12. Spiritual Science as a Life's Work

In the course of this winter's lectures, it has been pointed out again and again that spiritual research is based on something quite different from any other research, especially any other research in our time. It has been mentioned that in all other research, indeed in all activity of the human soul in life, it is above all important that the human being develops his powers of judgment and will as he has them, and that he applies them directly. When we face life, we are compelled to appeal directly to our judgment in order to make a decision in one sense or another; and on the other hand, when we face life in such a way that our will is called upon, we can only apply the strength of will that we have developed through our normal education. In short, in every moment of ordinary life, but also of ordinary science, we are forced to accept ourselves as we are.