When the Sun speaks to human sense
From cosmic widths of space,
And from depths of soul
Joy unites with light in seeing—
Then, from sheaths of selfhood,
Thoughts move out to the ends of space,
Obscurely binding Human essence to spirit’s being.
WHEN THE BEGINNING of spring touches the week of Easter, the light of the Sun pierces the inner and outer darkness, and the light of the world and the light of our souls enter into a new balance. We begin to see in a way that is not only inwardly but also outwardly outwardly directed. Our senses awaken, and we awaken, soul and sense, to the vastness of the stars. We look both outward and inward in equal measure.
It is as if the cosmic light is speaking to us, telling us that we are joining in the rising Easter spirit. Now we know that we are eternal—that we carry the divinely anointed spirit on Earth, and that the light that is in each of us will never dim.
Thus we move from the smallness of human selfhood, from the sheaths that have bound us, and we begin to see that, like the divine being within Jesus of Nazareth, the spirit within each of us is resurrecting.
The knowledge of the eternal being that arises within us floods us from the vastness of the universe. It fills us with joy; and we understand that now, and at any time, when this knowing comes to us, we are renewed like the Earth in springtime. The joy and beauty within us burst forth from the inner to the outer.
We become the joy that is brought into the world. We become what we already are, and know that this is part of our personal journey toward Resurrection: our soul’s rising to the level of spirit that is our ultimate, infinite, and eternal truth.
Our thoughts soar to meet the vastness of space. We are united: human essence with the greater presence of cosmic spirit. Intention: This week, I will allow joy to carry my thoughts and my feelings outward toward the light of spirit, and I will recognize my oneness with this spirit.
Intention: This week, I will allow joy to carry my thoughts and my feelings outward toward the light of spirit, and I will recognize my oneness with this spirit.
Devoted whole to Spirit’s revelation
I win as my reward
The Light that is the substance of the world;
Mind, grown more clear,
Lets now my Self appear;
Hid in the might of Though true selfhood shakes
Its sleeping wings and wakes.
Rudolf Steiner
Becoming Lotus 