We live in a world dominated by fear and anxiety, either explicitly experienced in the face of danger and threat, or as the implicit underlying state of unease in the face of growing unpredictability in seasonal and environmental stability, social complexity, and economic security. This underlying tone of anxiety may manifest in many different guises, including states of paralysis and avoidance, denial of real-life situations, panic reactions, and aggression and violence towards self and others. Life circumstances continually demand that we recognize within ourselves how often we fall prey to the rulership of anxiety which so easily determines our perceptions and responses in our daily dealings.
Currently much attention is being directed to addressing the above through self-transformation for world-transformation. Three fundamental qualities can be identified in the call to face anxiety: courage, open-mindedness and forgiveness. What conditions allow these qualities to develop, and be put into practice?
By way of example, the international students conference at the Goetheanum in April, hosted by the Youth Section, engaged close on 700 learners in the exploration of what it means to have courage. A Youth Conference in Spring Valley in August will focus on ‹Questions of Courage›. The summer conference staging the Four Mystery Dramas at the Goetheanum: ‹Spirituality in Anxiety and Health› will focus on the central theme of anxiety as a doorway to health and spirituality, by awakening to self-transformation. The Social Initiative Forum, a growing network of organizations, initiatives and individuals working actively to transform discrimination, marginalization and inequality through developing open-mindedness, empathy and forgiveness, will host a seminar on ‹Ethical Individualism: transforming self and society› at the Goetheanum in October. In addition, an extensive Forum on ‹Unfolding Individual Potential for the Future› will be held in Sekem, Egypt, in December.
We warmly invite you to participate in these and other events, with the intention of contributing to a courageous, open-minded future based on the transformative qualities of forgiveness and love. More ...
Currently much attention is being directed to addressing the above through self-transformation for world-transformation. Three fundamental qualities can be identified in the call to face anxiety: courage, open-mindedness and forgiveness. What conditions allow these qualities to develop, and be put into practice?
By way of example, the international students conference at the Goetheanum in April, hosted by the Youth Section, engaged close on 700 learners in the exploration of what it means to have courage. A Youth Conference in Spring Valley in August will focus on ‹Questions of Courage›. The summer conference staging the Four Mystery Dramas at the Goetheanum: ‹Spirituality in Anxiety and Health› will focus on the central theme of anxiety as a doorway to health and spirituality, by awakening to self-transformation. The Social Initiative Forum, a growing network of organizations, initiatives and individuals working actively to transform discrimination, marginalization and inequality through developing open-mindedness, empathy and forgiveness, will host a seminar on ‹Ethical Individualism: transforming self and society› at the Goetheanum in October. In addition, an extensive Forum on ‹Unfolding Individual Potential for the Future› will be held in Sekem, Egypt, in December.
We warmly invite you to participate in these and other events, with the intention of contributing to a courageous, open-minded future based on the transformative qualities of forgiveness and love. More ...
