Selections from various volumes in The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner

Contemporaryinterest in the meditative schooling of mindfulness is usually associated withEastern traditions. Rudolf Steiner spoke of the same phenomenon, although heused the terms "attentiveness" and "dedication"--or, combining these two, "pure perception." This way of mindfulness and reverence is not in conflict withspiritual paths founded on thinking or pure thought. However, as the texts inthis anthology indicate, methods based exclusively on thinking cannot be successful if they are not supported by perception, feeling and will.

Incounterbalance to today's increasing intellectualization, the meditativeexercises featured here connect with the perceptive activity of the humanbeing's sensory organs. They could also be understood as exercises fordeveloping empathy, helping to make our relationship with the world around usmore conscious and intense.

Rudolf Steiner's texts aresensitively edited and arranged by Andreas Neider, whose introduction and notesadd further clarity to the theme.