{"id":1262,"date":"2021-06-24T21:24:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T21:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acaciawaldorfschool.com\/2020\/?page_id=1262"},"modified":"2021-06-24T21:24:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T21:24:28","slug":"faq-personal-development-inner-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acaciawaldorfschool.com\/2020\/faq\/faq-personal-development-inner-work\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ: Personal Development \/ Inner Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>What are the Six Supplementary Exercises?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to Anthroposophy, moral development reveals the extent to which one has achieved control over one\u2019s inner life and can exercise it in harmony with the spiritual life of other people. It shows the real progress in spiritual development, the fruits of which are given in spiritual perception. It also guarantees the capacity to distinguish between false perceptions or illusions (which are possible in perceptions of both the outer world and the inner world) and true perceptions, or, better said, is to distinguish in any perception between the influence of subjective elements (i.e. viewpoint) and the objective reality the perception points at.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Steiner suggested that a special group of general exercise should accompany all spiritual training, as he believed their influence on inner development would be beneficial whatever the spiritual path. These six exercises are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Practicing self-control over one\u2019s thinking<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 For example: for a period of time \u2013 normally a few minutes, not longer \u2013 contemplate any object and concentrate one\u2019s thoughts exclusively on this object. (A crystal or a paper clip might do.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Development of initiative<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 For example: choose any positive but free deed, i.e. one that nothing is influencing you to do, and choose a regular time of day or day of the week to practice this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Equanimity<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Avoid reactive emotions and subjective judgment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Positivity<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 See the positive aspects of everything, and make the best out of<br \/>\nevery situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Open mindedness<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Be open to new experiences and ideas, never letting expectations based upon the past, close your mind to the lessons of the moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Harmony<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Find a harmonious, balanced relationship between the above five qualities, practicing them regularly and becoming able to move dynamically between them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the Six Supplementary Exercises? According to Anthroposophy, moral development reveals the extent to which one has achieved control over one\u2019s inner life and can exercise it in harmony with the spiritual life of other people. It shows the real progress in spiritual development, the fruits of which are given in spiritual perception. It&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/acaciawaldorfschool.com\/2020\/faq\/faq-personal-development-inner-work\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1191,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acaciawaldorfschool.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acaciawaldorfschool.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acaciawaldorfschool.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acaciawaldorfschool.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acaciawaldorfschool.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acaciawaldorfschool.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1263,"href":"https:\/\/acaciawaldorfschool.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1262\/revisions\/1263"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acaciawaldorfschool.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acaciawaldorfschool.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}