On Receiving the Light

The relationship of the soul's Winter to the soul's Spring...

Spring is here! Are you willing to receive the light?

“Receive the Light!” is the admonition for Spring given by Rudolf Steiner. It is exquisite grace to see how our souls and nature move together. Every year we are blessed with a season where our focus is on receiving light in nature and Light in our souls. 

Do you hear the whisper in nature and your soul…”The time has come to receive the Light!” 

Look at the trees as they burst forth with their leaves. Leaves are receivers of light in nature. Here in North Carolina, this is my favorite time. I look at the no-longer-bare-but-not-yet-clothed branches of the trees and they havea rosy glow of joy. There is an eagerness to receive the light. For the trees, this is natural. The trees make no choice, put forth no willed effort to open up and come forth in the light. If only we could be like the trees.

You and I must make the choice and will the effort to receive the Light. When we do this so much new will be illuminated. Yes, NEW! We don’t nee…