Social optimism can of course not be without boundaries. There has to be the same good intention in the partners in friendship. One cannot be friends on one side only. Still, the power of beginning over and over again has its own effect that is not confined to the one side. True miracles happen when I see the I in the other ... read more...
What substance is the material for the social art? The architect uses physical laws to create buildings of stone, wood or whatever. The sculptor has as his substance materials like marble or wood and must know how to form them with the forces of forming. The painter has as a material the paint, but his substance are th... read more...
In the 20th century we experienced the awakening of the social feeling in the human being. 'Prior to that, it had certainly been there in individuals, but had never become a worldwide movement. It developed into communism and socialism. When I think back to the sixties - I was a schoolgirl then - I remember how my clas... read more...
Whenever we wish to be active, we must engage with our will. Whether this action comes about through a personal wish or through a command makes no difference for the nature of willing. When we talk about willing here, we mean becoming active. Willing is force in an even greater measure than feeling. The force of willing cond... read more...
When we then pass over to an observation of our inner, non-physical life, we must direct our perception not to our body but to our consciousness. We have already shown so- called inner experiences as perceptions of an outer world. If we therefore here speak of inner observation, we always mean the purely inner observation o... read more...