How to Cure Nervousness E-Book

Rudolf Steiner

• Herausgeber: Rudolf Steiner Press
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Seitenzahl: 28

Beschreibung

"It is not always right to send someone to the chemist for some medicine when he's ill. Instead we should organize our lives in a way that renders us less susceptible to illness, or alleviates its impact. Disorders will impinge on us less severely if we strengthen the ego's influence on the astral body, the astral body's influence on the etheric and the etheric on the physical."Nervousness, anxiety and agitation are all common symptoms of our increasingly stressed and pressured society. They manifest in the everyday form that many people experience, or sometimes as serious mental or psychological disorders. In this classic lecture, Rudolf Steiner offers practical advice and spiritual insight for those who wish to heal these proliferating ailments of modern life. He describes simple exercises that strengthen the inner self, with the goal of achieving the calm and centredness necessary to lead a purposeful and healthy life.

Leseprobe

About the Author

RUDOLF STEINER (1861–1925) called his spiritual philosophy ‘anthroposophy’, meaning ‘wisdom of the human being’. As a highly developed seer, he based his work on direct knowledge and perception of spiritual dimensions. He initiated a modern and universal ‘science of spirit’, accessible to anyone willing to exercise clear and unprejudiced thinking.

From his spiritual investigations Steiner provided suggestions for the renewal of many activities, including education (both general and special), agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, philosophy, religion and the arts. Today there are thousands of schools, clinics, farms and other organizations involved in practical work based on his principles. His many published works feature his research into the spiritual nature of the human being, the evolution of the world and humanity, and methods of personal development. Steiner wrote some 30 books and delivered over 6000 lectures across Europe. In 1924 he founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world.

HOW TO CURENERVOUSNESS

RUDOLF STEINER

Sophia Books

Sophia BooksAn imprint of Rudolf Steiner PressHillside House, The SquareForest Row, RH18 5ES

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Published by Rudolf Steiner Press 2012

First published in a translation by R.M. Querido and G. Church by Anthroposophic Press in 1978

This translation revised by Matthew Barton© Rudolf Steiner Press 2008

Originally published in German as part of the volume entitled Erfahungen des Übersinnlichen, Die drei Wege der Seele zu Christus (volume 143 in the Rudolf Steiner Gesamtausgabe or Collected Works) by Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach. This authorized translation is published by permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach

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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978 1 85584 289 2

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Contents

HOW TO CURE NERVOUSNESS

Notes

Further Reading

Publisher’s Note on Rudolf Steiner’s Lectures

Today let us try to enlarge the picture we are already familiar with. Some of you may find what I have to say useful, since it leads to a more precise idea of the nature of the human being and his relationship with the world.

Anthroposophists1 often encounter objections to spiritual science. Both academics and lay people criticize the fourfold division of the human being into physical body, etheric body, astral body and ego or ‘I’.2 These sceptics often say that even if some people may perceive these things by developing hidden soul forces, others—who do not—have no need to concern themselves with such ideas. But let me stress that if one is attentive to life, it will itself confirm what spiritual science has to say. Furthermore, the teachings of anthroposophy can prove extremely useful in everyday life. This usefulness, not of a merely utilitarian kind, but usefulness in the finest sense, gradually but convincingly comes to inform the outlook even of people who do not particularly desire to engage with clairvoyant perception.

Now let’s consider nervousness, a common and widespread complaint with all sorts of symptoms. It hardly seems surprising to hear that we are all affected by it in some way, as is readily understood if we consider the contemporary social conditions which exacerbate it.