Bruce Michael
Well-Known Member
Dear Friends,
The city of Petalamund (Petal Mount) appears in verses in Eschenbach's
"Parsifal". It has sixteen gates and is beseiged by a black (Blackamoor) army on eight of the gates and a white army on the other eight.
Here is a picture of the heart lotus blossom or chakram. Eight of the petals (those beseiged by the Moorish army) have been developed through Grace, the other eight require working on by the individual.
Here is a most practical way in the which Noble Eightfold Path has been incorporated into the Christian context.
Rudolf Steiner suggested these exercises for students who wished to enhance these qualities:
FOR THE DAYS OF THE WEEK
The pupil must pay careful attention to certain activities in the life of
soul which in the ordinary way are carried on carelessly and inattentively.
There are eight such activities.
It is naturally best to undertake only one exercise at a time, throughout a
week or a fortnight, for example, then the second, and so on, then
beginning over again. Meanwhile it is best for the eighth exercise to be
carried out every day. True self-knowledge is then gradually achieved
and any progress made is perceived. Then later on - beginning with
Saturday - one exercise lasting for about five minutes may perhaps be
added daily to the eighth so that the relevant exercise will occasionally
fall on the same day. Thus: Saturday - Thoughts; Sunday - Resolves;
Monday - Talking; Tuesday - Actions; Wednesday - Behaviour, and so
on.
More:
Planetary Qualities - 8-fold path
-Br.Bruce
The city of Petalamund (Petal Mount) appears in verses in Eschenbach's
"Parsifal". It has sixteen gates and is beseiged by a black (Blackamoor) army on eight of the gates and a white army on the other eight.
Here is a picture of the heart lotus blossom or chakram. Eight of the petals (those beseiged by the Moorish army) have been developed through Grace, the other eight require working on by the individual.
Here is a most practical way in the which Noble Eightfold Path has been incorporated into the Christian context.
Rudolf Steiner suggested these exercises for students who wished to enhance these qualities:
FOR THE DAYS OF THE WEEK
The pupil must pay careful attention to certain activities in the life of
soul which in the ordinary way are carried on carelessly and inattentively.
There are eight such activities.
It is naturally best to undertake only one exercise at a time, throughout a
week or a fortnight, for example, then the second, and so on, then
beginning over again. Meanwhile it is best for the eighth exercise to be
carried out every day. True self-knowledge is then gradually achieved
and any progress made is perceived. Then later on - beginning with
Saturday - one exercise lasting for about five minutes may perhaps be
added daily to the eighth so that the relevant exercise will occasionally
fall on the same day. Thus: Saturday - Thoughts; Sunday - Resolves;
Monday - Talking; Tuesday - Actions; Wednesday - Behaviour, and so
on.
More:
Planetary Qualities - 8-fold path
-Br.Bruce