Start Now!: A Book of Soul and Spiritual Exercises

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If you like Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy than this book is a must buy for your collection. There are sections in the book that I read over and over again because they are quite relevant to my spiritual journey. I gave this book 4 stars because some of the material is dated with the marriage between spirituality and Quantum Physics.

It is part history and explanation, part samples of poetic hymns to meditate upon, and part activities to develop appropriate values that will lead to spiritual development.The book provides a beautiful vision and an alternative to mainstream religion. It provides a guide for our relationship to others, nature as a unified living entity, and help us find our worthy goals that will lead to our worthy purpose in live.I recommend the book. It provides thought, in this reader, that we must save the world environment as part of our mutual spiritual development. Good job

To the beginner to the advanced, as a real student of Esoteric Sciences, this book will only complicate things to the max. The author's attempt to put into writing what can only be revealed through the studies from the Masters is the issue with this book. The attempt to use words that in underdeveloped consciousness people completely defeats the purpose. Get books directly from the Masters who got the secrets to the true nature reality from other Masters then allowing your consciousness to decode the information taking the intellectual mind out of the equation. You cannot discover your truth in one book in one year.

I am studying Anthroposophy.

Indespensible Steiner book for those who want to pursue his methods of attaining supersensible knowledge. I have purchased two copies. This book is full of meditations, mantras, prayers, and Steiner's own type of Zen koans. It is a truly remarkable book, very much worth having in your library!

This book provides the reader with many practical exercises as to how to meditate. For those who never have meditated, the first half of the book provides you with enough information as to what meditation is and how to make certain changes to your inner life. The second half of the book gives you a lot of meditation examples. Everyone is different and that is how this book approaches meditation.

If you embark on Anthroposophy and seriously want to study its practical aspects, this book is a must. Not only you get personal indications from Rudolf Steiner but the writer will lead you through the steps one could develop for his/her own esoteric path. A solid reference study and clear, direct indications that make meditations a viable and vital part of one's life. A must have by one's side and indispensable for those who want to move on in a practical way. Highly recommended!.~

For anyone who finds Steiner a bit heavy going, this book is a must. The translation is modern and idiomatic. Exercises are simple and easily do- able. I read it throough to start and now dip in and out....have recommended it to so many friends.

So far great read. Only received 2 days ago.

As an author of a book on stress and life-management myself, I applaud this extraordinary collection of material from the work of Steiner, a polymath genius and spiritual adventurer. The text collects his meditations and exercise, many of which have been raided by other authors, including myself. The resulting treasure assembles the fullest kitbag of Steiner's unique and powerful advice on self-transforamtion available in the English language.The strength of the book lies not simply in volume (it is not even a 'fat book'). After all junk food often comes on large platters. Rather, this is probably the wisest collection of practice guidance for living available in print, from anyone, anywhere.Of course this might offend supporters of various holy books, such as the Bible or Q'ran, which certainly do contain wonderful advice. 'Love your neighbour' comes to mind. But, this collection is not in competition with these texts: it is not a holy book, but a practical spiritual one. It is a manual not a guidebook. A work that encourages and develops human freedom, not followership. And it is a proven fact that the outcome of a few years of serious working with its contents will be transformation: spiritual, practical, ethical.More diverse (and modern) than the Dhammapada, the Buddhist text that perhaps comes closest as a collected guide to life, more intelligent and penetrating than any stress book, more optimistically challenging than Einstein, this is an Aladdin's cave for the spiritual path of human freedom and self-development. Mind you, it wil demand your active commitment to turn the words into gold. Steiner is tough. But those who make the journey will feel enormously grateful and sublimely empowered.

This is a useful collection of meditative exercises. I am using it in a study group and we have found the lengthy introduction to be really helpful and interesting.

This book was selected by myself for future reading--am conversant with Steiner's writings