WHO AM I?
In everyday consciousness we mentally “picture”
or visualize many things. When you sew a pattern, and you are buying fabric,
you mentally picture the pattern, and the cloth, and imagine how the garment
will look when you are done. Or, if we
are repairing a piece of equipment, you mentally “picture” what you are doing
before you disassemble, replace parts or assemble.
Everyday visualizing opens the soul to
quite definite thoughts and intentions. Like standing at the plate during
softball – you watch the pitcher, visualize the pitch and how you may swing.
WHY AM I
HERE?
There are other thought activities – other KINDS
of visualizations – which open the soul to a “higher order” of seeing. According
to Rudolf Steiner (1871-1925) practicing visualization exercises like what is
described here awakens certain “hidden faculties within the human soul.”
One such exercise is called the Rose Cross
Meditation.
These exercises differ from everyday
visualizing because they do not visualize what can be outwardly seen. And, they
do not have an outward objective (such as hitting a pitch) but have an inner
objective.
These
exercises are about depicting something symbolic or emblematic. The objective
is to free the soul from the physical. Because there is no outer link, trying
exercises like these take some personal energy and commitment because, without
the outer “purpose”, well, “what’s the point?” The point is allowing your soul
to increase its energy and capacity inwardly because there is no outward object
or process upon which to rest.
WHAT DO I
WANT?
Remember a tree. Immerse your soul in the memory of the tree.
This tree is a memory of an image you once had and the memory was created by
sense perceptions of the outer world. Although this is based on what was once a
genuine experience, your tree memory is no longer actually seen. You are
visualizing a memory. This is a step toward being able to immerse your soul in something
now not, perhaps not ever, connected with the outer world. Being able to
immerse your soul with the symbolic or emblematic.
Your tree memory is not a symbolic
visualization, but we’re getting there. It is a way of freeing your soul from
the physical. You’re visualizing what can’t be actually visualized, but you are
allowing your soul to rest on the memory. By degrees you will move away from
memory to higher level of visualization.
Toward the Rose Cross Meditation.
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