Esoteric Lesson

We can go even further in such efforts by facing people and trying to see their outward appearance as illusion and maya. For example, try to perceive the color of their face, hair, eyes, and cheeks in complementary colors, and everything that is elevated—the nose, etc.—as a depression, and vice versa. This brings us to the negative form, that which is left out as a hollow space by the physical body and which constitutes the spiritual. (Compare “Theosophy”: The Spirit World.) This is also the beginning of living into the aura of the human being. All these experiences can only be felt and sensed. If we approach this with the intellect, we can only carry out these kinds of exercises until the facts are reversed, or we experience only a continuous reflection of our own thoughts being thrown back at us without penetrating into spiritual reality. For example, if a person has very red cheeks, these will have to be perceived in the complementary color light green, a sign that they are still strongly rooted in vegetative life. With a slight reddening of the face, a bluish shimmer spreads over a slightly darker green tint for clairvoyant perception. In this way, the clairvoyant can recognize the degree of spirituality of the person standing before them.