Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Biography work is essentially, perhaps foremost about interest—interest in the human being and the great mystery of existence we call human life. It is an active practice for developing self-knowledge. It is a search for meaning out of which may arise greater social understanding—deeper, genuine interest in one's fellow man. Biography work is a founded upon the vast work of Rudolf Steiner, collectively called spiritual science or anthroposophy--\"wisdom or knowledge of the human being\"—which may be described as a path from the spiritual in the human being to the spiritual in the world or cosmos. A profound relationship exists between the macrocosm and the human being as microcosm. Indeed, anthroposophy suggests the human being is a microcosm of the macrocosm. Yet, biography work works directly with the life's physical existence, life on earth, which itself speaks volumes, if we will but \"learn to read the text.\" The human being is a bridge then: on the one hand, embedded in the earth, directed by the rhythms of nature, the seasons, night and day, and, on the other hand, belonging to the spiritual world: \"...the only real hope of people today is probably a renewal of certainty that we are rooted in the earth, and the same time in the cosmos\" (Vaclav Havel, The Measure of Man). The human life, one's biography, is shaped by the inherently creative and uniquely individual power of the \"I\" or Higher Ego or Higher Self. Biography work is an exploration of the role of the \"I\" in unfolding a life full of gifts, opportunities, illnesses, accidents, struggles, tasks, responsibilities, and perhaps above all questions."@en }
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- Biography_Work abstract "Biography work is essentially, perhaps foremost about interest—interest in the human being and the great mystery of existence we call human life. It is an active practice for developing self-knowledge. It is a search for meaning out of which may arise greater social understanding—deeper, genuine interest in one's fellow man. Biography work is a founded upon the vast work of Rudolf Steiner, collectively called spiritual science or anthroposophy--\"wisdom or knowledge of the human being\"—which may be described as a path from the spiritual in the human being to the spiritual in the world or cosmos. A profound relationship exists between the macrocosm and the human being as microcosm. Indeed, anthroposophy suggests the human being is a microcosm of the macrocosm. Yet, biography work works directly with the life's physical existence, life on earth, which itself speaks volumes, if we will but \"learn to read the text.\" The human being is a bridge then: on the one hand, embedded in the earth, directed by the rhythms of nature, the seasons, night and day, and, on the other hand, belonging to the spiritual world: \"...the only real hope of people today is probably a renewal of certainty that we are rooted in the earth, and the same time in the cosmos\" (Vaclav Havel, The Measure of Man). The human life, one's biography, is shaped by the inherently creative and uniquely individual power of the \"I\" or Higher Ego or Higher Self. Biography work is an exploration of the role of the \"I\" in unfolding a life full of gifts, opportunities, illnesses, accidents, struggles, tasks, responsibilities, and perhaps above all questions.".