Comments on: The Festival of the Human Being http://waldorfmom.wordpress.com Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:57:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ST. JOHN’S TIDE « http://waldorfmom.wordpress.com/festivals/the-festival-of-the-human-being/#comment-73 ST. JOHN’S TIDE « Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:22:56 +0000 http://waldorfmom.wordpress.com/?page_id=63#comment-73 [...] marks the beginning of the festival of St. John. We can ask ourselves, “What does it mean to be truly human today and what must I change within [...] [...] marks the beginning of the festival of St. John. We can ask ourselves, “What does it mean to be truly human today and what must I change within [...]

]]> By: raphael lazo http://waldorfmom.wordpress.com/festivals/the-festival-of-the-human-being/#comment-46 raphael lazo Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:55:39 +0000 http://waldorfmom.wordpress.com/?page_id=63#comment-46 St. John's festival celebrates the the human being who stands at a threshold between an older consciousness (Biblically the era of prophets of which St. John was the last) and the new consciousness, a conscioussness imbued with the Holy Spirit within the human being. St.John the Bapitst had the unique mission to stand between both. And this he achieves by standing in the present. St. John was witness to the coming of the Holy Spirit and its entry into the human being, the human being that was Jesus of Nazareth. This the began the final journey of Jesus of Nazareth as now Jesus Christ, the Jesus who had the Holy Spirit dwelling within Him that He could see the Christ in Him. Through this experience, St. John experienced the real first step of humanity in the direction of its redemeption through the coming of the Holy Spirit. This event then repeats for the disciples during Whitsun where they are filled with the Holy Spirit. As such, their consciousness is renewed and brought to new light, to the light of the new, conscious human meeting. St. John's comes at the threshold of summer, when the soul-spirit of the earth readies itself for its journey to the spirit realm. Here is the time for man to meet the question of his wakefulness, of his consciousness. Will we let the Holy Spirit simply hover outside the human being or will we be able to take in the Holy Spirit into our being? This is the challenge to humanity from the spirit realm. In the summer, as our soul-spirit hovers just beyond us, the question is: how do we take it back in? By taking in the Holy Spirit to illuminate our consciousness, do we come to live in the present, in the epoch of consciousness? St. John said to prepare the ye the way for the Lord. He baptized people to bring the renewal of their lives. Now, his festival is a time to remember that the renewal of humanity comes by standing in the present, awake in our consciousness. St. John’s festival celebrates the the human being who stands at a threshold between an older consciousness (Biblically the era of prophets of which St. John was the last) and the new consciousness, a conscioussness imbued with the Holy Spirit within the human being. St.John the Bapitst had the unique mission to stand between both. And this he achieves by standing in the present. St. John was witness to the coming of the Holy Spirit and its entry into the human being, the human being that was Jesus of Nazareth. This the began the final journey of Jesus of Nazareth as now Jesus Christ, the Jesus who had the Holy Spirit dwelling within Him that He could see the Christ in Him. Through this experience, St. John experienced the real first step of humanity in the direction of its redemeption through the coming of the Holy Spirit. This event then repeats for the disciples during Whitsun where they are filled with the Holy Spirit. As such, their consciousness is renewed and brought to new light, to the light of the new, conscious human meeting.

St. John’s comes at the threshold of summer, when the soul-spirit of the earth readies itself for its journey to the spirit realm. Here is the time for man to meet the question of his wakefulness, of his consciousness. Will we let the Holy Spirit simply hover outside the human being or will we be able to take in the Holy Spirit into our being? This is the challenge to humanity from the spirit realm. In the summer, as our soul-spirit hovers just beyond us, the question is: how do we take it back in? By taking in the Holy Spirit to illuminate our consciousness, do we come to live in the present, in the epoch of consciousness? St. John said to prepare the ye the way for the Lord. He baptized people to bring the renewal of their lives. Now, his festival is a time to remember that the renewal of humanity comes by standing in the present, awake in our consciousness.

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