For the Michael Age

A Message from Rudolf Steiner

We must eradicate from the soul all fear and terror of what comes towards Man, out of the future. We must acquire serenity in all feelings and sensations about the future. We must look forward with absolute equanimity to everything that may come. And we must think only that whatever comes is given to us by a world-directive full of wisdom. It is part of what we must learn in this age, namely, to live out of pure trust, without any security in e istence - trust in the ever-present help of the spiritual world. !ruly, nothing else will do if our courage is not to fail us. And let us seek the awakening from within ourselves, every morning and every evening.

e: FW: (a 9-11 reminder...) For the Michael Age

barrylia Mon, "# $ct "%%" ""&'(&%) -%#%% *ot to diminish the value of these words, but +ust to set the record straight, I merely point out that--similar to the popular ,-enius has boldness, verse attributed to -oethe--this verse has origins in .teiner/s work, but is not actually directly from his pen or mouth as such. 0or those who are interested, I/ll paste below e erpts from three emails that appeared on the anthroposscience list this time last year that spelled this out. $n Mon, "# $ct "%%" %1&22&3' -%2%% 4ane .herry 567MAI8 9:$!7;!7<=> writes& > > .ub+ect& a 1-33 reminder... > > 0or the Michael Age > > We must eradicate from the soul > All fear and terror of what comes towards Man > $ut of the future > And we must acquire serenity > In all feelings and sensations about the future > We must look forward > With absolute equanimity to everything that may come

> And we must think only that whatever comes > Is given to us by a world directive full of wisdom > It is part of what we must learn in this age, > *amely to live out of pure trust > Without any security in e istence. > !rust in that ever present help of the spiritual world. > !ruly, nothing else will do > If our courage is not to fail us. > And we must seek this awakening within $urselves > 7very morning and every evening. > > :udolph .teiner, from a lecture given in 313% > ------ 7nd of 0orwarded Message 6first e erpt= !his ,trust meditation, is one of several translations of several versions that are in circulation. !he editors at the :udolf .teiner Archive, however, have pointed out that none of these versions were ever given as such by :udolf .teiner. !hey were created by unknown persons by patching together and modifying various passages from .teiner/s lectures ?or possibly from elsewhere@. !he first si lines in the above version, for e ample, are an abbreviated passage from .teiner/s lecture ,;ognition and Immortality, ?Aremen, *ov. "(, 313%@, which has been published only in the Archive newsletter ?Aeitrge Bur :udolf .teiner -esamtausgabe, C1#, p. 3%@. !he remaining lines come from the end of 7manuel Deylmans/ biography of his father, ,Willem Deylmans van 7mmichoven. 7in 9ionier der Anthroposophie, ?Arlesheim 31(1, p. E2#@. !he son relates that at his father/s death he found a slip of paper in his father/s wallet with these lines, which supposedly came from :udolf .teiner. Although this is entirely possible ?Willem was a friend of .teiner/s and became the -eneral .ecretary of the <utch Anthroposophical .ociety@, the editors at the :udolf .teiner Archive have not been able to independently verify the source of these words. !he foregoing facts do not necessarily affect the truth of the whole ,verse,, but readers should be aware that it was not given as such by :udolf .teiner and that it therefore probably does not have the occult power inherent in .teiner/s other meditative verses. 6e erpt two= I think the reference everyone is looking for is "(th *ovember 3131. Where .teiner said. ,....0irst, however, everything that remains of the old will have to be reduced to nothingness. !he clouds will have to gather round the human being, and he will have to find his freedom - find his own power, his own strength out of this nothingness. $uter material need will change into soul need, and out of this deep need of the soul will vision be born.

We must tear up by the roots every trace of fear and shrinking in face of what the future threatens to bring to human beings. All our feeling about the future must be permeated with calm and confidence. Absolute equanimity in face of whatever the future may bring - that is what man has to acquire, knowing as he does that everything that happens, happens under an all-wise cosmic guidance. $ur part is to do what is right in each moment as it comes - and to leave the rest to the future, !hat indeed is the lesson we have to learn in our time, to base our lives on simple trust. without any security of e istence, to have trust in the ever-present help of the spiritual world. !hat is the only way for us if our courage is not to fail. 8et us then set to work to discipline our will....., ?based on a translation by Mary Adams@ 6e erpt three= .teiner did not say this on *ov. "(, 3131F this is another amalgam of out of conte t passages. In this amalgam the first paragraph is e tracted from the end of .teiner/s lecture of $ct. E%, 31"% ?-A "%%, p. 3"%@, which is published in 7nglish as lecture ) of ,!he *ew .pirituality,. !he second paragraph is a different translation of the first paragraph of the ,trust meditation, that I commented on earlier ?the date is *ov. "(, 313%, not 3131@. I don/t know where the first sentence of the third paragraph comes from. !he remainder of the last paragraph is a different ?and incomplete@ translation of the material from 7mmichoven.

Prayers for Difficult imes! A "mall #ollection

by ;ynthia Gindes #om$osure We must root out of the soul all fear and horror of that which is approaching mankind from the future. Gow fearful and an ious man makes himself today before that which lies in the future, and especially before the hour of deathH Man must make his own a calm composure in connection with all feelings and sensations directed toward the future, behold with absolute equanimity everything that may come, and think only that no matter what comes, it comes to us out of the wisdom-filled guidance of the world. !his must be placed ever and again before the soul. :udolf .teiner, *ov. "(, 313% ?AeitrIge C1#, 31#(, 9. "3@

Prayer of "t. Francis 8ord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow loveF where there is in+ury, pardonF where there is discord, unionF where there is doubt, faithF where there is despair, hopeF where there is darkness, lightF where there is sadness, +oy. -rant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to consoleF to be understood as to understandF to be loved as to love. 0or it is in giving that we receiveF it is in pardoning that we are pardonedF and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

For he Many Who %a&e Died !he -ood .hepherd lead them Where they are transformed !hat they may breathe !he air of eternal Aeing. Where they work as soul 0or worlds to come !he grace of the .pirit Jnite us with them. adapted from Adam AittlestonK KAdam Aittleston, Meditative 9rayers for !oday, 0loris Aooks

For the 'll Gearts which love, .un which warms, Lou footprints of ;hrist In the 0atherMs Jniverse, We call to you from our own hearts, We search for you in our own spirits& $ stream toward himH 6them= :ays from human hearts, 8onging, warm with devotion Lou homes of ;hrist In the 0atherMs house of earth. We call to you from our own hearts,

We search for you in our own spirits& $ live with himH 6them= :adiant human love Warming sunshine. Lou soul garment of ;hrist in the 0atherMs human temple. We call to you from our own hearts We search for you in our own spirits& $ help within himH6them= -iven by :udolf .teiner for one severely ill.

For our #ountry $ ;hrist, you know !he souls and spirits Whose deeds have woven !his countryMs destiny. May we who today Are bearers of this destiny 0ind the strength and the light $f your servant Michael. And our hearts be warmed Ay your blessing, $ ;hrist, !hat our deeds may serve Lour work of world healing. adapted from Adam Aittleston

"hort 'ntercession (for those (ho mourn) May the -ood .hepherd lead ?him, her, them@ Into peace of heart Into hopeful thinking, Into patient strength of willF Gealth of body, Garmony of soul, ;larity of spirit, *ow, and in the time to come. Adam Aittleston