Raising Consciousness, Part III

It's amazing what you can find surfing the internet, and where it leads you. This picture is on the Colorado Plateau, near a spot called the 4 corners, taken in a rare year when the elements come together in such a way that the desert becomes a carpet of purple flowers. It is a flowering, or bursting forth, but not just out of nowhere. In between, the rhythmn of the seasonal cycles works. This is a definition for "epiphany" which I like very much. That special moment occurs often only after long, hard, repetitious movement or work. (remember I promised to bring up repetition?) When the time is right, something miraculous can happen.
The same can happen in the different ages of man. What happened in between 1000 AD and 2000 AD? The Renaissance! A seemingly sudden flowering of literature, science, art, religion and politics. It involved social and political upheaval, and has been called the "bridge" between the modern and middle ages. Of course, it did not happen without a lot of hard work on the part of pioneers like Archimedes, Socrates, and so on.
What often happens, though, is that a person's work or genius is not fully recognized or appreciated until decades, if not centuries later. The common man simply is not ready, and cannot fathom it until a great deal of time has passed.

This year, 2012, I feel we are once again on the verge of the opportunity for a "renaissance", or flowering in similar areas: medicine, agriculture, religion, education, socio/political arenas. Perhaps it could be said that through the work of a great pioneer, 100 years ago, and the steady devotion to his work that has taken place over the past few decades. Perhaps Dr. Steiner's work, otherwise known as anthroposophy, could be called the "bridge" into the future. It's kind of like learning how to play a musical instrument: you have to practice scales and chords endlessly, until you can do them in your sleep. Only when you have become a "master" is there the possibility for you to make the leap to "maestro".

In Alfred Heidenreich's 1942 lecture, he acknowledged that his generation might not see the actualization of Steiner's work, certainly not to the extent that they had hoped. Today, 70 years later, thanks to all the hard work performed with sincere dedication, I think we can be more optimistic.

Raising consciousness is what our Living Gold Conference (or as I like to call it, our big fat Canadian Conference) this summer is all about. There will be workshops on numbers, comparative religions, spacial dynamics, music, singing, sculpture, economics, historical occurrences - even on humor! Do you know the phrase "live large"? It means take everything to the max, take everything in, stretch the boundaries, tear down the walls. Oh and yes, Vancouver Island also offers bungee jumping...

Go for the Gold!
Sparky