“When we enter fully into the meaning and the true significance of Life, we realise that it is no mere selfish yearning, but a deep-seated duty towards the Macrocosmic forces not to allow the buried treasure in our souls to be wasted. We come to realize that deep down in every human being there lives something which once upon a time the gods implanted in them out of their own substance. We come to feel: ‘The gods have sacrificed a piece of their own existence, they have as it were torn away a fragment of their own being, and have deposited it within human souls.’ As human beings we can do one of two things with this treasure, this divine heritage. We can out of a certain indolence say: ‘What do I want with knowledge? The gods will soon direct me to my goal of destiny!’ But they do not do so, for they have buried this treasure within us in order that we may bring it to the light of day out of our own freedom. Thus we can let this treasure go to waste. That is one of the courses which the soul can take. The alternative is that, recognising our highest duty towards the heavenly powers, we should say to ourselves: ‘We must raise up this treasure, we must lift it out of the hidden depths into our consciousness.’ What are we doing when we bring up this treasure out of the unconscious? We give it a different form from the one it had earlier in the body of the gods; but in a mysterious way we give it back again to the gods in the form which it has acquired through us. We are not to be cultivating in our knowledge any private selfish concern of our own, it is not about doing anything merely in the interests of our own egotism, we are simply carrying back into the Higher Worlds, in the changed form which it has acquired through us, the noble heritage which the gods have given us, so that they may share it with us. But if we neglect this treasure, if we allow it to deteriorate, then we are in a very real sense being egotistic, for then this treasure in our souls is irrevocably lost to the world-process - the whole of human evolution. We are allowing our divine heritage to go to waste, if we are reluctant to recognize its presence in us.” ~ Rudolf Steiner – GA 129 – Wonders of the World: Lecture 8 – Munich, 25th August, 1911
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To honor & foster the Christian Community of Southeast Wisconsin, we gather for ‘Devotional Services’ in-between Priest Visits. All are welcome to join in this opportunity to come together for devotion, reflection, & sharing. Sunday 11 October - 29 November - 13 December Please arrive by 10:15 am so that we can be ready to begin promptly at 10:30 am– when the Consecration of the Human Being is being celebrated all over the country 11:30 am - Optional Potluck-Social Time (food contributions welcome) Families welcome - Children can play downstairs during the service. RSVP hazel@CogRite.com
Hello all, We would like to invite you to our fall Preparation Making Day. We will be making one und burying three of the compost preparations. As always this is a hands on work afternoon that will also give the opportunity for conversation, to learn and ask questions. And of course work will be followed by a potluck and bonfire so please bring a dish to pass Date: October 17, 2026Time: 3pmDonations welcome: $20 suggested.Petra Zinniker, Zinniker Farm, N7399 Bowers Rd, Elkhorn, WI 53121 Zinnikerfarm.com
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