Knowledge Of The Higher Worlds And Its Attainment: On Consciousness, Dream Life and Initiation

By: Rudolf Steiner

The quintessential guide for the spiritual seeker from the deeply gifted mystic. "In human life joy is usually something one has not deserved through previous actions. When we investigate karma by occult means, we always discover that in most cases joy has not been earned, and we should accept it gratefully as sent to us by the gods, as a gift of the gods, and to say to ourselves: The joy which comes to meet us today ought to kindle in us the will to work in such a way as to take into ourselves the forces streaming to us through this joy, and to apply these usefully. We must look upon joy as a sort of prepayment on account for the future." "Love starts when we push aside our ego and make room for someone else." "If we do not believe within ourselves this deeply rooted feeling that there is something higher than ourselves, we shall never find the strength to evolve into something higher." "May my soul bloom in love for all existence." "You will not be good teachers if you focus only on what you do and not upon who you are." PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF MAY 1918 PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION I. HOW IS KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIGHER WORLDS ATTAINED? II. THE STAGES OF INITIATION III. SOME PRACTICAL ASPECTS IV. THE CONDITIONS OF ESOTERIC TRAINING V. SOME RESULTS OF INITIATION VI. THE TRANSFORMATION OF DREAM LIFE VII. THE CONTINUITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS VIII. THE SPLITTING OF THE HUMAN PERSONALITY DURING SPIRITUAL TRAINING IX. THE GUARDIAN OF THE THRESHOLD X. LIFE AND DEATH: THE GREATER GUARDIAN OF THE THRESHOLD APPENDIX

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532910045
• ISBN13: 9781532910043
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"