This essay is included in Volume 33 of The Collected Works of Eric Vogelin (Edited by Ellis Sandoz The Drama of Humanity and Other Miscellaneous Papers,1939 - 1985,1990, pp. 384 - 394). According to the editor's note, the essay presents a transcript of a speech delivered by Voegelin at a seminar held in Tutzing, Germany, in 1981. Voegelin begins by reflecting on contemporary realities to investigate the meditative origin of the philosophical knowledge of order. After identifying and addressing the disordered phenomena in contemporary society, Voegelin sought to return and revive the Platonic-Aristotelian meditative tradition of ancient Greece. However, unlike Leo Strauss who strictly separated revelation from reason, Voegelin maintained that reason contains elements of revelation and vice versa. The divine-human tension within this framework manifests as a movement of moving and being moved. Different types of questing of truth fundamentally condition subsequent cultural patterns, from which Voegelin extracted the key and common concepts as materials for reflection and critique. Ultimately, this essay represents a crucial point in the development of Voegelin's later thought. Concepts such as "It-reality", "complex" and "reflective distance" introduced here directly enriched the theoretical framework of Volume 5 of Order and History, titled In Search of Order.