Christ, Christ in you

Do you experience Christ?

It is because of my teacher and spiritual mentor, Rev Mario Schoenmaker, that I try to shed new light on Bible texts. He was a master at this. I am revisiting the last retreat he led before he died (12.1.1997), it was 20 years ago this week.

When someone says to me, ’I don’t experience the Christ. The Christ is not living for me’. Do you have that feeling sometimes? I’m astounded, actually, at such a question, because … do I experience air? Do I experience my intake and output of breathing, or is that a normal ordinary thing that happens as part of my existence and therefore I don’t notice it?

Do we have to notice Christ the whole day? Wouldn’t that become a rather boring sort of a thing or a painful sort of situation? One has to realise that Christ is a force. By a force I mean a wind. By wind I mean a spirit and a spirit is invisible and not noticeable. One doesn’t have to notice or experience the Christ. He is there – like air is in us and around us. Christ is in us and around us. That is occult teaching! Rev Mario Schoenmaker 3.9.1996

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Kristina Kaine

Kristina Kaine has worked with people all her life: during her early career in medical sales and staff recruitment, and since 1987 in her own business which matches people in business partnerships. Through this rich interaction with people, Kristina has observed the struggle for self identity from many angles. She was awakened to the ideas of Rudolf Steiner by Rev Mario Schoenmaker, attending all of Schoenmaker's lectures for 14 years. After Schoenmaker's death in 1997, Kristina realised the need to explain the knowledge of the threefold human being in simple terms that could be applied easily in daily life. She has set this out in her book, 'I Connecting : the Soul's Quest', which was published in 2007 by Robert Sardello through Goldenstone Press. It is not unusual for Kristina to receive comments about her book like this: "It seems like a very lucid treatment, like looking through a clear glass window through which one can discover and recognize the landscape of the soul." Since 2003 Kristina has written weekly reflections which apply this knowledge of the threefold human being to Bible texts. This is not done in the context of any particular religious beliefs but from a broader perspective that all religions could apply. These reflections are distributed by email and are read worldwide. They are now available as Kindle books.

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