Today we are celebrating the 154th Birthday of Rudolf Steiner (February 27 1861)!
Rudolf Steiner disliked “commemorative and remembrance days”.
And yet he stressed the importance of Birthdays. Why? Because drawing near to the person in question on their birthday we come closer also to their angel and thus we get to understand their impulses and their personality better. We can align ourselves closer to them -or distance ourselves from them.
(I am surprised how often people remark that their birthdays were never observed in any way.)
He again and again expressed a desire to be understood not worshipped.
How often that in itself is misunderstood! Because understanding Anthroposophy is to Do Anthroposophy.
I would like to hear from the readers how they understand this.
To be better able to understand him here are some verses from his Mystery drama, The Soul’s Probation, Act 1:
My words don’t want to just convey
What they reveal when they are taken as mere sheaths of concepts;
They steer the Soul’s Powers
To the Realities of Spirit;
Their meaning is only fully comprehended
Wenn they loosen the Seeing in those Souls
Who give themselves to their Power.
They don’t result out of my research
But rather are entrusted to me by Spirits
Who have insights into the signs
By which world karma reveals itself.
To lead to the very origins of knowledge
Is purpose of these Words.
Let our activities on this day be a Birthday Gift to him.
Ross Rentea