The Spiritual Sun · Volume 2

Read in German · Volume contents About the school of life in the kingdom of the children [1] It is, of course, not the place where we should present the whole history of man's creation, neither all history from point to point up to the present, but we only look here at the way in…

Read in German · Volume contents Ninth hall – ninth commandment [1] We are already in the ninth hall and look again at our round table, on which is written: [2] You should not long for what is your neighbor's, neither for his house, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor his land, nor for…

Read in German · Volume contents The Twelfth commandment in the twelfth hall – Love unto the neighbor [1] Here we are in the midst of this great and splendid hall, again with a sun tablet, and written in the midst of it with red-lettered writing: "This is equal to the first, that you love…

Read in German · Volume contents The spirit as the creator of his own world [1] A good landscape painter and at the same time a great friend of beautiful country outings, comes home from a country party. He likes the area he saw on this trip so much that he wants to stay in…

Read in German · Volume contents Conditions for the attainment of the childhood of God [1] Behold, he raises his staff, which will say as much as: Listen to me with the most intense and deepest attention! After all, as you can see, and in yourselves easily notice, are all the people willing to listen…

Read in German · Volume contents Fifth floor – advanced level of development of the human spirit [1] We are above; how do you like it here? You say: Very well; but it is here from this fifth floor or from the sixth gallery already quite horribly high up! It is only good that every…

Read in German · Volume contents Twelfth floor – Higher development of the spirit [1] You ask and say here: "We are coming to the actual roof of this building, where you spoke of a large, free place. That would be all right, dear friend and brother. In this open space we would be on…

Read in German · Volume contents Instruction on the nature and origin of the earth in the kingdom of children [1] The new building stands in front of us and we enter. What do you see in this great hall? Obviously, you see nothing else but a raised globe, which does not differ from the…

Read in German · Volume contents What is false testimony? [1] But if we are able to disentangle this Gordian knot in a certain sense with one blow, let us immediately go into the discussion of the main concept of this eighth commandment. [2] We know that the Lord gave every spirit a free will,…

Read in German · Volume contents How to love God above all else [1] But in order to know and understand thoroughly how to love God beyond the law, one must know that the law in and of itself is nothing but the dry way to the true love of God. [2] He who begins…