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Meditation is the foundation of any spiritual path of development. But the seer and teacher Rudolf Steiner advised that specific 'accompanying' or 'fundamental' spiritual exercises should always be carried out in conjunction with it. This is in order to protect against the dangers posed to normal
Florin Lowndes describes the fundamental exercises in thorough detail, giving suggestions as to how they can be carried out. He also relates an important and hidden aspect-that the exercises embody the means for developing and strengthening organic and 'living' thinking, which is intimately related to the enlivening of a new organ of perception the heart chakra or lotus. Lowndes casts new light on many aspects of this question, and offers encouragement and stimulus to those seeking a modern path of spiritual development.
Florin Lowndes was born in Romania in 1938 and had an international career in architectural art and design. In 1970 he emigrated to the United States, where he taught at college level in Steiner Waldorf schools. Slince 1971 he has been engaged in the study of anthroposophy, and has written many articles for journals on related questions. He co-authored The Human Life, and founded the Center for Heart-Thiniking in Boston. At present he leads training seminars in the United States and throughout Europe.
Contents
Preface
Part One: The chakras
1 The method
2 The traditional chakra teaching
3 Rudolf Steiner's chakra teaching
4 The heart chakra
5 The exercises for the heart chakra: 'Subsidiary' and basic exercises
Part Two: The six exercises
1 Structure
2 The first exercise: Control of thinking
3 The second exercise: Control of will
4 The third exercise: Control of feeling
5 The fourth exercise: The fulfilment of thinking in feeing
6 The fifth exercise: The fulfilment of thinking in the will
7 The sixth exercise: The fulfilment of thinking in thinking
8 The etheric streams
9 The exercise plan
Part Three: The heart exercise
1 Overview
2 The six positions
3 The six gestures
4 The heart exercise
Part Four: The new heart-thinking
1 Rudolf Steiner's heart-thinking
2 Rudolf Steiner's two paths of esotericism
3 Special aspects of spiritual schooling
Bridge building
Notes
Illustration of chakras
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consciousness by the practice of meditation itself. The 'accompanying exercises' offer protection by helping to develop inner certainity and strength. These qualities are achieved by concentration and intensifying the powers of thinking by developing the control of the will, by mastering the outer expressions of feeling, and so on.Florin Lowndes describes the fundamental exercises in thorough detail, giving suggestions as to how they can be carried out. He also relates an important and hidden aspect-that the exercises embody the means for developing and strengthening organic and 'living' thinking, which is intimately related to the enlivening of a new organ of perception the heart chakra or lotus. Lowndes casts new light on many aspects of this question, and offers encouragement and stimulus to those seeking a modern path of spiritual development.
Florin Lowndes was born in Romania in 1938 and had an international career in architectural art and design. In 1970 he emigrated to the United States, where he taught at college level in Steiner Waldorf schools. Slince 1971 he has been engaged in the study of anthroposophy, and has written many articles for journals on related questions. He co-authored The Human Life, and founded the Center for Heart-Thiniking in Boston. At present he leads training seminars in the United States and throughout Europe.
Contents
Preface
Part One: The chakras
1 The method
2 The traditional chakra teaching
3 Rudolf Steiner's chakra teaching
4 The heart chakra
5 The exercises for the heart chakra: 'Subsidiary' and basic exercises
Part Two: The six exercises
1 Structure
2 The first exercise: Control of thinking
3 The second exercise: Control of will
4 The third exercise: Control of feeling
5 The fourth exercise: The fulfilment of thinking in feeing
6 The fifth exercise: The fulfilment of thinking in the will
7 The sixth exercise: The fulfilment of thinking in thinking
8 The etheric streams
9 The exercise plan
Part Three: The heart exercise
1 Overview
2 The six positions
3 The six gestures
4 The heart exercise
Part Four: The new heart-thinking
1 Rudolf Steiner's heart-thinking
2 Rudolf Steiner's two paths of esotericism
3 Special aspects of spiritual schooling
Bridge building
Notes
Illustration of chakras
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ISBN
1855840537 / 9781855840539
Publication
Sophia Books Rudolf Steiner Press Hillside House, The Square Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES