Part I: The Unknown “I” and the Health of the Soul

Introduction

In our time, one of the deepest health questions is almost never asked: what happens when the human being no longer knows the “I”? We speak often of body, mind, and emotions — but rarely of the innermost center, the spirit-self that can shape and order these layers. Yet it is this “I” that is decisive for health, because without it the soul and etheric body lose orientation, becoming prey to chaos, obsession, and astral storms.

1. The Unknown “I”

When the “I” is not consciously known, life becomes scattered. Continuity of consciousness weakens; memory slips or becomes unreliable; grounding in daily currents and rhythms is lost. The astral body then takes over — moods, impulses, attractions, and aversions drive decisions. People find themselves drawn into situations they neither wanted nor understood, and wonder why their lives keep unraveling.

Health, in this deeper sense, is not merely physical but depends on whether the “I” can truly enter its sheaths — the etheric, the astral, the physical — and bring them into coherence.

2. Images as Inhabitants of the Soul

The imagination is a living realm within the soul. Images dwell there and can take on a life of their own. In earlier times, imaginations arose organically; today they are endlessly seeded by movies, comics, and digital worlds. These images do not remain passive: they act, stir, and invite spiritual beings to inhabit them.

Elemental beings, ghosts, even fallen spiritual entities can enter the soul through these images. Simply “thinking about them” can be enough to call them forth, depending on one’s disposition. When the “I” is weak, these imaginations colonize the etheric body and distort the soul’s balance, producing fascination, obsession, and disturbed inner life.

3. False “Vibrations” and the Cracks in the Etheric

In many circles today, “raising vibrations” is spoken of as a kind of quick path to spirituality. But more often it is pursued through substances, overstimulation, or escapist techniques that tear fissures in the etheric body.

Through these cracks, spiritual realities may indeed be glimpsed — but only through a lens clouded by astral distortion. Experiences that should be integrated and elevated instead fall into comic-book narratives: aliens, conspiracies, lurid scenarios. These satisfy curiosity but fail to nourish the soul.

True “raising of vibrations” is moral enhancement. A piece of Mozart, a line of sacred poetry, a page of spiritual text can elevate the soul beyond the ordinary, weaving etheric substance into harmony with the “I.” This is not sensational, but it is transformative.

4. Trauma, Rejection, and the Unfulfilled Soul

Here the health question meets biography. Many today carry trauma and rejection in their depths. They long for life, for adventure, yet cannot give direction or actualize their full potential. Intellectualization often feels hostile to them, as if abstract thought would kill their soul-fire. Lacking higher learning, they cannot easily take professional form.

For such “wild souls,” health is not found in conformity but in finding an adventure that allows the “I” to awaken within their biography. Designing life itself as an adventure becomes a healing path. The challenge is how to sustain the vitality of such souls without them falling prey to chaos or exploitation.

5. The Wider Question of Screens and Early Life

This becomes even clearer when we look at children. The effects of screens on early development are not only about attention spans or eyesight. They reach into the etheric body itself. Screens seed prefabricated images into the soul before the “I” has strength to take hold of them. This weakens the child’s own formative powers, leaving the etheric body porous and the “I” unable to ground itself properly in later life.

The health of the future depends on understanding this: the sheaths of the human being — physical, etheric, astral, and I — cannot be left out of account. Without them, we cannot grasp the real sources of either illness or health.

Conclusion

To know the “I” is to regain health in the fullest sense. It is to ground oneself, to order one’s sheaths, to digest images and experiences into meaning, and to elevate the soul through moral cultivation. Without this, chaos, obsession, and fragmentation reign. With it, even trauma can be woven into a life-adventure that becomes healing not only for oneself but also for others.