Mantric Language and Morning Consciousness Exercises
GA 266III — 17 February 1913, Stuttgart
Esoteric Lesson
Record A
It thinks me: E.D.N.
A mystical transmission has given Central Europe a very specific language in which every single word, as well as the sequence of words, expresses something occult, for example in the sentence: It thinks me. The long “e” expresses the ruling, weaving, creative divine in the world order and in human beings, spoken in a drawn-out manner: that which winds its way through everything, flowing, undulating (from “wave”), astral, as it were.
Me, that is, my ego. So the divine is thought in the ego.1 (Empty the soul and feel a sense of deepest piety.)
Second mantric sentence: It weaves me. Again, the divine forces in the e, astral in the s, and feel the feeling of deepest reverence and devotion.
Now there is another exercise, meditation. The ancient Essenes were instructed not to speak a word relating to worldly, material things from sunset to sunrise. In addition, every morning before sunrise, the Essenes had to pray fervently for the sun to rise and then thank the deity for bringing the sun up again. There was even a specific formula: “You gods, I owe you...” Modern man can no longer practice these beautiful, uplifting customs and meditations. The esotericist should be completely true, true to the innermost core of his heart, and it would be untruthful if today's esotericist wanted to implore the sunrise every morning in fervent prayer and give thanks for it.
At the time of the ancient Essenes, it was still believed that the world system was not fixed, but that, for example, the course of the stars, etc., was subject to the whims of divine beings, so that one morning the sun might not rise. This exercise is therefore meaningless for modern people, because modern people know that there is a fixed world system. It would therefore be untruthful to do this exercise. The first exercise of the Essenes between sunset and sunrise would also be impossible in the present day. However, today's esotericists know that every night the astral body and the I leave the physical and etheric bodies. Now the esotericist must bring this mental image before his soul: a demon has taken possession of the physical and etheric bodies, and the astral body and I cannot return to their dwellings in the morning. The esotericist should now ask himself the following question upon awakening: “What did you think or do shortly before awakening?” (The advanced esotericist does this before awakening with full consciousness!) At first, one cannot remember having thought or done anything at all. But after dwelling on this thought for some time, the thought arises, first fleetingly, then taking on increasingly definite forms: “You thanked the Deity for allowing you to return to the body it built for you, to revive it.”
We are born from the divine. E.D.N.
We should repeat this sentence, this triad, every morning, feeling the deepest gratitude. The deity has built the temple of our body: during the Saturn, Sun, and Moon evolutions, it built our physical, etheric, and astral bodies. So every morning we bring our consciousness back up again.
When we pass through the gate of death, we enter another state of consciousness. At the time of the ancient Atlanteans, a clear consciousness still existed. The ancient Atlanteans entered the spiritual worlds with clear consciousness when they died. However, this was gradually lost, and in the fourth post-Atlantean epoch, the fear of the unknown, shadowy state was so strong that the saying coined at that time — “Better a beggar on earth than a king in the realm of shadows” — was a reality. In those days, everything was truly shadowy after death.
Through the Christ event, this has changed. By accepting Christ into ourselves, we can once again reach a point where we can consciously enter the spiritual worlds after death — die into Christ: /n Christo Morimur. This triad must always be meditated upon with the deepest piety in our hearts.
And now we must come to realize our divine self; it must be reborn in us, as it were:
Per Spiritum Sanctum reviviscimus.
Record B
We must become aware of how spiritual secrets are hidden in the mantric words, down to the individual sounds. Out of a mystical mission, the initiates have given Central Europe a very specific language in which every single word and the sequence of individual sounds express something occult, as is evident in the word “I,” which contains the initials of Jesus Christ.
Let us take the first sentence: It thinks me: Here we must perceive the “e” as a long sound that expresses the ruling, creative, divine force in the world order and in human beings. The “s,” spoken slowly, is the serpentine, undulating, astral force that runs through everything. For “me,” we can also think (internally) “my I,” that is, the divine thinks my I. - We then empty the soul again and develop a feeling of deepest piety.
It weaves me, that is: the divine weaves my I. - Again we experience the divine forces in the long drawn-out e, then the astral: s, and feel a sense of deepest gratitude.
It affects me, that is: the divine forces affect my ego. Again, we feel the divine forces in the e, then the astral: s, and we feel a sense of deepest reverence and devotion.2
Record C
A mystical transmission has given Central Europe a very specific language in which every single word and every sequence of words expresses something occult, for example in the sentence “It thinks me.” The e is drawn out twice. This is the expression for the ruling, weaving, creative divine that flows from the divine world order into human beings. s — spoken in a drawn-out manner — is the astral that winds, flows, and weaves through everything. Me: that means my ego. So: the divine thinks my ego. When meditating on this, one should empty the soul completely and have only the deepest feeling of piety within it.
The second mantric sentence: It weaves me. Again, feel the divine forces in the e, the astral in the s, and at the same time have a feeling of deepest reverence and devotion within you. Today's esotericists know that every night they leave their physical body and etheric body in their astral body and I. Now he must bring to his soul the mental image that a demon has taken possession of his physical body and etheric body and that his ego and astral body cannot return to their dwellings, and when he awakens he should call to his soul the following: What did you think or do shortly before awakening? The advanced esotericist does this before awakening with full consciousness.
At first, one cannot remember having thought or done anything at all. But after dwelling on this thought for a while, the thought comes, first fleetingly, then taking on ever more definite forms: You have thanked the Deity for allowing you to take up residence again in the temple of the body that it has built for you and to occupy it once more. We are born from the divine: Ex Deo nascimur.
We should repeat this sentence, this triad, every morning, feeling the deepest gratitude that we have lowered our ego consciousness (earth) back into the temple that was built for us by the divine through the development of Saturn, the sun, and the moon.
At death, we no longer have our earthly ego consciousness. At the time of ancient Atlantis, people entered the spiritual worlds with clear consciousness, but this was lost in the post-Atlantean era to the same extent that earthly ego consciousness emerged. In the fourth post-Atlantean era, the fear of shadow consciousness, of the unknown state, was so strong that the saying “Better a beggar [in the upper world than a king in the shadow realm]” became common. After death, everything had indeed become shadowy.
Through the Christ event, this has changed, and through the reception of Christ within us, we can consciously pass over into the spiritual world after death, that is, I.C.M. This triad must be meditated upon with the deepest piety. The consciousness of the divine self helps us to do this. It must be born within us so that we can penetrate the spiritual world through this consciousness: P.S.S.R.
ei = revelation of the divine in human beings, before which reverence shrinks back in awe.
oe = expresses this even more. Man feels enclosed in his form and outside the working divinity.