by Dylan Charles
January 24,
2018
from
WakingTimes Website
Anxiety, depression, and fear ravage so many today, but few pause to
consider that in addition to the material influences in our lives,
we may be also under the influence of
beings which exist in
dimensions outside of our ordinary perception...
But there is much more to reality than what we can see. feel, hear,
taste and touch.
In fact, an accounting of the matter that makes up
the universe reveals that some 73% of it is made up of
dark energy,
and another 23% is made up of
dark matter, neither of which can we
see, nor understand.
Furthermore, the
human eye is only capable of seeing around
0.0035% of the entire spectrum of electromagnetic (EM)
radiation.
When we look into
the heavens, 96% of it is invisible to us.
Include in this the
spiritual realms.
There is an entire universe of possibilities
which exists beyond our five senses.
Very few scientists
today are willing to explore metaphysics to examine life beyond
ordinary perception in order to make a connection between the
seen and the unseen.
Rudolf Steiner,
though, one of the most prolific and gifted scientists,
philosophers, and esotericists of his time, devoted much of his work
to the task of peering behind
the veil, sharing his insight into the deeper nature of life and
of the world beyond.
Regarding anxiety
and depression, Steiner spoke of
hostile beings in the spiritual
world which influence and feed off of human emotion; a concept
flatly rejected by most today.
Yet this also analysis holds true for
shamans and others who access the spiritual dimensions in order
to alleviate mental suffering for their patients.
Many are familiar
with the notion of
energy vampires, or
people who suck your energy and feed off
your negative emotions.
On the existence of similar entities which
exist in other dimensions, Steiner wrote:
"There are
beings in the spiritual realms for whom anxiety and fear
emanating from human beings offer welcome food.
When humans
have no anxiety and fear, then these creatures starve.
People not yet sufficiently convinced of this statement
could understand it to be meant comparatively only.
But for
those who are familiar with this phenomenon, it is a
reality.
If fear and anxiety radiates from people and they
break out in panic, then
these creatures
find welcome
nutrition and they become more and more powerful.
These
beings are hostile towards humanity.
Everything
that feeds on negative feelings, on anxiety, fear and
superstition, despair or doubt, are in reality hostile
forces in supersensible worlds, launching cruel attacks on
human beings, while they are being fed.
Therefore, it
is above all necessary to begin with that the person who enters
the spiritual world overcomes fear, feelings of helplessness,
despair and anxiety.
But these are
exactly the feelings that belong to contemporary culture and
materialism.
Because it estranges people from the spiritual
world, it is especially suited to evoke hopelessness and fear of
the unknown in people, thereby calling up the above mentioned
hostile forces against them."
Rudolf Steiner -
GA 56 - Die Erkenntnis der Seele und des Geistes
Berlijn,
December 12, 1907 (page 145)
Translated by Nesta
Carsten-Krüger,
via
Rudolf Steiner Quotes
Rudolf Steiner
Negative emotions are food for inimical spirits
A concept such
as this isn't readily accepted into the everyday conversation
steered by rigid skepticism and
scientific materialism.
The traditions of today have sought
to expel ancient metaphysical wisdom and its practical
application from our lives, and though scientific inquiry is
exceptionally valuable, spiritual perception has always been a
part of our experience.
"And yet,
despite the cynical skepticism, all of the ancient mystery
schools, true shamanic insights, and esoteric teachings
(much of which have been suppressed and/or distorted over
thousands of years for obvious reasons) have conveyed this
truth for 'the ones with eyes to see and ears to hear',
using their own language and symbolism, be it,
-
"The General
Law" (Esoteric Christianity)
-
Archons (Gnostics)
-
"Lords of
Destiny" (Hermeticism)
-
Predator/Fliers
- "The Active Side of Infinity" (Castaneda)
-
"The Evil Magician" (Gurdjieff)
-
The Shaitans (Sufism)
-
The
Jinn (Arabian mythology)
-
Wetiko
(Native American Spirituality)
-
Occult Hostile Forces (Sri Aurobindo & The Mother, The Integral Yoga), etc."
Bernhard
Guenther
Healing the Self, Healing the World -
Ruminations about Humanity and Awakening
Dealings with
extra-sensory or hyper-dimensional beings have long been a part
of our history, and are directly accessible to any of us when
proper practice and attention is given to the matter.
I know
this to be true from my experiences with
plant medicine shamanism where it is entirely possible to
enter into states of consciousness where entire cosmologies of
life exist and are available to interact with.
Finding oneself
in the rut of spiraling negative self-talk, depression,
crippling anxiety, or uncontrollable, irrational fear, is a
sign, as Steiner points out, of a disconnection from our true
spiritual nature, exacerbated by beings who operate in the
spiritual realms.
This is why some consider disorders like this
to be
spiritual illnesses, and until the rift is healed with
proper attention given to the development of spirit, the
feelings tend to exacerbate and drive one further into distress.
"When
humans have no anxiety and fear, then these creatures
starve."
Rudolph Steiner
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