Health as power

Healthy teaching, health for teachers, health for students, health for parents, health for all those who take care of the school.

keywords: seed grows by itself, inner and outer limbs, what is not harmony, harmony as harmony, nature of nature, nature of man, example of a tree and its care

In the Great Didactic he gives HOW the thought of the scripture, "Thus, you know, is the kingdom of God, as if a man cast seed into the ground, and slept and rose day and night, and the seed came up and grew, as he knows not. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of itself. First the herb, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear." (VD 124)

"The seed has sprung up and grown, as he does not know." This is the part that might be uncomfortable to man (mankind) today. We want to know.

Let us try to see how far our consciousness is sufficient, how we can, and perhaps cannot, bring harmony into our lives and also offer it to others as a kind of experience.

The harmony of forces and their balance will then be the desired health.

For the organism, whose "inner limbs", i.e. organs, as JAK aptly calls them, are also related to the outer limbs and parts of the visible body.

This is not a purely psycho-somatic survey, although there is a link.

It's about "the seed WAS raised."

There is a correlation of forces behind things, or a force that escapes us, which is an active and influential element for life itself. It is that power.

The organism of schools large and small, classical and so-called alternative, is made up of people.

Man is therefore the element that is the living part, the link of the school.

It is the inner limb that reveals the outer, the school as a space.

Young people and adult people. There are conscious and unconscious relationships between all these parts.

But if we would like to put health as harmony, as a balance of forces, at the centre of our thinking, then it is our mental work to find out what it is that takes us out of harmony as individuals and as a community.

Here many, and perhaps even children, would answer:

stress - boredom - sympathy with unsympathy - shouting - fear - exertion - anxiety - evaluation - disinterest - the very sick phenomenon of bullying - and more -

This could be answered by both adults and young people.

HOW he writes: "That harmony pleases man and that man eagerly longs for it is evident. For all things of a temperate nature are beneficial and wholesome, but all things that are immoderate are hostile and pernicious. But even man himself is nothing but harmony, both with regard to the body and the soul. For just as the great world itself is the image of an immense clock, composed of too many wheels and cylinders so artificially that for the sake of continuity and harmony of movement one interferes with the other, so is man. For, as regards the body, assembled by marvellous art, the first wheel here is the heart, the fountain of life and action, from which the other members receive their motion and measure of movement. But the weight which causes the movements is the brain, and it draws and draws away the other wheels (the limbs) by means of nerves, as ropes. But the variety of all acts internally and externally depends precisely on this measured harmony of movements. " (VD 66)

"The basis of this proof is only one, but quite sufficient, that every thing, where it inclines by nature, not only is easily led, but also rushes there of its own accord and with a kind of pleasure, so that it causes pain if it is resisted.

For it is not necessary to force a bird to learn to fly, or a fish to learn to swim. " (VD 100)

We can perceive that JAK wants to draw our attention to the fact that nature and its manifestations have a certain pattern within them, which they willingly follow and have no need to reverse.

Man, however, also because of his great gift, which is - at least as a germ - free will, is different. The nature by which the natural variety of species is guided is not sufficient here, and he suspects in his inmost heart yet another nature. The human-divine one.

And there is also the freedom of each person to seek this other nature. JAK refers to the 8 schools of our life. Each school, each period has its possibility.

About that other imagined nature of HOW:

"But every man becomes a man unless there is a breach. Nevertheless, (some would argue) our inner strength is weakened by original sin (the word sin carries the meaning of "separation" at its base). I answer: But they are not destroyed. Of course the bodily powers are also weakened, and yet we are able to bring them back to their natural freshness by walking, running, and doing the work of the trade. For though the first men, as soon as they were created, could walk, talk, and think, we cannot walk, talk, and think, but we learn." (VD 101)

Further, John Amos writes:

1. to protect the body from disease and death
2. the spirit was led to provide all things wisely

• we are obliged to protect the body from disease and injury. First of all, since it is the dwelling place of the soul, and the only dwelling place, if it breaks down, the soul must immediately move out of the world, or if it breaks down slowly and soon on this side or on that, soon on the other side it threatens to collapse, the soul of its guest has an uncomfortable dwelling in it. We must carefully cherish this tabernacle of the body.

• Secondly, the same body is made not only the dwelling place, but also the instrument of the rational soul, without which it can hear nothing, see nothing, speak nothing, do nothing, or even think nothing. It is therefore rightly said by a well-known poet, THAT THE SPIRIT SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN A HEALTHY BODY. " (quote from Juvenal)

Ours: "In a sound body a sound mind" seems to be the same, yet there is a noticeable difference.

"Then our body will be kept fresh by a proper diet. Let us here suggest a little, by the example of a tree. If a tree is to remain fresh, it needs three things:

1/ constant moisture

2/ frequent winding

3/ alternate rest

1/ It needs moisture, because without it it wilts and dries, but it needs moderate moisture, because too much moisture roots rot." (VD 120)

Here Comenius draws attention to the relationship between the body and nutrition, which should be simple and moderate. Then digestion is more certain. Children like all kinds of pasta, grains and legumes well prepared, vegetables suitable for children, fruit, nuts, seeds. The vitamin itself is a carrier of sunlight and radiation. Light soups. Meat and its blood is the carrier of the fear of the animal that knows it is going to die. All this can be taken into account in schools.

He goes on to say, "However precious a tree may be, the gardener does not water it with wine or milk, but with the liquid common to all that grows, namely, water.

2/ The tree also needs frequent refreshment from wind, rain and frost, otherwise it easily dies and withers. So the human body in general needs exercise, running and serious or short exercises.

3/ Finally, the tree needs rest at certain intervals, so that it may not externally bud, blossom and bear fruit, but may also sometimes work for itself internally, preparing the sap, and so strengthen itself." (VD 121,122)

Similarly, He has ordered all men and other creatures to spend the night (as nature does the winter), so that they may regain the strength consumed by the exertions of the day, both by sleep and by resting their limbs. But even in the lesser periods of the day some rest is necessary for the body and spirit, lest something violent and hostile to nature should be allowed to happen. So also between the daily labors there is need, as is fitting, of some rest, story, games, jests, music, and the like, which refreshes the outer and inner senses."

And isn't it the case that even modern psychologists would agree with this? That this harmonious layout, this approach to nutrition, carries the recognized, the most modern truth of our day?

And now it is our business - how to implement all this?

Rudolf Steiner described in detail how a person's health throughout his life is related to what he experienced as a child during his school years. Mistakes of upbringing and living begin to appear at about the age of forty and progressively beyond. It discusses in detail how certain behaviors, affects cause metabolic reactions and how non-power is gradually formed.

HOW: "If any man spare the three, it is impossible that health and life should not be preserved as long as possible, except in that case which would come by a higher procedure." (VD 122)

HOW puts a healthy spirit first and places it in a healthy body. Thus our sharp mind, intelligence, rightly feeling heart and clear reason will arrange the forms in the most harmonious way.

In such a school, where these elements are active, it will be good for the pupils, teachers, everyone in the school and also for the parents.

Explain to parents the importance of lifestyle, the importance of sleep, sleep preparation, the importance of nutrition, exercise - and this is important today - exercise without performance pressure, the importance of joking, humour and joy.

Power is power and hello. The power of the intuited nature in inseparability. It is the basis of the true evolution of the universe that carries its "children" to understanding.