Forgiveness is one of the most misunderstood spiritual ideas and practices. According to Sergei Prokofieff, forgiveness is central to everyone’s spiritual path, and our
lack of forgiveness is responsible for our inability to work together on important tasks in life, work, and marriage. Following Prokofieff’s suggestions, we will see how
forgiveness can be brought about in our various energy bodies: astral-body, lower-ego, and higher ego. Based on this spiritual understanding, we will learn to take responsibility for our unloving
reactions to our “neighbors” by using Michael Ryce’s exercises (called “forgiveness sheets”) to bringing healing to fearful, hostile, guilt-ridden responses to people and
life-events.
This workshop is ideal for those who often work with “difficult people” and want to change their reaction (forgive) to those people; and it is also helpful for those of us who are
difficult people and want to change how we treat/react to others. Those who work daily with challenging people, such as teachers, will benefit most by using these methods for their child study,
dealing with parents, and fellow faculty members. As Steiner once famously asked: “Is my pupil's deficiency not the result of my own action?” or in other words: “make a change in yourself before
wanting to see a change in others.” This is the type of forgiveness that we will be working with in this workshop.
Please bring a short list of topics/people you would like to forgive as we will be going through the forgiveness process using examples from participants’ experience.
Workshop Title: The Logik of the Heart: Learning the Basics of Rudolf Steiner’s Heart-logik Method of Writing and Meditation
Friday October 20th 7 to 9pm and Saturday, October 21st from 9am to 12 and 1pm to 4pm
Price: $100 for the workshop: $30 for Friday Evening only.
Using the spiritual truth of the fourfold human being as a model for organizing thoughts in the creative process leads to living thinking, which
produces a living form, for example, lecture, essay, poem, play, book. In addition to affecting the head and logical mind, the inner structure of these forms based on living, wave-like thinking
can affect the heart forces of the reader or listener, hence the term “Heart Logik.” By bringing content and form into an organic and harmonious connection the logik of the heart is created.
This type of writing is not new. It can be discerned in the Book of Job, Matthew Gospel, the discourses of Plato, and Goethe’s description of the archetypal plant to give just a few examples.
Rudolf Steiner consciously and deliberately used heart-logik forms in his books lectures, architecture, Waldorf School lesson plans and curricula, as well as Eurythmy forms.
The Philosophy of Freedom has been described as “the training manual for living form.” Mark Riccio will help us explore the many living forms in this book. Many of us focus on content and
ignore form. This workshop will show us that form is important because it carries the content into the heart. We will come away with a deepened appreciation not only of what Rudolf Steiner wrote,
but also of how he wrote it.
Some of the works covered: a Blake poem, Lord’s Prayer, a Bible chapter, and the Philosophy of Freedom selections.
Please bring colored pencils (blue, green, red, yellow, and a lead pencil) to the workshop as we will be sketching Rudolf Steiner’s texts. Copies of the texts will be handed
out.
Honolulu Lecture:
Anthroposophical Society 2514 Alaula Way Honolulu, HI 96822
Saturday, July 1st, 7 pm In Search of A Spiritual
Writing Style: Spiritual Authors and Rudolf Steiner's Logik of the Heart
at the Honolulu Branch of the Anthroposophical Society
In this workshop we will explore some classic spiritual texts (Plato, Bible, William Blake, Neal Donald Walsch) and see how these authors gave their works a particular type of
composition. This workshop will be based on my book The LOGIK OF THE HEART: the organic templates of spiritual writers, Rudolf Steiner, and The Philosophy of Freehood.
This workshop is ideal for those searching for a new way of organizing their own writing. It is also a good way to understand Rudolf Steiner's least celebrated contribution - a
spiritual way of writing that opens the heart chakra. Teachers may also find this method as a new approach to teaching literature and writing.
Friday July 21st (8 p.m.) and Saturday, July 22nd, 9:30 to 12:00 and 2:00 to 4:30
Anthroposophical Society in America Los Angeles Branch 110 Martin Alley Pasadena, CA 91105 626-795-7105
Presentation on Forgiveness at the Christian Community of
L.A.,
Sunday, July 23, 11:45 a.m.
by Mark Riccio
Location: The Christian Community of Los Angeles
11030 La Maida St., North Hollywood, 91601
June 10th at the Honolulu Anthroposophical Society
Rudolf Steiner, Sergei Prokoviev, and the Practice of Forgiveness:
This workshop addresses many aspects of forgiveness as found in the work of Rudolf Steiner, S. Prokoviev, and Michael Ryce.
Forgiveness is one of the most misunderstood spiritual ideas and practices. According to Sergei Prokoviev, forgiveness is central to the anthroposophical path of
spiritual development. First, we will cover how forgiveness can be brought about in our various energy bodies (astral, ego, and higher ego). Second, based on this
spiritual understanding, we will see how to bring change to trauma, anger, and uncomfortable feelings by practicing forgiveness through the Aramaic concept of the Rakhma, or the
spiritual soul (Michael Ryce’s approach).
This workshop is perfect for those who often work with “difficult people” and want to change their reaction (forgive) to those people; and it is also helpful for those of us
who are difficult people. Teachers will benefit the most by using these methods for their child study, dealing with parents, and work colleagues. As Steiner once famously suggested:
“Is my pupil's deficiency not the result of my own action?” or in simple English: “make a change in yourself before wanting to see a change in others.” This is the type of forgiveness
that we will be working with in this workshop.
