First Sunday of Lent 10 March, 2019

Preparing for Easter gives us the opportunity to enter into the event consciously.

It is such a simplistic thing to say that Golgotha is about the crucifixion of Christ. What does that actually mean? Well, nothing to someone who does not ‘believe’ in Christ for a start! So how relevant is the crucifixion for intelligent 21st century human beings? It becomes very relevant for every single person if we look first to the I-forces.

Our ability to say “I”, which points to ourselves as individual beings, separating us from everything in our environment, is the great gift human beings are in the process of receiving. Minerals, plants and animals can’t say “I”. This ability to say “I” is exclusive to human beings and it gives us self-consciousness, a consciousness of self. This is me, that is you, that is the table which is not me.

Throughout the week ahead we can observe how the word “I” is used.

Adam and Eve by Rubens

I Am, I-being, purpose of Christ, Purpose of crucifixion, self consciousness

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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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