Concerning the Nature of Pain, Suffering, Joy, and Bliss
GA 107/1908-10-27/p010
·1908-10-27
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English
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When a hand is amputated, only the physical hand can be amputated, not the etheric hand, and the etheric hand is then unable to work; the astral body feels this tremendous renunciation in the form of pain.
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