# Becoming Pillars in the Temple: Conscious Evolution of the Astral Body

## GA 266I — 3 March 1905, Berlin

### Esoteric Lesson

“I will make you a pillar in my temple, and you shall never go out” (Rev. 3:12). For esoteric lessons, the master gives every train of thought, otherwise only the general direction. Higher beings built the human body while man was unconscious. Otherwise, it would not have become so harmonious. Humans did exert some influence, which is why there are illnesses. The heart is the greatest work of art imaginable. The laws of nature are the thoughts of higher beings. Humans are now conscious and should consciously work on their astral body so that it becomes as harmonious as the physical body. A piece of bone is a greater work of art than the Simplon Tunnel. The bone consists of small particles, all of which must lie in a certain direction. Everything in the world is necessary. No carbon there – plants need it. If there were no plants – plants exhale oxygen – humans need it. No carbon, no plants, no humans. It is the same with every substance.

Why are they called columns? The whole world is a temple. We are to become true components of the esoteric world. We will then have continuous consciousness. This is what the passage from the Revelation of John [quoted above] says. The esoteric hour has an influence on the astral body, even if we do not notice it. The astral body is changed. We leave with a different astral body than we came with.