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Steiner described numerous exercises he believed would bring spiritual development ; other anthroposophists have added many others.

A central principle is that " for every step in spiritual perception, three steps are to be taken in moral development.

" According to Anthroposophy, moral development reveals the extent to which one has achieved control over one's inner life and can exercise it in harmony with the spiritual life of other people ; it shows the real progress in spiritual development, the fruits of which are given in spiritual perception.

It also guarantees the capacity to distinguish between false perceptions or illusions ( which are possible in perceptions of both the outer world and the inner world ) and true perceptions, or, better said, to distinguish in any perception between the influence of subjective elements ( i. e., viewpoint ) and the objective reality the perception points at.