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# Addenda to “Spiritual Exercises I” GA 267

Morning:

Radiant ......

Self.

Inhale Hold your breath Exhale (1:3:2)

1.) Concentrate on your eyebrows *I am*  
2.) Concentration on the larynx *It thinks* (It = world thinking)  
3.) Concentration on the heart, arms, hands *She feels* (She = world soul)  
4.) Concentration on the solar plexus *He wills* (He = God)

Immersion in the divine ideal

During the day in rotation 6 supplementary exercises

Evening: Review of the day's life.—

Left foot, left leg: I stand firm in existence

Right foot, right leg: I cry out confidently on the path of life

ca. 1906

Evening:

Review. From evening to morning. 5 min.

Father

✝

Holy Spirit

Through the Father, all my life  
Through Him, all my being  
In the Son, all my striving  
In life and also in death  
Through the Spirit, all truth  
Of the heart and also of the mind  
Thus I receive light, love, life.  
(Peace of mind)

Morning:

Everything in me  
From the divine  
In Christ  
I sacrifice everything in me  
And also my life  
So I will awaken  
Now and in all the future  
In the spirit of the world.  
(Peace of mind)

Undatable

Morning:

The sun dawns,  
The stars fade away.  
The soul dawns,  
The dreams fade away,  
Day, take me in.  
Day, protect me  
In my changing earthly life.

Evening:

When the starry world  
My self into the realm of the spirit  
Sleeping, transported:

I draw soul power  
From the effective power of the world,  
To strive toward the spirit.

Undated


Evening:

As from a golden ground  
The bright cross  
With the bright roses  
So from the depths of the world  
Christ's essential light  
With the warm power of love  
Into me

In the morning:

Into me:  
With the warm power of love  
So from Christ's light of being  
And from the depths of the world  
Like the bright roses  
In the light cross  
On a golden background (flows)

Occult Science p. 306. 6 Qualities

Presumably for Mathilde Scholl  
1910 or later

Evening:

Imagination of the starry sky:  
In worlds wide, search devoutly  
Search hopefully, search courageously  
My soul, light, love, truth.  
(Peace of mind)

Morning:

Peace guide my life  
Calm fill my striving  
For light, love, truth.  
(Peace of mind)

For Johanna Hart-Nibbrig  
May 8, 1912

Morning verse

Toward the light  
May my soul turn,  
In the light  
May my soul live  
The world spirit's  
Pure power,  
Pure truth.

Evening verse

To spiritual heights  
My soul strives,  
On spiritual paths  
My soul seeks  
The warmth of love  
The power of light,  
The strength of will.

For Jean and Else Boldt April 1912

Morning:

Imagine the rising of the sun, accompanied by the roar of thunder:

And its rays also pour into my soul

Then:

In the beginning was the Word,  
That it might dwell in me.

Then:

In the realms of the spirit dwelt  
the true being of my soul.  
It withdrew into the earthly realm,  
Carry it powerfully  
Light from the realms of the spirit  
Steadily into the earthly realm!

Evening:

Spiritual light illuminates the vastness of the world,  
Spiritual light shines through human works,  
In the depths of my soul  
I want to look with anticipation,  
I want to feel there  
The vastness of the world's spiritual light —  
As my own creative power.  
(Peace of mind)

For Helene Johanna de Boer-Gerlach March 1913

In the evening after looking back:

Sunlight on the earthly place that carries me.  
Christ light in the soul being that lives in my heart.

In the morning:

Christ light in the soul being that lives in my heart.  
Sunlight on the earthly place that carries me.

Accompanied by the image of myself being illuminated by the sun.

For Mina Gerst  
March 1914

In the evening:

🕈

It stirs in the human heart  
Hidden thoughts of the day  
The will of God's world  
I now want to be still  
Completely still and silent in my thoughts  
Awaiting what within me  
God wants to speak.

In the morning:

Enlighten my thinking  
Warm my feelings  
Strengthen my will  
And soul and spirit  
Receive  
In the world's being, the divine being  
For effective ruling.

For Robert Oswin Sobeczko, ca. 1914

Evening: Review of the day's life.

To unite me  
The origin of the spirit and the soul  
I step back asleep  
Into the universe  
From which  
I  
was born.

In the morning:

From the universe  
I return  
To the familiar light of day  
To spread my soul  
Into the vastness of space  
And into the succession of time.

For Arnold Ith, ca. 1921


In the evening:

1.) Review. Pictorial, retrospective. 5-6 min.  
2.) Read 5-6 lines of theosophy and memorize them

🕈 p. 325

Meditation for 10 min.:

In the beginning was the Word  
And the Word was with God  
And God was the Word  
(peace of mind)

[p. 325: Refers to the Rosicrucian meditation in the 1920 edition of “An Outline of Esoteric Science”]

Morning:

1.) Recall the 5-6 lines

Then again

🕈

Meditation on:

And let the Word be in me  
And let my soul be with the Word  
And let my soul work from the Word  
(peace of mind)

For Otto Sepp  
1920 or later

🕈 black

The high spirit of the world  
which from this sign  
speaks to my soul  
Be understood by me  
Be taken into my inner being,  
That He may give me  
Light, love, life.

🕈 white

Pious and reverent  
Guide my soul the spiritual gaze  
Into the high worlds of the soul,  
Drawing strength and fortitude  
To find light, love, life.

Undatable

Evening:

Review

Imagine: Spread out before you is a green canvas that turns red, then yellow. Back to red. Green, red, yellow, red, green.

Meditate:

Divine willpower strengthens my soul.

Peace of mind

Morning:

Imagine: Walking up a mountain...  
At the top: a figure that you recognize as Christ.  
He says to my heart:

The power of my word strengthens your heart.

Peace of mind. Practice trust.

Throughout the day, the supplementary exercises

undatable

In the morning:

Imagine a chapel in which I am inside:


a.) Strength  
b.) Truth  
c.d.) Light

Through strength and through truth  
light comes to me And light  
permeates me.

Evening:

a.) Strength  
b.) Love  
c.d.) Warmth

Through strength and through love  
I receive warmth  
And warmth permeates me.

For Jacoba Elisabeth Vreede-Schill  
May 8, 1924

Evening:

Spread out in the vastness  
Weave in flowing beings  
Spiritual world being  
You, my soul  
Feel yourself strong and capable  
And through you  
The spiritual world being.

Morning:

Feel, soul  
Your wings  
Can you hold  
Their holy goodness  
Spiritual levitation  
You will find  
Spiritual world being.

Probably for Ernst Gimmi Undatable

Evening:

4-5 min.

Wise  
World will  
Penetrates  
Into your soul  
To become  
Loving thinking  
Thinking love.

(Peace of mind)

Morning:

4-5 min.

Thinking love  
Loving thinking  
Receive  
My soul  
Given by  
World will  
In wisdom fullness

(Peace of mind)

6 exercises: Concentration of thought, initiative of action, balance of pleasure and pain, positivity, impartiality, harmonization of the previous

For Karl Keller  
November 29, 1923

Evening: Star above my head:

Star of my life  
Guide the powers of my heart  
Fill the innermost part of my soul  
I surrender to your light  
I surrender to your power  
I follow your wisdom  
May my being be in you

Morning: Sun before me on the horizon: Sun speaks:

Follow my worldly path  
Follow into the fields of the spirit  
Where you will find  
The power of life  
The courage of the soul  
The light of the spirit  
The steadfastness of the self.

For Sophie Dostal  
April 3, 1924