small seeds
"All that will ultimately grow out of the seed is already secretly enfolded within it as the force of the whole plant.
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The real seed therefore contains something invisible.
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Hold firmly the thought: The invisible will become visible."
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Rudolf Steiner
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Below are some small seeds one can read and ponder.
A Conscious Thought?
Have you ever thought about thinking? Neuroscience calls this metacognition, or higher order cognitive processing, but is this really thinking about thinking?
Where does a thought come from? Modern neuroscience continues to develop a deeper understanding of the brain, looking at the anatomy, synapses, neurons and neurotransmitters, whilst they also look more deeply at the brain as the source of our thinking, but maybe they are looking in a wrong place.
The Latin word ‘cogito’ it means to ponder, to go over in one’s head, but to go over in one’s head doesn’t necessarily mean that is where the thought originated from. Modern science is still looking for consciousness or the origin of a thought in the human brain, but still with no success finding it.
Until one starts to consider that possibility that consciousness doesn’t ‘live’ in the brain, one will not get a true picture of the whole human being.
Allergic to Life
Why is it that it seems like so many people are allergic to modern life? One looks around and we are surrounded by physical illness, emotional illness and spiritual illness.
It is not uncommon to find many situation whereby one may find themselves to be overweight, managing chronic pain, taking multiple medications, in a challenging relationship, not sleeping, quick to anger, low energy levels, high stress and doing a job they don’t enjoy. This was my experience until I asked: Is this how I am supposed to experience life? Is this normal?
What if there was another way, another path, that by embracing your full humanity: body, soul and spirit one could begin to change these outcomes. Would you consider walking this path and making the necessary changes in order to live a life with meaning and purpose?
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To do this takes courage. The courage to let go of your past as you make these changes and you continue to evolve into what you are becoming.
