Anthroposophical knowledge ought to form the basis of all contemporary knowledge, especially our understanding of society

 

Rudolf Steiner:  "... realize not only the need for anthroposophical activity today but also the significance of anthroposophy as a whole. Above all else, people would become aware of the responsibility we have with regard to anthroposophical knowledge, which actually ought to form the basis of all contemporary knowledge, especially our understanding of society. When people learn that the light of Christ lives in them — "Christ in me" — and experience it fully, they learn to see themselves as more than just part of the corpse of the natural world. The antisocial, asocial character of modern times is due to the perception that human beings belong to nature's corpse. We can achieve a true perception that will unite all human beings in universal brotherhood-and-sisterhood, a view that will once again imbue humankind with real moral impulses, only if we come to understand the words "Not I, but Christ in me" — in other words, when Christ is rediscovered as an active force in human interactions. Without this insight, we cannot move forward. We need it; we must discover it. If we achieve it and continue to move forward, all of our activity in society will become imbued with Christ."

Source: March 25, 1922. GA 211. The Sun Mystery, p. 39