We would like to extend the mood of meditation to our entire life. But this is not possible because we then become useless for physical life. If a person takes the privilege of consecrating his present life entirely to meditation, i.e. leading a monastic life, then in the next life he will be all the more faced with the task of being active in practical life despite perhaps increased spiritual powers.
Source (German): Rudolf Steiner – GA 266b – Aus den Inhalten der esoterischen Stunden – Band II: 1910-1912 – Berlin, 26 January 1912 (page 313)
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