{"id":1992,"date":"2014-02-08T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asc.wdtest.info\/en\/2014\/02\/08\/what-is-emerging-in-the-anthroposophical-society-part-4\/"},"modified":"2014-02-08T08:57:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T13:57:00","slug":"what-is-emerging-in-the-anthroposophical-society-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/what-is-emerging-in-the-anthroposophical-society-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"What is emerging in the Anthroposophical Society – Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"


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– by Dorothy LeBaron<\/div>\n
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Council members and Class Holders from across Canada gathered for their annual meeting in Thornhill in January. It was a good opportunity for 18 of us to work and do research together.  <\/span>Council members led a process with three themes:<\/div>\n
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\u2666 looking at our current purpose, as written in the Society\u2019s Charter<\/div>\n
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\u2666 observing the Society as it is today, and <\/div>\n
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\u2666 considering the question:  <\/span>Does the purpose still reflect the current reality in the Society?<\/div>\n
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The mood of our research together was lively, warm, and enthusiastic.  <\/span>Here are some of <\/div>\n
the thoughts and imaginations that emerged. <\/div>\n
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What has changed in our Society since 1953, when it was first incorporated? At that time, the Society was very active with outreach, and this was how people heard about us. Now, there are so many more ways to find the Society through Waldorf schools, bio-dynamic farms, and other activities.  <\/span>Also, the work of Rudolf Steiner was not as readily available in 1953; now it is widely available in bookstores and through the Internet.  <\/span>For these and many other reasons, it is clear that our situation \u2013 60+ years later \u2013 has changed significantly.<\/div>\n
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In our conversation, we felt that a gesture of inclusiveness \u2013 of working together, needs to become a central theme in our Society activity. Some of the phrases that emerged were:<\/div>\n
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    \u2666 human encounters are important
    \u2666 active recognition of the other
    \u2666 reaching out, connecting, communicating, touching the other
    \u2666 a path of knowing, freeing the human in the human being
    \u2666 the knowledge of the human being out of Anthroposophy needs to be made available
    \u2666 the Society is a vehicle for the cultivation of Anthroposophy
    \u2666 the Society has a role to carry the school of Spiritual Science
    \u2666 behind the Society lies the purpose of the transformation of human culture and science<\/p>\n

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    Thank-you to the Class Holders and Council members who engaged in this process. The plan now is to engage with members about this question in Vancouver, at the AGM in May.  <\/span><\/div>\n
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