From: Jean Paul Courtens
I missed this one and I should have read this one-first before I
responded. It think it is important to understand that farming is
all three; Free spiritual life is represented by the wisdom of the
farmer.
The right sphere in the issues of who owns what right to what.
Land, buildings, equipment, the right to farm the land, to develop
it, to mine it, etc., etc. And lastly farming is very much part of
the economic realm since the production of food is ultimately done
for no other reason that to nourish people. The economic realm is
there to create an environment where exchange can take place, and
Steiner compares it to the heart and lungs and bloodsystem. In the
end we are whole but if there wasn't a proper distribution system
and the brain and senses would be deprived of nourishment and oxygen
the organism would die. It is in every organ's interest to
cooperate toward the well-being of the whole. But they have
different tasks laid out for them just as the artist or monk is not
providing the world with a direct economic value, it is as important
as the brain is there to help us in guiding where we are going. I
hope this helps. And please Allan don't despair, all we need to do
is live these principles and then the rest will follow.
Jean-Paul
