In an intellectual age such as ours, there is little provision for developing one's spirit and we feel this loss. Our focus on technology and intelligence at all costs has brought us war, drugs, crime, lack of integrity and respect, political unrest, deterioration of family life, stress and depression. It's created a country of adults and children who feel unaccepted if they don't have the latest clothes, the slimmest body and the newest car. No wonder there are so many counselors, psychiatrists and psychologists in our country. There are few people who really feel joy in their lives.
People say they're happy, but still feel unfulfilled.
Steiner wasn't influenced by popular opinion or current fads. He explored the world around him and his beliefs were founded on his own observations that man was more than a physical body left to its own devices and tossed about by the whims of others. He was convinced that every person was a spiritual creation and it was our duty and privilege to discover our individual talents and gifts in order to cultivate and stimulate the spiritual forces we were born with. Rudolf Steiner felt that the entire universe was spiritual in nature, therefore everything and everyone was part of that universe. He left an astonishing legacy of over 6000 articles and books that have guided people in their lives and work for 100 years.