How much practical time do we usually devote to the general art of being human? This practical guide to the self-healing of consciousness--it is both a spiritual psychology and a contemporary manual of the inner life--begins by laying out very clearly the unhealthy, unfree nature of today's consciousness.

Methodical self-observation leads to discovering the key to the liberating consciousness from its habitual blind spots and automatisms: the realization of the universal primacy of cognition and the universal availability of its ground, the free attention.

Through attention, a...

Who are the star children? In recent years, much has been written about "gifted" children with special abilities, sometimes called "indigo children" or "crystal children." It is said that these children are coming to earth to help humanity in its development. Based on extensive research, Georg Kuhlewind confirms that this new generation has been incarnating among us for the past couple of decades. This event, he states, is one of the most important of our age.

Unlike many other contributors to this discussion, Kuhlewind gives us the necessary background to follow experientially what he...

What is the power that Jesus calls to awaken in us? What does it mean to be healthy and whole? How can we open ourselves so that the healing power can heal what is sick? How can we awaken this power in ourselves?

"Wilt thou be made whole?" is the question Jesus addressed to the paralyzed man who had waited in vain for years at the Pool of Bethesda. Not really answering, he replies that he has no one to carry him down when the angel stirs the waters. "Take up your bed and walk," Jesus tells him, and the man was made whole and walked.

What passed between them? What communion or...

Every spiritual practice, every exercise of consciousness, all meditation--indeed, every moment of true awareness--we do with the "gentle will," even if we are unaware of it initially and cannot fully activate it yet. In the course of practice, however, the gentle will begins to shine, and we gradually gain the ability to access it in our ordinary, daily activities, allowing our lives to become infinitely richer, meaningful, and creative.

The gentle will is relaxed, receptive, expressive, creative, soft, light, and playful. It is not rigid or cramped. We use the gentle will in artistic...

Kniha zkoumá v evangeliích popisovaná uzdravení nemocných a posedlých z pohledu anthroposofie. Autor přistupuje k biblickým příběhům uzdravení jako k symbolickým obrazům, které mají hluboký duchovní a psychosomatický význam. Přináší podněty k meditacím nad jednotlivými uzdraveními, které čtenáři umožní hlouběji proniknout do zkoumané látky a ponořit se do uzdravujících sil Kristových.