Grail Knight

[Gigi Young @mysticinthemoon]

The tendency toward criticism is one of the most characteristic traits of our age. It is so highly developed that it is taken for granted that a person naturally possesses critical inclinations. Indeed, people are proud of this and believe that it shows great independence and inner freedom. In the soul, however, such a tendency toward criticism works as a strong negative force — a force that deprives the soul of its connection with that world to which it truly belongs.

Only by entering upon the spiritual path of training referred to here can a person come to recognize how vitally necessary it is to combat this tendency toward criticism and to make room for an ever-growing feeling of reverence and admiration for all that is true, beautiful, and good.

From what has been said above, one might perhaps assume that a mood should be cultivated in which all power of discernment is lost. The opposite is true. Whoever constantly carries a negative disposition in their soul and judges all phenomena and events from that standpoint will, in the long run, become completely blind to a large part of reality. On the other hand, one who practices connecting inwardly with whatever can awaken admiration and reverence within them runs no risk of losing sight of this greater portion of reality through a negative attitude. Such a person will come to see all that is true, beautiful, and good in its right proportion to what is false, ugly, and evil. Yet this discernment will not arise from mood or emotion; rather, their criticism will flow from a wholly positive orientation of soul.

Source (Dutch): F.W. Zeylmans van Emmichoven – Biography Rudolf Steiner (Second edition 1960)
(From Rudolf Steiner Facebook Post by Ridzerd van Dijk)

[Visio Smaragdina @SmaragdinaVisio]

"The Virgin Sophia... entered into the holy Mary, and did not depart from her, but became her true soul and spirit, and transformed her in the power of the divine body into the heavenly figure"

JACOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
Art: El Greco, Pentecost, 1597

[Art or Other Things @ArtorOtherThing]

Viktor Vasnetsov - "Ivan Tsarevich riding the Gray Wolf" (1889)

[Solas @solas_na_greine]

Carl Jung ~ Illumination from the Red Book 1913-30

[Grail Knight @GraelKnight]

@Fynnderella1 It's possible, anyways I love your work @Fynnderella1 all the best to you

[Grail Knight @GraelKnight]

@Fynnderella1 I see. I am doubting if any of that actually happened. Based on his extensive and well documented lies.

[Grail Knight @GraelKnight]

@Fynnderella1 Maybe not. What makes you think he isn't?

[Curious Rabbit @curiousrabbit66]

“The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) argued that releasing the data would lead to the “distress or anger” of bereaved relatives if a link were to be discovered.”

“Public health officials also argued that publishing the data risked damaging the well-being and mental health of the families and friends of people who died.”

They’ve basically admitted it.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.

If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.

If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.

If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.

[Philippe Lheureux @Philheur]

With Christ, something altogether different enters: reality becomes individual, no longer tied to outer rules or stereotypes. This is frightening for many, for individualization brings risk. Lawfulness may be lost from view, and extremes or aberrations appear.

The balance comes again through Christ. The true “I,” when found, maintains mobility—it shapes itself in the tension between individuality and the lawful order of the world.

Otherwise, two dangers arise: either the form-preserving principle of the world’s lawfulness is rejected, or whatever arises inwardly is taken as the “I” merely because it comes from “inside.” Yet the inner world is populated with many beings, each attempting to imprint themselves, often leading the human away from the true Archetype.

[Five Times August @FiveTimesAugust]

“I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.” ― William Blake

[Manly Hall Society @manlyhall33]

“Space is a very small mystery in comparison to the mystery of consciousness.”

~Manly P. Hall

[Solas @solas_na_greine]

Angel Swirling a Thurible, stained glass by Charles Eamer Kempe (1837 – 1907), England

[R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts]

🚨#BREAKING: According to Forbes bots now make up over 50% of all global internet traffic.

[Greg Reese @gregreese]

ICE will never be able to ‘Make America Great Again’ without digital IDs and local ID checkpoints.