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Skills taught in Rudolf Steiner's Philosophy Of Freedom

Fall 2022 Aug. 29 - Dec. 19
Spring 2023
Jan. 2 - April 24
Summer 2023 
May 1 - Aug. 21

Study Group Schedule

TRUE KNOWLEDGE
Week 1 HOW DO YOU DEFINE YOURSELF?
Week 2 HOW TO DEVELOP COURAGE  (0. part 1 The Goal Of Knowledge)
Week 3 HOW TO STRIVE FOR INNER TRUTH  (0. part 2 The Goal Of Knowledge)
Week 4 HOW TO QUESTION FREEDOM  (1. Conscious Human Action)
Week 5 HOW TO QUESTION KNOWLEDGE  (2. The Fundamental Desire For Knowledge)
Week 6 HOW TO OBSERVE THOUGHT  (3. Thinking As The Instrument Of Knowledge)
Week 7 HOW TO REFUTE YOUR REACTIVE PROJECTIONS  (4. The World As Percept)
Week 8 HOW TO HAVE TRUE JUDGMENT BY CORRECTLY APPLYING CONCEPTS  (5. Our Knowledge Of The World)
Week 9 HOW TO FORM INDIVIDUAL REALITY-BASED IDEAS  (6. Human Individuality)
Week 10 HOW TO SEE THE TRUE NATURE OF REALITY  (7. Are There Any Limits To Knowledge?)

TRUE SELF
Week 11 HOW TO KNOW YOUR SELF  (8. The Factors Of Life)
Week 12 HOW TO BE AN ETHICAL INDIVIDUALIST  (9. The Idea Of Freedom)
Week 13 HOW TO OBEY ONLY YOUR SELF  (10. Freedom Philosophy And Monism)
Week 14 HOW TO HAVE PURPOSE  (11. World Purpose And Life Purpose - Human Destiny)
Week 15 HOW TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD WITH IMAGINATIVE GOALS  (12. Moral Imagination - Darwinism And Ethics)
Week 16 HOW TO ATTAIN THE TRUE JOY OF LIFE  (13. The Value Of Life - Optimism And Pessimism)
Week 17 HOW TO DIGNIFY FREE INDIVIDUALITY  (14. Individuality And Type)

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Research Meeting Wed. June 1 2022

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RESEARCH

COMPARATIVE RESEARCH

Impulse Of Freedom Goal
"I wrote The Philosophy of Freedom in order to give mankind a clear picture of the idea of freedom, of the impulse of freedom which must be the fundamental impulse of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch. To this end it was necessary first of all to establish the impulse of freedom on a firm scientific basis."

From Symptom To Reality in Modern History Lecture VI: Brief Reflections on the Publication of the New Edition of 'The Philosophy of Freedom'

IDEA OF FREEDOM (impulse of freedom): 1. intuitively create moral content (Moral Idea)  2. express that content in life (Ethical Individualism)

OBJECTIVE: Intuitive thinking as a spiritial path.

Integrate all 3 into a thinking reflection process leading to intuitive insight.
1. Pure Thinking
2. Cosmic Logic
3. All the knowledge in TPOF on cards

Impulse Of Freedom Experience
The psycho-physical organization has no affect on the essential nature of thinking (intuition). The essential activity at work in thinking has a twofold function: 1) it represses the activity of the human organization; 2) it steps into its place. Yes, even the repression of the bodily organization is an effect of thinking activity; the part of thinking activity that prepares for the appearance of thinking. TPOF 9.1 -revised edition

The Eureka Factor by John Kounios and Mark Beeman

Location in brain where intuition takes place.

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Preparation For Intuitive Insight
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Experience Of Intuitive Insight

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Alpha waves usually occur when you are engaged in activities such as daydreaming, meditating, or practicing mindfulness, occur when people feel relaxed and when the brain is in an idle state without concentrating on anything. A state that is relaxed and restful, experienced when people are doing stress-relieving activities such as meditating. Positive effects of boosting alpha waves include lowering stress, reducing anxiety, decreasing depression, and improving creative thinking.
Increase alpha wave activity by:
Meditating
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