Lent Day 4

Many people who study spiritual truth choose what to take and what to leave. Many choose to ignore Christ. This could be because Christ is too religious for them, or too difficult to understand. On the other hand, there are those who become mystically absorbed in Christ rather than experiencing him through their thinking.

“When we leave our body in sleep and at death, and we travel through the planetary spheres, until we reach the sphere of the sun where we encounter an image of an empty throne. If we haven’t created a relationship with Christ and the Mystery of Golgotha while incarnated on the earth, the throne remains empty and we are very, very lonely.” Rudolf Steiner 17.2.1913

Image: The Last Judgment by Hans Memling

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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.