Enlivening the Chakra of the Heart

While meditation is the foundation of any spiritual path of development, the seer and teacher Rudolf Steiner advised that specific "accompanying" or "fundamental" spiritual exercises that help develop inner certainty and strength should always be carried out, in order to protect the individual from dangers posed to normal consciousness. Florin Lowndes describes these fundamental exercises in thorough detail, and suggests ways tn practice them. He relates how the exercises embody the means for developing and strengthening organic and "living" thinking, which is intimately related to the enlivening of a new organ of perception: the heart chakra or lotus. Lowndes casts new light on many aspects of this question, and offers encouragement and stimulus to those seeking a modern path of spiritual development.