TOWARD A ROSE CROSS MEDITATION – Part IV of IV
WHO AM I?
Review the preparatory steps from previous
posts.
“There is meaning in the fact that the symbolic picture has not
simply been put forward as a picture that has in itself an awakening power, but
that it was first build up by a sequence of thoughts concerning plant and man. .
. . The pupil should however not be recalling the preparatory steps while
engaged in the meditation, but have then merely the symbolic picture hovering
before him in spirit, quick with life - letting only the feelings that were
aroused by the preparatory chain of thought echo on within him. In this way
does the symbolic picture come to be a sign, appropriate to and accompanying
the inner experience.” – Rudolf Steiner
A
few additional points:
The cross, is crossing point from two
directions, and is a symbol of order in nature, the cosmos and man. A cross has
represented the compass, four parts of day, phases of the moon, seasons, kingdoms
of nature, stages of life and cardinal points of the zodiac in ancient cultures
around the world.
Black as a color arises with the
carbonization of plants. In Steiner’s color theory it is the most distant from
the spiritual.
Put all the preparation aside. Here is the
meditation as Steiner offers it:
WHY AM I
HERE?
“Imagine you see before you a
black cross. Let this black cross be for you a symbol for the baser elements
that have been cast out of man's impulses and passions; and at the point where
the beams of the cross meet, picture to yourself seven resplendent bright red
roses arranged in a circle. Let these roses symbolize for you a blood that is
the expression of passions and impulses that have undergone purification. Some such symbolic thought-picture shall the pupil of spiritual training call up before his soul, and he can do this in the way as was explained above for a memory-picture.
Devoting himself to it in deep, inner contemplation, he will find that the picture has power to call his soul awake. He must try to erase for the time being everything else from his mind. The symbol in question, and that alone, should now hover before him in spirit, as livingly as ever possible.” -- Rudolf Steiner
WHAT DO I
WANT?
“The efficacy of the experience depends upon how long the pupil is
able to continue in it. The longer he can do so, without allowing any other
idea to disturb the meditation, the greater its value for him. It is, however,
also good if, apart from time he devotes to the mediation as such, he will
frequently build up the picture all over again, letting the thoughts and feelings
rise up in him in the way we have described, that the mood of the experience
may not pale. The more ready the pupil is patiently to continue renewing the
picture in this way, the greater significance will it have for his soul.” –
Rudolf Steiner
The above
are from:
SOUTHERN
CROSS REVIEW
Also on the
subject:
ANTHROPOSOPHY
FOR PRISONERS
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