somebody coming in blackness
like a star
and the world be a great bush
on his head
and his eyes be fire
in the city
and his mouth be true as time
he be calling the people brother
even in the prison
even in the jail
i’m just only a baptist preacher
somebody bigger than me coming
in blackness like a star
—Lucille Clifton, "john"
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The World of the Senses and the World of the Spirit
6 lectures, Hanover, December 27, 1911–January 1, 1912 (CW 134)
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We do have to form judgments, but through wisely educating ourselves, we should ensure that in all our judging we practice caution in the matter of considering our judgments to be true. We should constantly endeavor to keep watch on ourselves and realize that wherever we apply our discernment we are in fact feeling our way in the dark, so that there is always a possibility of being mistaken.
This is very difficult for those cocksure individuals who imagine that they cannot make any progress at all while being expected to doubt whether any judgment they might form about anything is in fact appropriate. . . you will see that for many the most important thing is to say any situation: I believe this, I believe that; or when they see something, they say: I don’t approve of this, I do approve of that, and so on . . . these are the habits one must break if one wants to approach reality in one’s life of soul.
The important thing, then, is to develop an attitude of mind which might be characterized thus: Well, since I have to live my life I also have to form judgments; I will make use of judgments in matters of life’s practicalities but not in matters of discovering the truth. In so far as I want to discern the truth I will always keep a careful watch on myself and apply a degree of scepticism with regard to any judgment I might form.
But how can we reach the truth about any kind of thought if we are not supposed to form judgments?
. . .
—Rudolf Steiner, lecture of December 28, 1911, in
The World of the Senses and the World of the Spirit (CW 134)