Commitment and openness
The General Anthroposophical Section explores our spirit-soul existence and provides foundations for our spiritual health.
Whether it is the First Class of the School of Spiritual Science, the Goetheanum Studies, meditative practice, for instance in the Worldwide Goetheanum Meditation Initiative, or biographical work – in all these ways of working it is the individual’s relationship with anthroposophy that constitutes the starting point for gaining knowledge and practical experience.
The General Anthroposophical Section looks back on a hundred years of experience with relating anthroposophical «knowledge» to contemporary questions. In this process, the timeless essence of what has become needs to be honoured while openness is required at the same time for what seeks to evolve and potentially newly emerge out of an unforeseeable future. This requires us to be aware and ready for transformation.
All of this can be found in the Goetheanum Studies, for instance, where presently 27 people from 16 countries come together, asking themselves, the Goetheanum and each other questions about the meaning of life – in an immediate, concrete and personal way. As lecturers we need to present anthroposophy – not in the traditional sense as learning content, but by studying and sharing views on topical texts, staying close to life.
The Class Holders Conference, too, was about confirming agreements that have emerged in the stream of developments in the First Class, whilst remaining open to individual searching and experiences of spiritual presence in the contents of the mantras. The theme of «reality as a confluence of essence and appearance» seemed more relevant than ever in the conversations!