## Metadata - Author: [[Torin Finser]] - Full Title: Guided Self-Study - Category: #books ## Highlights - We all have particular tasks in life. One of mine is bridge building. That is why I work in a university setting, why I travel extensively, and why my books are all directed toward those who are trying to find a connection to Waldorf education, Anthroposophy, or related work. ([Location 79](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0153MPAYK&location=79)) - It is far better to withhold our judgment on something we do not understand than to condemn it. We can leave understanding until later. The more levels of cognition we attain, the more we need to be able to listen attentively, calmly, and reverently. ([Location 582](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0153MPAYK&location=582)) - On the esoteric path, we must be aware that what matters is not “good intentions,” but what we actually do. If I think or say something that does not correspond to reality, I destroy something in my spiritual sense organ, regardless of how good I think my intentions are. ([Location 610](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0153MPAYK&location=610)) - Very few people (this is something you can realize if you observe life closely enough) know how they walk. Very few have an idea of how it looks to someone who notices this. But it is good to do some of that, to gain a mental picture of oneself. For if we apply this sort of thing in life we will doubtlessly correct much of what we do (as indicated, it must not be pursued too far or it contributes too much toward human vanity), but, apart from that, it can have an enormously favorable effect on the consolidation of the etheric body, and also on the control of the etheric body by the astral body. And when we observe our gestures, when we look at what we do, when we have a mental image of our deeds, the control of the etheric body by the astral body grows ever stronger and stronger. That is, we arrive at the point where we can even, if necessary, suppress something we do. As things stand, people are less and less able to suppress something habitual at will, or to do something differently. But one of the greatest achievements of the human being is the ability to do what one does differently at times. ([Location 886](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0153MPAYK&location=886)) - Note: makes me think of feldenkrais