{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 10/c02-4/p021","lang":"en","edition":"RSPC1947","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"If the candidate is found fit for the foregoing experiences, he is then given what is called symbolically the *draught of forgetfulness*. This means that he is initiated into the secret knowledge that enables him to act without being continually disturbed by the lower memory. This is necessary for the initiate, for he must have full faith in the immediate present. He must be able to destroy the veil of memory which envelops man every moment of his life. If we judge something that happens to us today according to the experience of yesterday, we are exposed to a multitude of errors. Of course this does not mean that experience gained in life should be renounced. It should always be kept in mind as clearly as possible. But the initiate must have the ability to judge every new experience wholly according to what is inherent in it, and let it react upon him, unobscurred by the past. We must be prepared at every moment that every object and every being can bring to us some new revelation. If we judge the new by the standard of the old we are liable to error. The memory of past experiences will be of greatest use for the very reason that it enables us to perceive the new. Had we not gone through a definite experience we should perhaps be blind to the qualities of the object or being that comes before us. Thus experience should serve the purpose of perceiving the new and not of judging it by the standard of the old. In this respect the initiate acquires certain definite qualities, and thereby many things are revealed to him which remain concealed from the uninitiated.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Initiation","site_heading":null,"date":null,"location":null,"word_count":284,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/10/c02-4/p021","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:structural_identity","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":null,"edition_coverage":{"de":["original"],"en":["HR1960","MAC1909","RSPC1947"]},"available_versions":[{"lang":"de","edition":"original","edition_basis":null,"is_original":true,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/10/l03/p021","locus":"GA 10/l03/p021","anchor_mapped":true,"anchor_method":"curated","anchor_confidence":"high"},{"lang":"en","edition":"RSPC1947","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/10/c02-4/p021","paragraph_aligned":true},{"lang":"en","edition":"HR1960","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":false,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/10/l06/p021?edition=HR1960","locus":"GA 10/l06/p021","anchor_mapped":true,"anchor_method":"curated","anchor_confidence":"high"}],"german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"l03","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 10/l03/p021","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/10/l03/p021"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":261,"en_words":284,"ratio":1.09,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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Man soll sich sie immer gegenwärtig halten, so gut man kann. Aber man muß als Eingeweihter die Fähigkeit haben, jedes neue Erlebnis aus sich selbst zu beurteilen, es ungetrübt durch alle Vergangenheit auf sich wirken zu lassen. Ich muß in jedem Augenblicke darauf gefaßt sein, daß mir ein jegliches Ding oder Wesen eine ganz neue Offenbarung bringen kann. Beurteile ich das Neue nach dem Alten, so bin ich dem Irrtum unterworfen. Gerade dadurch wird mir die Erinnerung an alte Erfahrungen am nützlichsten, daß sie mich befähigt, Neues zu *sehen*. Hätte ich eine bestimmte Erfahrung nicht, so würde ich die Eigenschaft eines Dinges oder eines Wesens, die mir entgegentreten, vielleicht gar nicht *sehen*. Aber eben zum *Sehen* des Neuen, nicht zur Beurteilung des Neuen nach dem Alten soll die Erfahrung dienen. In dieser Beziehung erlangt der Eingeweihte ganz bestimmte Fähigkeiten. Dadurch enthüllen sich ihm viele Dinge, die dem Uneingeweihten verborgen bleiben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":261,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/10/l03/p021"}],"english":["GA 10/c02-4/p021"],"method":"structural_identity","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"unverified","length_check":{"de_words":261,"en_words":284,"ratio":1.09,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":null,"band":"no_original","note":null,"word_count":3850,"original_word_count":null,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"status":"unknown","warning":"No translator is recorded for this edition. An unattributed translation cannot be weighed as a witness: you cannot tell which hand made the choices in it. 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