tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255764266501716216.post892410551148038809..comments2024-03-26T08:30:05.306+11:00Comments on Christianity is Esoteric: Question on Pacifism- 10th November 2001Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255764266501716216.post-46930667103137805482017-07-31T07:53:15.006+10:002017-07-31T07:53:15.006+10:00"Many of you will certainly know that precise..."Many of you will certainly know that precisely in our present<br />materialistic age, this concept (love) is shoved into something else<br />and distorted, in that the materialism of our time forcibly places<br />the concept of love as close as possible to the concept of sexuality,<br />with which it has nothing to do!<br /><br />"This is a point where our present spiritual culture not only<br />departs from reason, but even departs from anything that is in some<br />way still allowable for healthy thinking. Here, through its<br />materialism, the development in our time not only comes into the un-<br />reasonable and the non-logical, but into the scandalous, when what we<br />can call "love" is so closely juxtaposed with the concept of<br />sexuality.<br /><br />"The fact that, under certain circumstances, in addition to the<br />love between man and woman, sexuality can enter in --- this fact does<br />not in itself give a justifiable foundation for bringing these<br />concepts as close together as possible --- on the one hand, the<br />comprehensiveness [inclusiveness] of love and empathy; and on the<br />other hand, the total specificness [exclusivity] of sexuality.<br /><br />"Logically, this is just as intelligent as, for example, putting<br />the concepts of the "locomotive" and "being run over" side by side as<br />two concepts that belong together, in the same way as today love and<br />sexuality [are believed to belong together]--- just because<br />occasionally, locomotives do run over people!!!<br /><br />"However, this close juxtaposition of the two concepts does not<br />stem from some sort of scientific pre-conception, but rather from the<br />nonsensical and utterly unwholesome way of thinking prevalent in our<br />time."<br />-Rudolf Steiner, Earthly Man and Cosmic Man" Berlin on May 14, 1912<br />Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407139577098233830noreply@blogger.com