My three cairn paintings were birthed from a deep desire to get grounded, feel centered, and balance my Self while the nation and the world seem thrown into chaos. This desire extends to all of you as well. I wish us all Unity, Balance, and Serenity- the titles of these three pieces.
We each have to find our own way to cope with what is going on. I wanted to compose poems to accompany each piece but the words wouldn’t come. That’s ok. Sometimes, when we are patient and allow, we are gifted something better than we imagined. Rudolf Steiner’s Foundation Stone Meditation is such a gift. It appeared in the Summer/Fall 2020 issue of “being human”, the Anthroposophical Society in America‘s inspiring magazine. Let me share this gift with you. See Steiner’s words as seeds, planting something beautiful in your heart and soul.
Foundation Stone Meditation
by Rudolf Steiner
“Human Soul!
You live within the limbs
Which bear you through the world of space
Into the spirits’ ocean-being:
Practice spirit-recalling
In depths of soul,
Where in the wielding
World-Creator-Being
Your own I
Comes into being
In the I of God;
And you will truly live
In human world-all being.
For the Father-Spirit of the heights holds sway
In depths of worlds begetting life.
Spirits of Strength:
Let ring forth from the heights
What in the depths is echoed,
Speaking:
Out of the Godhead we are born.
This is heard by the spirits of the elements
In east, west, north, south:
May human beings hear it!
Human Soul!
You live within the beat of heart and lung
Which leads you through the rhythms of time
Into the feeling of your own soul-being:
Practice spirit-sensing
In the balance of the soul,
Where the surging deeds
Of World-evolving
Unite your own I
With the I of the world;
And you will truly feel
In human soul’s creating.
For the Christ-will encircling us holds sway,
In world rhythms, bestowing grace upon souls.
Spirits of Light:
Let from the east be enkindled
What through the west takes on form,
Speaking:
In Christ death becomes life.
This is heard by the spirits of the elements
In east, west, north, south:
May human beings hear it!
Human Soul!
You live within the resting head
Which from the grounds of eternity
Unlocks for you world-thoughts:
Practice spirit-beholding
In stillness of thought,
Where the gods’ eternal aims
Bestow the light of cosmic being
On your own I
For free and active willing.
And you will truly think
In human spirit depths.
For the Spirits’ world-thoughts hold sway
In cosmic being, imploring light.
Spirits of Soul:
Let from the depths be entreated
What in the heights will be heard,
Speaking:
In the spirits’ cosmic thoughts the soul awakens.
This is heard by the spirits of the elements
In east, west, north, south:
May human beings hear it!
At the turning point of time
The Spirit-light of the world
Entered the stream of earth existence.
Darkness of night
Had ceased its reign;
Day-radiant light
Shown forth in human souls:
Light
That gives warmth
To simple shepherds’ hearts;
Light
That enlightens
The wise heads of kings.
Light divine,
Christ-Sun,
Warm our hearts;
Enlighten our heads;
That good may become
What from our hearts
We are founding,
What from our heads
We direct,
With focused will.”
May this meditation nourish you as it is nourishing me.
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Best wishes,
Susan