# “I am – It Thinks – She Feels – He Wills”

> a) Handwritten exercises  
> b) Copied exercises  
> c) Supplementary notes
> This formula appears early on in the exercises, initially in addition to the meditation “Brighter than the sun...” commonly used in the English esoteric school, then in conjunction with the meditation phrase “In the pure rays of light...” and also on its own.

In the morning after waking up, when no other impressions have yet passed through the soul, one diverts one's attention away from all sensory impressions and all memories of everyday life. One also tries to become completely free of all worries, concerns, etc.

Once you have achieved this inner calmness of the soul, then let

1.) For 5 minutes, just let the following seven lines live in your soul:

> Brighter than the sun  
> Purer than snow  
> Finer than ether  
> Is the Self  
> The spirit in my heart  
> This Self is I  
> I am this Self.

2.) In the second 5 minutes, follow

> a. Concentrate on the point between and slightly behind the eyebrows and meditate on: I am
> b. Concentrate on the inside of the larynx and meditate: It thinks
> c. Concentrate on both arms and hands and meditate: She feels. The hands can be folded, or the right hand can be placed over the left. After a while, you will feel your hands wanting to move apart through their own power. However, you must not bring this about through self-deception.
> d. Concentrate on the entire surface of your body while meditating: He wills. Then concentrate on your stomach and meditate: Divine life.

3.) After all this follow with 5 minutes of devotional immersion in your own divine ideal.

In the evening, review as before.

Morning meditation

1.) More radiant than the sun...

2.) 5 min.

> a. Concentrate on a point between and behind the eyes with the meditation: I am
> b. Concentrate on a point in the larynx just behind the elevation, with the meditation: It thinks
> c. Concentrate on the arms and hands with the right hand crossed over the left, with the meditation: She feels
> d. Concentration on the entire surface of the body, with the meditation: He wills.

3.) Devotional surrender to the divine ideal.

In the evening: Review as before.—

[This exercise replaces Archive No. 5326, p. 92. See archive no. 5329, p. 497]

Meditation should now be combined with concentration and consists of the same parts as before. However, the meditation “Light on the Path” is replaced by the following:

> I.) Concentration on a point in the head behind the center of the eyes with meditation: I am.
> II.) Concentration on the larynx with meditation: It thinks.
> III.) Concentration on the arms and hands (the latter folded or placed on top of each other) with meditation: She feels.
> IV.) Concentration on the entire surface of the body (plastically imagined as an object) with meditation: He wills.

Morning meditation

First part:

> More Radiant ...

Second part:

> 1.) Slow, calm inhalation with concentration on the formula: Search for the path [This part is the shortest]
> 2.) Hold your breath and concentrate on a point between and slightly behind your eyebrows, first completely immersing yourself in the mental image “I am,” then after a while transitioning to concentrating on the formula: Seek the path of inner contemplation. Then immerse yourself again in the mental image “I am” [This part takes the longest].
> 3.) Exhale slowly and calmly, concentrating on the formula: Seek the path by boldly stepping out of yourself. [This part takes about twice as long as the first].
> Throughout this entire breathing process, you should always be conscious of addressing your breath (breath) with “you” using the three formulas.
> During the first inhalation, breath retention, and exhalation, the breathing process should be accompanied by the meditations described above.
> On the second breath, however, only the breathing process should be carried out, without thought or sensation.
> On the third breath, as on the first On the fourth breath, as on the second
> etc., etc.
> After a few weeks of such practice, on the last inhalation, breath holding, exhaling, which is now not accompanied by meditation, etc., in complete silence and with subtle delicacy, pay attention to the process, visualize it mentally. When you have attained maturity, it will now reveal something to you of its own accord. You must be patient; impatience drives away all spiritual revelations.

Third part:

> 1.) Concentrate on the point between and behind the eyebrows; while meditating on “I am.”
> 2.) Concentrate on the point inside the larynx (where you feel the voice vibrating), while meditating on “It thinks.”
> 3.) Concentrate on both arms and hands (hands folded, or the right hand placed over the left); while meditating on“She feels.” One should pay attention to how a warm current flows through the arms, pours into the fingertips and, like a repulsive force, pushes the hands apart.
> 4.) Concentrate on the entire surface of the body and meditate on the following: “He wills” Pour your whole body with this “He wills.” Pay attention to the lively warmth that permeates your whole body and surrender yourself to this sensation for a while, remaining still and calm.

Fourth part:

> Quiet immersion (devotion) in one's divine ideal. In the morning:

Mornings:

1.) Radiant ...

2.) Inhale, exhale, hold your breath, concentrate on the forehead.

> I AM.

Inhalation Exhalation Breath holding Concentration Larynx

> It thinks

Inhalation Exhalation Breath holding Concentration Arms, hands

> She feels

Inhale Exhale Hold your breath Concentration Whole body

> He wills

[three times]:  
Inhale in your mind from *I*  
Hold breath and spread within oneself *ICH*  
Exhale *CH*.

3.) Devotion.

4.) Image of a plant growing and dying [5 minutes]

[Evening]

8-10 lines of “Theosophy” and your own thoughts about it.

Review.

1.) More radiant than ...

2.) Inhale: long, deep (lower abdomen moves in, upper abdomen moves out)  
Meditation: Search for the path = (spoken as if to the breath) [1 time]

Hold your breath: Meditation: Search for the path in inner contemplation [3 times]

Exhalation: long, (not in bursts)  
Meditation: Search for the path by boldly stepping out of yourself. [2 times]

This in the first week: once  
This in the second week: twice  
This in the third week: three times

> I am  
> It thinks  
> She feels  
> He wills

3.) Devotional devotion to the divine ideal.

Review in the evening as usual.

[This exercise replaces Archive No. 5328, p. 104.]

In the evening:

> 1.) Man as I is earth existence.  
> 2.) Man as astral body is lunar thinking.  
> 3.) Man as etheric body is solar feeling.  
> 4.) Man as physical body is Saturn will.

Review of the day's events.

Morning: ![267-01](images/267-01.webp)

> Concentration on the forehead: I am  
> Concentration on the larynx: It thinks  
> Concentration on the heart: She feels  
> Concentration on the body: He wills

[The following explanation is given for exercise archive no. 3164:]

> I am: I  
> It thinks: Spirit self  
> She feels: Life spirit  
> He wills: Spirit man

Evening: (12 noon - 12 midnight)

1.) True echo You 10 min.

I am inside you  
10 min. (pineal gland) 5 min. (larynx)  
5 min. (heart)

Calm, expectant state without  
thinking or feeling, but with consciousness.

Morning: (12 midnight to 12 noon)

Middle of eyebrows: I am (12 min.)

Hold breath

Inhale: Hold breath (larynx); exhale while thinking; 5 min.

Inhale: Hold breath (heart); Exhalation: feel; 5 min.

Inhalation: hold your breath (navel); exhale; 5 min.

Same here.  
[= Calmer, expectant ... as above]

In the evening

First review the day's events; visualize individual episodes of this life in pictures. Go backwards from evening to morning. This should only take 5-7 minutes.

Then, with the feeling: “My self flows out of the spiritual world,” concentrate on the middle of the eyebrows and direct the words to this spot:

> “I am.”

Then, with the feeling, “The spiritual world lives spiritually in silent words,” concentrate on the larynx and direct the words to this spot:

> “It thinks.”

Then, with the feeling, “The spiritual world creates its knowledge,” concentrate on your heart, arms, and hands, and direct the words to this area:

“It feels.” Then, with the feeling, “The spiritual world creates its self-awareness within me,” concentrate on the aura, which is imagined as surrounding the body in an egg shape; direct the words to this area:

> “He wills.”

The meditation should last 10-15 minutes.

In the morning

The meditation of 🕈 as described in “The Secret Science.”

In addition, the six supplementary exercises.

*The five exercises given in duplicate to the members of the Esoteric School*

*created approx. 1905/1906*

> For each individual student, Rudolf Steiner wrote by hand on the duplicated pages both the meditation verse, either “Brighter than the sun ...” or “In the pure rays of light ...”, as well as a special meditation formula. These formulas are compiled on pp. 132/133.
> Early in the morning, after waking up, when no other impressions of the day have yet entered the soul, one begins one's meditation. One strives for complete inner silence and seclusion of the soul, that is, one directs one's attention away from all external perceptions and also from all memories of everyday life. One suppresses any worries and concerns one may have and establishes inner peace for the duration of the meditation. To make this easier, think for a short while only of a mental image, for example, tranquility. Then let this also disappear from your consciousness so that you are thinking of nothing at all. Take care to remain completely awake during the entire meditation and not allow your consciousness to drift. Then, for five minutes, allow only the following seven lines to live in your consciousness. Give yourself over to them completely, and if any other mental image intrudes, immediately try to return to the content of the seven lines. These seven lines are:
> [handwritten meditation phrase, e.g.:]
> After five minutes, direct your consciousness away from these ideas and toward the following thought:
> [handwritten meditation formula, e.g.:]
> Now remain completely absorbed in this thought for another 2'/2 minutes, then try to suppress it without allowing any other mental image to intrude, and remain for another 2'/2 minutes with your consciousness fully awake and without any mental images, simply surrendering yourself to the effect of the above words:
> [here the individual formula was entered again, e.g.:]
> upon the soul.
> Then immerse yourself devoutly (devotionally) in your own divine ideal for another 5 minutes.
> During all this, do not go by the clock, but by your feelings. The entire meditation should not take longer than about 15 minutes. The body should be in a comfortable position so that you are not distracted by tired limbs or other factors from your inner focus.
> Evening: Review the day's events. Without regret. From back to front.—
> Early in the morning, immediately after waking up, when no other impressions of the day have yet entered the soul, one should devote oneself to meditation. One should try to become completely still inside, that is, one should divert all attention away from external impressions and also from all memories of everyday life. One should also try to free the soul from all worries and cares which may be weighing on you at this time. Then meditation begins. To facilitate inner silence, first direct your consciousness to a single mental image, such as “peace,” immerse yourself completely in it, and then let it disappear from your consciousness so that you have no image in your soul and let only the content of the following seven lines come to life in it. These seven lines must now live in your consciousness for five minutes. If other mental images try to intrude, return again and again to these seven lines, in which you are completely immersed.
> [handwritten meditation verse, e.g.:]
> After practicing this for five minutes, move on to the following.
> Take a calm, deep breath; after inhaling, exhale just as calmly and deeply, so that there is no pause between inhalation and exhalation. Then hold your breath for a short while, striving to keep all the air out of your body.
> The following time ratios should be observed: The inhalation can be as long as you like, depending on your strength, the exhalation should then be twice as long as the inhalation, and the breath holding three times as long as the inhalation. So, for example, if you need 2 seconds to inhale, then you should exhale for 4 seconds and hold your breath for 6 seconds. Repeat this cycle of inhaling, exhalation and breath holding should be repeated four times. When inhaling and exhaling, do not think about anything, but focus your attention entirely on your breathing; when holding your breath for the first time, concentrate entirely on the point between and slightly behind your eyebrows, i.e., at the root of your nose (slightly inside the front of your brain), and fill your consciousness solely with the words:
> During the second breath hold, concentrate on a point inside the larynx and fill your consciousness solely with the mental image:
> During the third breath retention, concentrate on your arms and hands. Hold your hands either folded or with your right hand placed over your left. Fill your consciousness with the mental image:
> During the fourth breath retention, concentrate on the entire surface of your body, i.e., imagine yourself physically as clearly as possible and fill your consciousness with the mental image:
> (If you continue these concentration exercises energetically for a few weeks, you will feel something in the areas you are concentrating on, i.e., at the root of the nose, in the larynx, a current in the hands and arms, and on the entire outer surface of the body when concentrating on the relevant areas.)
> (When concentrating on the arms and hands, you will feel the latter being pulled apart by a force; then let them move apart, that is, follow the force; but do not suggest this to yourself. It must happen all by itself.)
> (In the above, “it thinks” means “it” = the general world thinking that is supposed to live impersonally in our words. In “it feels,” ‘it’ means the world soul; that is, we should not feel personally, but impersonally in the sense of the world soul; in “He wills,” “he” means God, in whose will we place our entire being.)
> Once you have completed these four breaths, fill your consciousness for a while with the one mental image in which you are completely immersed, so that nothing else fills your soul during this time. This mental image is:
> [handwritten meditation formula, e.g.:]
> Then proceed to immerse yourself completely in your own divine ideal for 5 minutes. This must be done with all devotion (devotion).
> This entire meditation need not take longer than 15 minutes. For all of the above-mentioned time periods, do not rely on the clock, but rather on your feelings.
> Make sure that you are in a position where you will not be distracted by your own body, for example through fatigue.
> Evening: Review the day's experiences. From back to front.
> Early in the morning, immediately after waking up, try to bring about complete inner peace. Suppress all external sensory impressions, all memories of everyday life, and also try to adopt a physical position such that no external disturbance can be caused by your own body, for example by pressing a limb. If you do not observe this last point carefully at this stage, you will confuse some external disturbances with effects that are caused internally through meditation, as something entirely correct, caused in the body. If possible, one should also try to be independent of external conditions, such as the warmth of the room, so that one is not disturbed by excessive cold or heat. Then try to concentrate your consciousness on a single mental image, for example, “calm.” Then let this mental image disappear from consciousness and immerse yourself completely in the following lines for five minutes:
> [handwritten meditation saying, e.g.:]
> Once this has been accomplished, a kind of repetition of part of the second exercise follows. Without any breathing process other than normal breathing, immerse yourself successively in the following mental images: “I am,” concentrating on the root of the nose, “It thinks,” concentrating on the inside of the larynx, “She feels,” concentrating on the arms and hands, “He wills,” concentrating on the entire surface of the body. If it is not too much, one can combine these mental images with breathing, just as in the previous exercise. However, since the following involves a breathing process, it can be omitted here if one does not have enough strength to carry it out. After this, imagine (visualize) very vividly a plant that is familiar to you, as if it were floating in front of your face. It should not be just a general, shadowy mental image of the plant, but rather an image that intensifies until it becomes complete in form, color, smell, and so on. This image should remain floating in front of you while you meditate on the following words and perform the following breathing exercises. First, take three breaths in the following manner: Inhale calmly and slowly for as long as you can, three, four, five seconds; then exhale calmly, twice as long as the inhalation; then hold your breath (the lungs remain empty, the air outside), three times as long as the inhalation. While doing this, focus your attention intently on the image of the floating plant. As you inhale, think intensely, as if you were addressing the plant:
> When exhaling, think again with regard to the plant:
> While holding your breath, refrain from all thoughts and wait to see if anything reveals itself to you.
> Then follow three other breaths, as follows:
> Inhale (for any length of time); hold your breath (three times as long as the inhalation); then exhale calmly (twice as long as the inhalation).
> While inhaling, think again:
> While holding your breath, think of nothing; while exhaling, think:
> Then, after taking these six breaths, imagine very vividly that you are stepping out of yourself with your consciousness and leaving your body where it is. Transport yourself with your soul into the plant, as if you were spiritually one with it and thus had your own body in front of you. Take the seventh breath as follows:
> Inhale (for as long as you like); hold your breath (three times as long as the inhalation); then exhale (twice as long as the inhalation).
> While inhaling, think only as if you were directing your thoughts to your own body:
> While holding your breath, think of nothing. When exhaling, think again, as if addressing your own body:
> Then clear your mind completely and remain silent within yourself, filling it for as long as you can with only one mental image:
> [meditation formula entered by hand, e.g.:]
> Then immerse yourself for a while in what you recognize as your divine ideal. Put yourself in a devotional mood toward it.
> This entire meditation and concentration exercise should not take longer than 20-25 minutes.
> Evening: Review
> Early in the morning, immediately after waking up, one should meditate in the following manner:
> Establish complete inner peace of mind; try to remove all thoughts of everyday life from your consciousness, and strive to forget all worries and sorrows completely for the duration of the meditation. You also turn your attention completely away from all sensory impressions. You become, as it were, blind and deaf to your surroundings and suppress all memories of ordinary life. One assumes a physical position such that one cannot be disturbed by any part of the body during meditation, so that, for example, no part of the body can become tired. One must also ensure that the environment is such that one cannot be disturbed by sensations of heat or cold, for example. Once one is prepared in this way, one thinks only of one mental image, for example, peace. This concentrates the consciousness entirely on one point. Then let this mental image fall away, that is, disappear from consciousness, so that it is completely free, still and calm within. Now fill your soul completely with the following formula for 5 minutes:
> [handwritten meditation phrase, e.g.:]
> You must immerse yourself completely in the content of these seven lines.
> Then take seven breaths as follows:  
> During the first three breaths:
> Inhale, then exhale immediately without pausing; then hold your breath for a certain amount of time; i.e. you hold the air outside your lungs. The inhalation can last as long as you like (for example, 2 seconds, as long as you can hold your breath). However, the exhalation must then last approximately twice as long as the inhalation; the pause between breaths should be three times as long. Breathing must be slow and calm. Do not go by the clock, but by how you feel.
> During this entire time, you should visualize a plant that you know well, as if it were floating in front of you and you were looking at it continuously. As you inhale, think as if you were directing your thoughts to the plant:
> When you exhale, think in the same way:
> While holding your breath, refrain from all thoughts and wait to see if anything reveals itself to you.
> Then follow three other breaths, as follows:
> Inhale (for any length of time); then hold the breath (three times as long as the inhalation), then exhale calmly (twice as long as the inhalation).
> While inhaling, think again:
> While holding your breath, think of nothing;  
> while exhaling, think:
> Then, after taking these six breaths, imagine vividly that you are stepping out of yourself with your consciousness and leaving your body where it is. Transport yourself with your soul into the plant, as if you were spiritually one with it and your own body were in front of you. Take the seventh breath as follows:
> Inhale (for as long as you like), hold your breath (three times as long as the inhalation), then exhale (twice as long as the inhalation).
> While inhaling, think only as if you were directing the thought to your own body:
> While holding your breath, think of nothing. When exhaling, think again as if you were addressing your own body:
> Then clear your mind completely and remain silent within yourself, filling your mind for as long as you can with only one mental image:
> [meditation formula written by hand, e.g.:]
> Then immerse yourself for a while in what you recognize as your divine ideal. Put yourself in a devotional mood toward it.
> This entire meditation and concentration exercise should not take longer than 15-20 minutes.
> Evening: Review of the day's events. Imaginative and retrospective.
> *The following exercise relating to an inanimate object can be found on a notepad:*
> Mental image of a colored inanimate object:
> Inhalation: Your darkness – my light  
> Exhalation: My darkness – your light  
> Hold your breath.
> [twice]

Then project yourself into the object. [once]:  
Inhalation: My darkness – your light  
Exhalation: Your darkness – my light  
Hold your breath.

*Addition to these first four main exercises A - D, which are available in duplicate:*

*The following is a list of all the formulas from the copies available in the archive that were inserted by Rudolf Steiner's hand into the duplicated texts for each individual student. Rudolf Steiner noted a number of these in one of his notebooks under the heading “The word given to the individual.” The available documents show that several students received the same word.*

> Know thyself  
> Steadfastness  
> I breathe in light, I breathe out light  
> I am steadfast  
> I am spirit  
> I am within myself  
> I understand beings  
> I will  
> Strength in my thoughts  
> Strength within me  
> Above all things as below / Below all things as above  
> Light through me  
> Light in my thoughts  
> Light clarity  
> My steadfastness  
> My strength  
> My vitality  
> My soul is  
> Calmness in strength, strength in calmness  
> Calmness in strength, strength in calmness  
> Calmness within me, calmness through me  
> Soul in the body  
> Soul harmony  
> Soul power  
> Soul light shines through me  
> Soul warmth permeates me  
> Soul warmth flows through me Soul peace  
> Blissful peace  
> Wisdom shines through me  
> As above, so below


*The notes from the esoteric lectures in Munich on June 6, 1907, GA 266/I, say the following about these individually given formulas:*

After these seven lines [of the meditation verse], we are given a word or a sentence for contemplation. This concentration on a sentence or a word, for example “strength,” is very important. It is a kind of watchword, a power word that is precisely adapted to the state of mind of each individual. This word should be allowed to resound in the soul, much like striking a tuning fork. And just as one listens to the tuning fork as it fades away, so too should one allow the word to fade away silently in the soul after contemplating it, surrendering to what has been effected in the soul by this word.

Main exercise

Strictly confidential  
Occult exercises

1.) A morning meditation should be performed as follows:

Early in the morning, before beginning any daily activity and before eating, one should achieve complete peace of mind. The attention must be diverted from all external sensory impressions and from all ordinary mental images. All memories of ordinary experiences must also be completely silenced. Above all, all worries and cares of life must be completely silenced.

Then, from the completely calm soul, one mental image must arise:

> Above, everything as below  
> Below, everything as above

One must now strictly spend 10 minutes (not according to the clock, but according to one's feelings) living only in such mental images that can be gained from this idea as its application to the phenomena of the world. It is not important at first that all these mental images are correct, but rather that one exercises one's imagination in this direction. However, one should strive as much as possible to think only correct mental images.

After completing this, proceed as follows: Take seven breaths, inhaling for as long as necessary to be able to continue without harm:

Inhale; after completing the inhalation, exhale immediately, then hold your breath so that inhalation is completely suppressed for a while.

The following times should be observed:

> Inhalation: As long as desired, as described above.  
> Exhalation: Twice as long as inhalation.  
> Breath retention: Four times as long as inhalation (this is for the beginning, then gradually increase to ten times as long as inhalation).

During the first and second breath retention, you should immerse yourself completely in the mental image:

> I am

and concentrate on the point at the root of the nose. (This point can be found by drawing a line horizontally backwards from the point between the eyebrows; it is then about one centimeter backwards.)

During the third and fourth breath retention, you should immerse yourself in the mental image:

> It thinks

and concentrate on the larynx.

During the fifth and sixth breaths, you should immerse yourself in the mental image:

> She feels

and concentrate on the heart.

During the seventh breath, immerse yourself in:

> He wills

and concentrate on the navel, drawing rays through your mind that pass through the entire lower abdomen.

When inhaling and exhaling, refrain from all thoughts. (“It” means: world thinking. ‘She’ means: the world soul. “He” means: the world spirit. However, these mental images are only for orientation. They should not be present in your consciousness during meditation. They would only disturb the mantra-like character of the above formula.)

This entire exercise should be concluded by devoting yourself to your own divine ideal for 5 minutes.

2.) During the course of the day, you should do the specially described supplementary exercises.

3.) In the evening, review the day's experiences, vividly, from back to front.

Alcohol should be avoided at all costs. A vegetarian diet is not essential, but is beneficial.

*Additional notes on  
the exercises with the formula  
“I am - It thinks - She feels - He wills”*


V: Inhalation  
a.) Concentration: Draw the energy flows from the periphery of the body toward the heart.  
b.) Meditation: Seek the path.

Resting breath ![It thinks](images/267-04.webp) It thinks: yellow (green) ![It feels](images/267-05.webp) It feels: (green)blue ![It wants](images/267-06.webp) He wills: (blue)red light purple ![It wants](images/267-07.webp) ![I am](images/267-08.webp) I am: light red ![267-09](images/267-09.webp) ![Concentration on the entire surface of the body](images/267-10.webp) ![267-11](images/267-11.webp) ![267-12](images/267-12.webp) ![267-13](images/267-13.webp) ![267-14](images/267-14.webp) ![267-15](images/267-15.webp)

VI:  
a.) Concentration: the soul remains at rest in the heart for a while.  
b.) Meditation: seek the path of inner contemplation.

VII: Exhalation  
a.) Concentration: the energy flows from the heart to the periphery of the body.  
b.) Meditation: Seek the path by ...

I am: Concentration on a point in the center of the head (in the brain).

More radiant than ...

It thinks: Concentration on the larynx

She feels: Concentration on the hands[^1]

He wills: [Concentration on the entire body covering (skin, outer boundary)[^2]

1. The organization of the plant-animal organism is brought about by immersion in thought:

> I am

2. Radiant ...

> ... I.

3. The organization of the mental organism is brought about by immersion in thought

The organization of the mental-chemical organism is brought about by immersing oneself in the thought

The organization of the astral organism is brought about by immersion in thought

Brighter than the sun ... Self

> Environment with senses: Willing  
> Use of hands: Feeling  
> Use of larynx: Thinking  
> Use of brain: Being  
>

I am: Concentrating on a point in the forehead between and behind the eyes.

It thinks: with concentration on the larynx; yellow on the outside

She feels: with concentration on the arms and hands; green

He wills: with concentration on the surface of the body; blue

He wills: concentration on the entire surface of the body

a.) Concentration Inhalation  
The streams flow from the periphery of the body to the heart  
Meditation: Find the way.

b.) Concentration Holding the breath  
Rest all your soul's feelings in your heart  
Meditation: Seek the path of inner contemplation.

c.) Concentration on exhalation  
The currents flow from the heart to the periphery of the body  
Meditation: Seek the path by boldly stepping out of yourself.

8 days = I am: feeling through the whole organism.  
8 days = It thinks (world thinking that thinks in humans): feeling through the whole organism.  
8 days = I am: She feels.  
8 days = I am: He wills.

It is world thinking: the physical body of man.  
She is the world soul: in relation to this, it says  
He is the world will: man I am

In fact, in the 5th round, man will address himself with It: Jupiter.  
In the 6th round with She: Venus.  
In the 7th round with He: Vulcan.  
Transcriptions

for archive no. 353:

Manas - spirit self / budhi - life spirit / Atma - human spirit / 3rd Logos Arupa: mental body is God's spirit / Atma mental body sHe wills / budhi astral body it feels life spirit world soul / Manas ether body I think spirit self / Cogito ergo sum / physical body I am /

I am mixed / it thinks gold / she feels silver / He wills ore / Aum / I am / Radiant ... / it thinks / she feels / He wills / devotional

for Archive No. 354:

Object Subject / World-creating thought Thought Line Surface Genus, etc. / Astral light World-creating feeling Aeonic light of a higher kind Feeling Pleasure Suffering Sympathy Antipathy / Astral light World-creating will Aeonic light of a lower kind Sensation Color Light Dark /

1. The world-creating thought has formed the human thinking organ.

2. The higher Aeonic light has formed the feeling organ or the organs of Kama manas.

3. The lower Aeonic light has formed the Indryas or the organs of perception (sensation).

It thinks nervous system brain / She feels feeling organs / He wills perception organs senses / Body with all organs which serve the lower functions. / I am

Mental matter / Astral matter / Ether matter

for archive no. 355:

The willing spirit of God should will in Kama manas, then the human being puts his Kama manas into the right harmony between himself and the universe of will (1st Logos).

The creative world soul should feel in Kama (astral), then the human being sets his Kama in the right harmony with the universal world feeling (2nd Logos).

The thought universe should think in the etheric body, then the human being sets his etheric body in the right harmony with the universal world thought (3rd Logos).

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[^1]: The hands are the organs through which the feeling human soul rises above the mere feeling animal soul. In animals, the front limbs are not organs that consciously generate karma, as they are in humans.

[^2]: This outer boundary is that through which the human being turns around, i.e., before he had an outer boundary, he was outside himself; then, with the outer boundary, he is within himself. 1.