# The Masters' Path: Development and Inner Transformation

## GA 266I — 14 July 1904, Berlin

### Esoteric Lesson

1. The Mahatmas [Masters] will have something to say to us today.

2. Three duties of the student of occultism are mentioned: to overcome pride and vanity, to live theosophy practically, to stand up for theosophy.

3.-6.: [Listed as points in the notes, but without text]

7. Now the Master Morya will speak.

8. The Masters can be regarded as our ideal; they have achieved what we still have to achieve. We can therefore ask them about our further development.

9. The forces that have blossomed to full bloom in the Masters lie dormant within us.

10. To understand this development, we can look at the development from plant to animal to human.

11. This symbol is shown to us as a symbol of the development of plants: \(\bot\)

12. As a symbol of the development of animals: \(\top\)

13. As a symbol of the development of humans: ✝

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15. There are three stages of development and, accordingly, three virtues. In addition,

16. there are two currents in every human being: Kama and Manas, the good and the bad currents; the bad one is Kama.

17. The path to salvation is shown to us in the Gospel of John. There we find 1. the washing of the feet, 2. the slapping of the cheeks, 3. the scourging, 4. the crowning with thorns, 5. Jesus takes up his cross, 6. the crucifixion, 7. the wounds.

18. This may be the path to complete transformation.