Christ Impulse and Esoteric Development: Etheric Liberation

GA 266I — 4 July 1908, Kassel

Esoteric Lesson

Since Munich in 1907, coordination instead of subordination. Harmony in esoteric teachings. The difference between exoteric and esoteric observation: in exoteric observation, the speaker bears the responsibility; in esoteric observation, the responsibility lies with the being behind the speaker, whose mouth he uses. We must regard the esoteric lessons as messages from these beings.

The six exercises. The sixth = connection of the five. Harmony in the intellectual, emotional, and moral spheres. The student must be equally grounded in all three.

If a person wants to voluntarily leave their physical body without harm, in a state that is neither death nor sleep, it is necessary that someone helps and protects them. And this is Christ.

Through the Christ impulse, the etheric body is loosened and lifted out of the physical body. The etheric body is permeated by the Holy Spirit through the Christ impulse. And the Holy Spirit—our higher self—allows forces to flow into us from outside.