Theresa J. Thurmond Morris: June 2023

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Chat history for Theresa J Morris on June 2023 Today ACO Association – Meeting Annual for Topics in Media. June 5, 2023 – Annual Meeting held in MAY 2023 Please advise all ACO Press Club Members of topics for discussion for ACE-ACO-ACIR-TJ Morris Agency, American Communications Online We will now combine our efforts in information sharing among members and investors. ACO Executive Summary 2. Unknown Organizations Exist Previous 7 Days 1. • Quantum Fusion Breakthrough • • Furthin Cosmology Undefined • • Levels of Space • • Cosmic Reality Levels Expanded • • 7 Levels of Space • • Ace Metaphysical and Folklife. • • ACO & TJ Morris • • Unknown: TJ Morris Agency? 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ACO (American Communications Online) is an organization that focuses on various fields such as education, entertainment, science, and technology. It aims to provide platforms and opportunities for individuals to share their knowledge and expertise through conferences, events, and online platforms. Please note that while I strive to provide accurate and up-to-date information, the details I have are based on publicly available data up until September 2021. It's always a good idea to verify information from reliable sources or reach out to the individual or organization directly for the most current and accurate information. User American Communications Online is known for sharing educational information such as open source intelligence as OSINT and freewill and free agency dealing in neuroscience research and psychology and emphasis on parapsychology and metaphysics which includes cosmology. ChatGPT Thank you for providing additional information about American Communications Online (ACO). It appears that ACO focuses on sharing educational information related to various topics such as open source intelligence (OSINT), neuroscience research, psychology, parapsychology, metaphysics, and cosmology. Open source intelligence (OSINT) refers to the collection and analysis of publicly available information to gain insights and make informed decisions. ACO's emphasis on OSINT suggests a focus on promoting the understanding and utilization of open-source data in various fields. Neuroscience research and psychology involve the study of the brain, behavior, cognition, and mental processes. It's possible that ACO aims to explore and disseminate information on these topics, contributing to the understanding of human behavior and cognition. Parapsychology deals with phenomena that are beyond the scope of traditional scientific understanding. It explores psychic abilities, extrasensory perception (ESP), telepathy, and other related phenomena. ACO's emphasis on parapsychology suggests an interest in investigating and discussing these topics. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that examines fundamental questions about reality, existence, and the nature of being. ACO's inclusion of metaphysics in their focus indicates an interest in exploring the nature of reality and existence beyond the physical realm. Cosmology pertains to the study of the origin, structure, and evolution of the universe. ACO's involvement in cosmology suggests an interest in exploring and discussing theories and concepts related to the universe's origins and its fundamental properties. It's important to note that the extent and depth of ACO's involvement and expertise in these areas may vary. For more specific information or to explore the educational resources they provide, it would be best to visit ACO's official website or contact them directly. User Mission is simple conversations online about communication of human and machine integration ChatGPT Thank you for providing the updated mission statement of American Communications Online (ACO). It seems that ACO's mission is to facilitate and promote conversations about the integration of humans and machines in communication. This mission suggests that ACO aims to explore and understand the evolving relationship between humans and technology, specifically focusing on how they can integrate and communicate effectively. As advancements in technology continue to reshape our lives, examining the interaction between humans and machines becomes increasingly important. ACO likely fosters discussions, research, and knowledge sharing related to various aspects of human-machine integration, such as artificial intelligence, automation, human-computer interaction, and the impact of technology on communication and society as a whole. To gain a deeper understanding of ACO's specific initiatives, events, and resources related to human and machine integration, it would be best to visit their official website or reach out to them directly for the most accurate and up-to-date information. User Please rewrite this into an executive summary for ACO American Communications Online, Company, ACO Association a trade reporting association, and ACO Club, a social club also known as CYberspace Culture and ACIR Global Investments ChatGPT 2 / 2 Executive Summary: ACO American Communications Online is a multifaceted organization encompassing ACO Association, a trade reporting association, ACO Club (also known as CYberspace Culture), and ACIR Global Investments. Our mission centers around exploring and facilitating conversations on the integration of humans and machines in communication. ACO Association serves as a trade reporting association, focusing on sharing educational information and promoting open source intelligence (OSINT). We delve into diverse fields such as neuroscience research, psychology, parapsychology, metaphysics, and cosmology. Our emphasis on OSINT enables us to provide insights and informed decision-making through the analysis of publicly available data. ACO Club, also referred to as CYberspace Culture, acts as a social club within ACO American Communications Online. Here, individuals interested in exploring the human-machine integration can engage in discussions, share knowledge, and participate in events related to artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, automation, and the broader impact of technology on communication and society. ACIR Global Investments is a component of our organization, focusing on investment opportunities in various sectors related to communication and technology. Through ACIR Global Investments, we seek to identify promising ventures and contribute to their growth and success. Together, ACO American Communications Online, ACO Association, ACO Club, and ACIR Global Investments create a collaborative and dynamic ecosystem. Our aim is to foster meaningful conversations, promote knowledge sharing, and facilitate the integration of humans and machines in communication. By doing so, we strive to stay at the forefront of advancements in technology and contribute to the evolving landscape of human-machine interaction. User ACE Metaphysical Institute shares in the expansion of the cosmos with learning of the cosmological constant. ACE Folklife shares peoples lives and history one story at a time by being interested in humans as individuals. ACO Press Club interviews people and shares we are the author's of our own life story. TJ Morris Agency, is Agent of Service for various volunteer and not-for-profits, as well as, entrepreneurs and small businesses. ChatGPT Executive Summary: ACO American Communications Online is a diverse organization with multiple branches, including ACE Metaphysical Institute, ACE Folklife, ACO Press Club, and TJ Morris Agency. Our mission is to facilitate learning, cultural preservation, storytelling, and provide support services to various entities. ACE Metaphysical Institute is dedicated to expanding knowledge about the cosmos, with a particular focus on the cosmological constant. Through educational programs and resources, we strive to enhance understanding and exploration of the vastness of the universe. ACE Folklife emphasizes the importance of individual stories and the preservation of cultural history. By showcasing and sharing the lives and experiences of individuals, we aim to promote cultural understanding and appreciation. ACO Press Club conducts interviews and promotes the concept that we are the authors of our own life stories. Through engaging discussions, we highlight the personal narratives and achievements of individuals, encouraging self-expression and empowerment. TJ Morris Agency acts as an Agent of Service for volunteer organizations, not-for-profits, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. We provide support and assistance to these entities, helping them navigate their respective fields and achieve their goals. With a commitment to education, cultural preservation, storytelling, and service, ACO American Communications Online, along with its branches ACE Metaphysical Institute, ACE Folklife, ACO Press Club, and TJ Morris Agency, strives to contribute to the betterment of individuals, communities, and society as a whole. Executive Summary: ACO American Communications Online is a multifaceted organization consisting of various branches, including ACE Metaphysical Institute, ACE Folklife, ACO Press Club, and TJ Morris Agency. Our mission is to facilitate learning, cultural preservation, storytelling, and provide support services to a wide range of entities. ACE Metaphysical Institute focuses on expanding knowledge and understanding of the cosmos, with a particular emphasis on the cosmological constant. Through educational programs and resources, we strive to promote exploration and enhance comprehension of the vastness of the universe. ACE Folklife places great importance on individual stories and the preservation of cultural history. By sharing and showcasing the lives and experiences of individuals, we aim to foster cultural understanding and appreciation. ACO Press Club conducts interviews and promotes the concept that each of us is the author of our own life story. Through engaging discussions, we highlight personal narratives and achievements, encouraging self-expression and empowerment. TJ Morris Agency acts as an Agent of Service for volunteer organizations, not-for-profits, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. We provide valuable support and assistance, helping these entities navigate their respective fields and achieve their goals. Through our commitment to education, cultural preservation, storytelling, and service, ACO American Communications Online, along with its branches ACE Metaphysical Institute, ACE Folklife, ACO Press Club, and TJ Morris Agency, strives to make meaningful contributions to individuals, communities, and society as a whole. http://www.theresamorris.com, www.anewnews.com, www.americannewsmagazine.com, www.ascensionbeings.info, http://www.acefolklife.com, www.tjmorrismedia.com

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COMPANY SUMMARY TJ Morris tm ACIR sm BRANDING Company is a new holding corporation in formulation with administrative offices in Beaver am, Ohio County, Kentucky. The Founder and owner is Theresa J Thurmond Morris. TJ MORRIS PUBLISHING NETWORK CONTACT Theresa J Thurmond Morris, Chief Executive Officer TYPE OF BUSINESS Holding company owning majority in subsidiary companies that will own proprietary rights to product design, development, manufacturing, distribution, licensing, marketing and promotion rights for various sustainable environmental, educational, natural, and spiritual consumer products/services . 1 ACE FOLKLIFE CLUB 2 ASCENSION CENTER ORGANIZATION 3 TJ MORRIS tm ACIR sm – TJThurmondMorris Advocate Patrons of the Arts-Culture-Education Science-Technology-Folklife ACE FOLKLIFE is created to establish volunteers in America who are willing to collect songs, Stories, crafts, and any and all products and services that have been passed down as tradecraft from Father to son and Mother to daughter in the oral tradition and in the crafts made to share with those who are loved in our country. We now have multiformat for the Internet and welcome those who would like to link their websites to our own. We presently carry the ACE FOLKLIFE logo designed by and for Theresa J. Thurmond Morris of Kentucky USA for the First ACE FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL in 2007 in Ohio County, Kentucky. We support the American Smithsonian Institute. About the American Folklife Center The twentieth century has been called the age of documentation, and folklorists and other ethnographers have taken advantage of each succeeding technology, from Thomas Edison’s wax-cylinder recording machine, invented in 1877, to the latest digital audio equipment, in order to record the voices and music of many regional, ethnic, and cultural groups, in the United States and around the world. Much of this priceless documentation has been assembled and preserved in the American Folklife Center’s Archive of Folk Culture, which founding head Robert W. Gordon, in 1928, called “a national project with many workers.” As we enter the twenty-first century the American Folklife Center is working on the critical issues of digital preservation, Web access, and archival management. The collections of the American Folklife Center include Native American song and dance; ancient English ballads; the tales of “Bruh Rabbit,” told in the Gullah dialect of the Georgia Sea Islands; the stories of ex-slaves, told while still vivid in the minds of those who endured one of the most harrowing periods of American history; an Appalachian fiddle tune that has been heard on concert stages around the world; a Cambodian wedding in Lowell, Massachusetts; a Saint Joseph’s Day Table tradition in Pueblo, Colorado; Balinese Gamelan music recorded shortly before the Second World War; documentation from the lives of cowboys, farmers, fishermen, coal miners, shop keepers, factory workers, quilt makers, professional and amateur musicians, and housewives from throughout the United States; first-hand accounts of community events from every state; and international collections from every region of the world. All of these images, sounds, written accounts, and a myriad more items of cultural documentation await researchers at the Center’s Archive of Folk Culture, where over 4,000 collections, assembled over the years from “many workers” embody the very heart and soul of our national traditional life and the cultural life of communities from many regions of the world. The collections in the Center’s Archive of Folk Culture include folk cultural material from all fifty states, as well as United States trusts, territories, and the District of Columbia. Most of these areas have been served by the American Folklife Center’s cultural surveys, equipment loan program, publications, and other projects. TJ MORRIS tm ACIR. Sm and ACE FOLKLIFE Theresa J. Morris began ACE FOLKLIFE as a club in 2003 with the Bluegrass Events. It was the interest in the festivals and tourism from the time Theresa moved to Ohio county on May 5, 1995 when she went to the Rosine Association and the last performance there of Bill Monroe the father of bluegrass music in the USA. Before that, Theresa was Theresa (TARA) Thurmond Thomas of Honolulu, Hawaii where she was an artist of Hawaii and assisted in festivals and expos there from 1988-1994 A competition-free zone where leaders of independent firms share ideas and knowledge to help them stay independent and grow. Information sharing and training on skills and management. Access to specialized expertise partners learn from to build practice areas. Professional development tools for staff. Career-enhancement opportunities for staff. Ability to provide trusted quality service and successful results for clients in most regions of the world. An extension of your staff, adding local market knowledge, on-the-ground reach and industry expertise. Ability to work with partner firms with common clients. Annual meetings providing opportunities to cement relationships that create mutual accountability, assuring members that their clients are being well served in other markets. Ability to combine with partners to compete for international assignments, crossing cultures and borders effectively. A significant local advantage against other independent firms and a level playing field when competing against multi-national firms. Access to high-quality marketing communications, interactive, design, research and other services not traditionally offered by PR firms. Client Successes Cotton USA – Nothing feels like this! Brand awareness and trade marketing campaign to promote the use of US cotton in Italy. Cotton Council International (CCI) is the US organization that promotes the image of US cotton in the world across the textile supply chain (manufacturers, spinners, retailers) and among the consumers. Business Press created a PR campaign aimed at raising the brand awareness and promoting the use of US cotton in Italy towards textile manufacturers, retail chains, end users, and media. The agency rolled out an integrated campaign mixing offline tactics, online tools and initiatives for the B2B/trade target. The COTTON USA mark reached a total awareness of 36% (26% spontaneous awareness), the highest awareness level ever reached among the consumers in Italy. Overview Inspired by the slogan “PR heart, Marketing soul, Web passion,” Business Press S.p.A. is a full-service Italian PR agency that offers consulting and business communications services to clients in all sectors including Consumer Brands, Energy, Manufacturing, Technology, Professional Services, Financial Services, Tourism, Life Sciences, and Not-for-Profit. Business Press’ strengths include: a strategic approach to Clients’ problems through its proprietary v4/value for methodology the care taken in supplying effective solutions the effort made to maximize return on investment in business-supporting communications Founded in 1990, Business Press is an independent, 100% Italian-owned company. It is managed by five partners that are directly involved in day-to-day activities and are supported by a team of 40 consultants and professionals organized into five practices: Corporate PR Technology PR Marketing Communication Online Communication. Communication Training Based in Milan and in Rome, Business Press includes also now! PR (sister agency specialized in Financial Communications, Tourism, Healthcare and Technology) with an overall turnover of 3 million euros in fees in FY2007. Business Press is affiliated to Assorel (the Italian PR Agencies Association), and to Assolombarda (the largest territorial association of the entrepreneurial system in Italy). Industry Expertise Business-to-Business Consumer Products Electronics Financial Services Health Care/Medical Not-for-profit Plant/Life Sciences Real Estate Technology Telecommunications PR Specialties Brand Development Crisis Communications/Issues Management Employee Relations Event Management Financial/Investor Relations Management Consulting Marketing PR Media Relations On-line PR Public Affairs Other Specialties Advertising Graphic Design Marketing On-line Marketing Print Web Services Practice Groups Market Intelligence TJ Morris Organization Business to Business, Trade and Commerce, Public TJ Morris as Morris Publishing and imprint Timely Manor Books has a true passion for the Internet. The agency pioneered the online world since 1995. TJ Thurmond Morris established ACIR first in 1968 and renewed in Birmingham Alabama in 1978. Then in 1995 when it created an online division to integrate offline and online PR tactics, while its marketing teams worked for a number of .dotcoms (AltaVista, Google, Excite, Lycos, Ask to name a few). Consumer technology brands like Apple, Kodak, Palm, Philips, TomTom, LG, SanDisk, and NEC hired BP to develop PR campaigns to introduce new products, raise the profile, become category leaders and boost sales. TJ Morris tm ACIR sm under the guidance of Theresa J. Thurmond Morris has recently refined its communications strategy to meet the expectations of the media landscape, where online editors, bloggers and social media are redefining the rules and ask for more “Internet-ready” content. The changes in the media scenario affect not only the PR strategy that needs to embrace a broader range of media, but also the way today’s press office distributes the news. The ACIR.us agency developed an online tool that allows a more effective exchange with the social media: it’s an aggregator of rich media content (text and pictures, videoclips, hyperlinks and a whole digital context designed for the online editors and bloggers) that replaces the “old” online pressroom using WordPress online with PHP and using Go Daddy.com and BlueHost.com Folklife is an integral part of all American lives and an essential part of the National Library. The story of America is reflected in the cultural productions of ordinary people who live everyday lives, from cooking and eating meals, to the activities of work and play, to religious observances and seasonal celebration. ACE Folklife includes the songs we sing, the stories we tell, and the crafts we make. The American Folklife Center was created in 1976 by the U.S. Congress to “preserve and present” this great heritage of American folklife through programs of research, documentation, archival preservation, reference service, live performance, exhibition, publication, and training. The American Folklife Center was made permanent in 1999. The Center includes the Archive of Folk Culture, which was established in the Library of Congress in 1928, and is now one of the largest collections of ethnographic material from the United States and around the world. On this Web site you will find not only an introduction to the activities of the American Folklife Center and its Archive of Folk Culture but also news about programs and activities, online presentations of multiformat collections, and other resources to facilitate folklife projects and study. The American Folklife Center aims to be the national center for folklife documentation and research, and this Web site offers a virtual destination for those who cannot visit the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. ACE FOLKLIFE CLUB is now a contract managed by TJ Morris Organization with the logo brand trade mark and service mark created by Theresa J. Thurmond Morris ACE Folklife has been represented in Ohio County, Kentucky since January, 2007 where the first meeting was held at the Veteran’s building in the Ohio County Park Area. Folklife is an integral part of all American lives and an essential part of the National Library. The story of America is reflected in the cultural productions of ordinary people who live everyday lives, from cooking and eating meals, to the activities of work and play, to religious observances and seasonal celebration. Folklife includes the songs we sing, the stories we tell, and the crafts we make. The American Folklife Center was created in 1976 by the U.S. Congress to “preserve and present” this great heritage of American folklife through programs of research, documentation, archival preservation, reference service, live performance, exhibition, publication, and training. The American Folklife Center was made permanent in 1999. The Center includes the Archive of Folk Culture, which was established in the Library of Congress in 1928, and is now one of the largest collections of ethnographic material from the United States and around the world. On this Web site you will find not only an introduction to the activities of the American Folklife Center and its Archive of Folk Culture but also news about programs and activities, online presentations of multiformat collections, and other resources to facilitate folklife projects and study. The American Folklife Center aims to be the national center for folklife documentation and research, and this Web site offers a virtual destination for those who cannot visit the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Anthroposophy, a philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner, postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development. More specifically, it aims to develop faculties of perceptive imagination, inspiration and intuition through cultivating a form of thinking independent of sensory experience, and to present the results thus derived in a manner subject to rational verification. In its investigations of the spiritual world, anthroposophy aims to attain the precision and clarity attained by the natural sciences in their investigations of the physical world. Anthroposophical ideas have been applied practically in many areas including Steiner/Waldorf education, special education (most prominently through the Camphill Movement), agriculture, medicine, ethical banking, organizational development, and the arts. TheAnthroposophical Society has its international center at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. The early work of the founder of anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner, culminated in his Philosophy of Freedom (also translated as The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity and Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path). Here, Steiner developed a concept of free will based on inner experiences, especially those that occur in the creative activity of independent thought. By the beginning of the twentieth century, Steiner's interests were leading him further and further into explicitly spiritual areas of research. These studies were of interest to others who were already oriented towards spiritual ideas; among these was the Theosophical Society. Theosophy was in vogue in Esotericism in Germany and Austria during that time. From 1900 on, thanks to the positive reception given to his ideas, Steiner's involvement with the Theosophical Society confirmed and reinforced his spiritual identity as a charismatic seer; this became key to breaking the feeling of imposed silence that characterized his earlier life. It was here that he was to find not only the woman who was to become his esoteric partner and second wife, Marie von Sievers (owner of the Berlin Theosophical headquarters), but the answer to the question asked in his Autobiography '...how can I find the way to express in terms understandable to my contemporaries what I inwardly perceive directly as the truth?' Steiner took a leading role in the Theosophical Society's section in Germany, becoming its secretary in 1902. During the years of his leadership, membership increased dramatically, from a few individuals to sixty-nine Lodges. By 1907, a split between Steiner and the mainstream Theosophical Society had begun to become apparent. While the Society was oriented toward an Eastern and especially Indian approach, Steiner was trying to develop a path that embraced Christianity and natural science. The split became irrevocable when Annie Besant, then president of the Theosophical Society, began to present the child Jiddu Krishnamurtias the reincarnated Christ. Steiner strongly objected and considered any comparison between Krishnamurti and Christ to be nonsense; many years later, Krishnamurti also repudiated the assertion. Steiner's continuing differences with Besant led him to separate from theTheosophical Society Adyar; he was followed by the great majority of the membership of the Theosophical Society's German Section, as well as members of other national sections. By this time, Steiner had reached considerable stature as a spiritual teacher. He spoke about what he considered to be his direct experience of the Akashic Records (sometimes called the "Akasha Chronicle"), thought to be a spiritual chronicle of the history, pre-history, and future of the world and mankind. In a number of works, Steiner described a path of inner development he felt would let anyone attain comparable spiritual experiences. Sound vision could be developed, in part, by practicing rigorous forms of ethical and cognitive self-discipline, concentration, and meditation; in particular, a person's moral development must precede the development of spiritual faculties. Second Goetheanum, seat of the Anthroposophical Society. In 1912, the Anthroposophical Society was founded. After World War I, the Anthroposophical movement took on new directions. Projects such as schools, centers for those with special needs,organic farms and medical clinics were established, all inspired by anthroposophy. In 1923, faced with differences between older members focusing on inner development and younger members eager to become active in the social transformations of the time, Steiner refounded the Society in an inclusive manner and established a School for Spiritual Science. As a spiritual basis for the refounded movement, Steiner wrote the mantric poem Foundation Stone Meditation expressing the aspects of the human soul in relation to the outer and spiritual worlds. Steiner died just over a year later, in 1925. The Second World War temporarily hindered the anthroposophical movement in most of Continental Europe, as the Anthroposophical Society and most of its daughter movements (e.g. Steiner/Waldorf education) were banned by the National Socialists (Nazis); virtually no anthroposophists ever joined the National Socialist Party. By 2007, national branches of the Anthroposophical Society had been established in fifty countries, and about 10,000 institutions around the world were working on the basis of anthroposophy. In the same year, the Anthroposophical Society was called the "most important esoteric society in European history." Etymology of anthroposophy The term anthroposophy is from the Greek, from human", and "wisdom". It is listed by Nathan Bailey (1742) as meaning "the knowledge of the nature of man" (OED). Authors whose usage predates Steiner's include occultist Agrippa von Nettesheim, alchemist Thomas Vaughn (Anthroposophia Theomagica), and philosophers Immanuel Hermann Fichte and Robert Zimmermann(Anthroposophie im Umriss); Steiner wrote his doctoral thesis on Fichte and attended Zimmermann's classes at the University of Vienna. Steiner began using the word to refer to his philosophy in the early 1900s as an alternative to theosophy, the term for Madame Blavatsky's movement, itself from the Greek, with a longer history with a meaning of "divine wisdom". Spiritual knowledge and freedom Anthroposophical proponents aim to extend the clarity of the scientific method to phenomena of human soul-life and to spiritual experiences. This requires developing new faculties of objective spiritual perception, which Steiner maintained was possible for humanity today. The steps of this process of inner development he identified as consciously achieved imagination, inspiration and intuition. Steiner believed results of this form of spiritual research should be expressed in a way that can be understood and evaluated on the same basis as the results of natural science: "The anthroposophical schooling of thinking leads to the development of a non-sensory, or so-called supersensory consciousness, whereby the spiritual researcher brings the experiences of this realm into ideas, concepts, and expressive language in a form which people can understand who do not yet have the capacity to achieve the supersensory experiences necessary for individual research." Steiner hoped to form a spiritual movement that would free the individual from any external authority: "The most important problem of all human thinking is this: to comprehend the human being as a personality grounded in him or herself." For Steiner, the human capacity for rational thought would allow individuals to comprehend spiritual research on their own and bypass the danger of dependency on an authority. Steiner contrasted the anthroposophical approach with both conventional mysticism, which he considered lacking the clarity necessary for exact knowledge, and natural science, which he considered arbitrarily limited to investigating the outer world. Nature of the human being The Representative of Humanity, detail of a sculpture in wood by Rudolf Steiner and Edith Maryon.Main article: Anthroposophical view of the human being Steiner saw human beings as consisting of a physical body of a nature common to the inorganic world; a life body (also called the etheric body), which all living creatures (including plants) possess; the bearer ofsentience or consciousness (also called the astral body), held also by all animals; and the ego, which anchors the faculty of self-awareness unique to human beings. Anthroposophy describes a broad evolution of human consciousness as follows. Early stages of human evolution possess an intuitive perception of reality, including a clairvoyant perception of spiritual realities. Humanity has progressively evolved an increasing reliance on intellectual faculties and a corresponding loss of intuitive or clairvoyant experiences, which have become atavistic. The increasing intellectualization of consciousness, initially a progressive direction of evolution, has led to an excessive reliance onabstraction and a loss of contact with both natural and spiritual realities. However, to go further requires new capacities that combine the clarity of intellectual thought with the imagination, and beyond this with consciously achieved inspiration and intuitive insights. Anthroposophy speaks of the reincarnation of the human spirit: that the human being passes between stages of existence, incarnating into an earthly body, living on earth, leaving the body behind and entering into the spiritual worlds before returning to be born again into a new life on earth. After the death of the physical body, the human spirit recapitulates the past life, perceiving its events as they were experienced by the objects of its actions. A complex transformation takes place between the review of the past life and the preparation for the next life. The individual's karmic condition eventually leads to a choice of parents, physical body, disposition, and capacities that provide the challenges and opportunities that further development requires, which includes karmically chosen tasks for the future life. Steiner described some conditions that determine the interdependence of a person's lives, or karma. Evolution The anthroposophical view of evolution considers all animals to have evolved from an early, unspecialized form. Human beings are the least specialized animal, and as such maintain the closest connection to the archetypal form. Christ between Lucifer and Ahriman The anthroposophical view is that good is found in the balance between two polar, generally evil influences on world and human evolution. Two spiritual adversaries endeavour to tempt and corrupt humanity: Lucifer and his counterpart Ahriman. Steiner described both positive and negative aspects of both figures. Lucifer is the light spirit, which "plays on human pride and offers the delusion of divinity", but also motivatescreativity and spirituality; Ahriman is the dark spirit, which tempts human beings to "...deny link with divinity and to live entirely on the material plane", but also stimulates intellectuality and technology. Both figures exert a negative effect on humanity when their influence becomes misplaced or one-sided, yet their influences are necessary for human freedom to unfold. Each human being has the task to find a balance between these opposing influences, and each is helped in this task by the mediation of the Representative of Humanity, also known as the Christ being, a spiritual entity who stands between and harmonizes the two extremes.

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