move from imaginative life to conceptual life.) Imagine I swam in the water And O the fun! I shouted and splashed  Everyone! Then I had to leave And O the fright! Of leaving the water So warm and bright. I grieved on the bank But O the thrill! To see what I saw In the water now still. I saw the creation  Of God’s fifth day Silently move In their watery way. And then on the water O the surprise! Reflected am I To my wide-open eyes. I’m glad to be out now And able to see What while in the water Just couldn’t be. One day I’ll go back And O what fun When I share my adventures  With everyone! (Fourth Grade, the teaching of "Man and Animal,"  and the uniqueness of the human hands.) Hands Dear God I thank Thee for my home Of earthly flesh and upright bone And for its form which is divine Because its form is just like Thine. And thank you for the way my home Is striving just for me alone,  Except for hands that you made free,  That I might give as you gave me.

Verses for Rudolf Steiner and his Book "The Philosophy of Freedom."

Introduction: This is one of the four basic books of Anthroposophy. Among the many references Rudolf Steiner made to it was this one from 1906: "To catch hold of thinking in thinking, to finish rounding out the serpent of eternity -- this is the task of the fifth sub-race. To stimulate this in man -- that is the purpose of the book, "The Philosophy of Freedom."
Another blog connected to this book will be set up later.

The Author Straight he went to Eden’s door And he was welcomed in, A mighty yet humble traveler Now defeating the wages of sin. And past the old tree now withering To the Tree of Life he went, And gladly the branches bearing its fruit Down to the traveler bent. He plucked the fruit, and angel voices Sang the hymn of creation’s story And the traveler who was, on the Tree of Man Purest fruit of its own flowering glory, Who ate now the fruit, then bearing the core Straight out he went from Eden And planted the seeds in a book he wrote  Called “The Philosophy of Freedom.” 3/11/04 The Choir of the Few A large choir sang that  freedom’s illusion, But the  author knew they were wrong, And he took all the notes of the song they sang To create a better song. He played those notes with his thinking, And O the sweet harmony, That was created in singing his very new song In the choir of becoming free! 3/2/04  The Book Confirms The faithful thinker has the task Of ending duality By bringing the world that is without Within his own reality; To feel the world’s great waking To itself within his mind, Then sending forth a song of love And joy for all mankind. No fantasy is given here, But a truth confirmed by way Of the life of he who wrote the book We’re studying here today. 3/22/03

As Only You Can Just as the sun when rising at dawn Dispels all the darkness of night, Giving creation a new day of hope With its power, its love and its light, So from this scabbard book you hold, You can by your powerful will, From it draw forth thinking's sun-sword of light And the yearning of creation fulfill. 4/27/04 The Way to the Source His books and cycles shed true light On the myths and legends of old, On the bible, science and so very much more That enlighten as we strive to take hold. And the single lectures and articles Add to the gleaming stream That ever come bearing with his hope that we Will wake from our age-old dream, And make the world transformations Enthusiastically and following true In farming, education, religion and drama All these and more renew. And the sphere of this creative wholeness Like a gyroscope faithfully spins On the point of this book, which will lead you to The source where it all begins. 6/21/05 The Book In this new “bible” you will find A path to the heart with knowing mind, To an altar moment beyond recall, Reborn as One, revealed in All. 12/24/03 Follow the Angel The Angel to John on Patmos said, “Take you this book and eat.” Do you the same now with this book And Death in Life defeat. 2003