XXII. The Esoteric Life

GA 111/1908-03-08/p005 ·1908-03-08 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
Record: listeners' notes. This text is a newspaper's or a listener's report of the lecture, not a transcript. The wording is the reporter's: do not quote it as Steiner's own words. Evidence: «Nun - sagte Dr. Steiner - müssen wir uns noch von dieser Wiederholung in Rhythmen einen klaren Begriff bilden.» (Now - said Dr. Steiner - we still have to get a clear idea of this repetition in rhythms.). A reporter's remark in the unit's served text (p012).

Consciousness of this duty is one of the first great conditions for the inner life and the influence of its laws. This is because there is a great difference between the thinking of the primitive man and that of one who has developed esoterically. For from the thoughts and feelings of the latter, consequences and effects emanate into the outer world. Therefore, the person who wants to begin the esoteric life must first be imbued with a sense of duty to humanity, of responsibility for the consequences of his occult influence on the outside world.

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