Rudolf Steiner's Vision for the Future - Anthroposophical Society in ...

development and truth as being all about emotional
experience. Dyson made the link between the willful drive
to reunite soul and substance with Bion’s epistemological
theory of thinking. This theory rests on a claim that thinking
must find the will to be free of memory and desire. In
this formulation Dyson pointed out how human karma
lives in the memory and desire for developing through
relationship. A radical new psychology must therefore
advocate for a deeper understanding of how human
relationships can be freed from repetitive self-indulgent
egoistic patterns so that they may serve the development,
each of the other. Dr. Dyson ended his talk with a verse
found in one of Rudolf Steiner’s notebooks, entitled In
Times To Come:
In times to come
Human beings will have to exist
The one for the other
And not the one through the other
Thus is reached the world's ultimate aim
That each one is with themselves
And each would give to the other what none would
demand.
Movement VI
Robert Sardello delivered a mighty, breathtaking
imagination of key aspects of Holy Wisdom in the most
humble and intimate manner. He spoke of the source of
Holy Wisdom as a realm of Light elevated beyond the
conceptual realm of spiritual hierarchies. This gnostic view
of Sophia in her majesty evoked a deep sense of wonder
and awe. Sardello then masterfully described a descent of
Holy Wisdom into Mother Mary. By penetrating the
significant stages in the life of Mother Mary – Annunciation,
Immaculate Conception, Pentecost and Assumption,
he was able to highlight soul processes and soul capacities
which are essential for every human being to be aware of
and to practice. To find peace in surrender to the Divine
in our life, to give birth to the miracles of our becoming,
to articulate the truths that liberate and inspire, and to
overcome the gravity and weight of the body and its
ultimate end – death – these were accounted as four stages
on the path of spiritual development by Sardello. His own
William Bento, James Dyson, Dennis Klocek, and Robert Sardello.
heart-centered delivery of these processes was as moving as
the insights he shared.
Sardello concluded with a third level of the descent of
Holy Wisdom by referring to the mysteries of the Black
Madonna. In this segment of his talk he illuminated the
common gesture of the Black Madonna images throughout
the ages, i.e., mother holding son in the space of her heart
and he gazing into the future with the courage to bear all
that is to come. Robert stated the vital task streaming out
of a psychosophy is to be able to carry the suffering of the
Soul of the World and to find the strength to transform it
into the Anthroposophia — the wisdom of becoming fully
human.
Movement VII
Dennis Klocek gave repeated demonstrations of the
threefold dynamic of the triune brain (brain stem, limbic
and neo-cortex). This is vital for understanding the
dysfunctions found in the autistic spectrum, and he
emphasized that an anthroposophical approach to psychology
must stay abreast of the most recent developments in
neuroscience. Reviewing the neuroscience of the brain and
its capacity to shed light on the autistic spectrum, Dennis
moved to a pithy and serious analysis of how our contemporary
culture is creating demons through its unbridled
proliferation of technological stimulation. He referred to
Steiner’s warnings that in future, which is now, the human
being will be attacked by his own creations. Dennis
addressed the deeper significance of creation as a matter
not of utility but of nobility and beauty. He then moved
from a diagnostic frame of reference to seeking for the
solutions and antidotes to the problem: an ever-widening
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