XXII. The Esoteric Life

GA 111/1908-03-08/p014 ·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 The wording is the reporter's: do not quote it as Steiner's own words.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).

The esoteric life is not repetition alone, it must also have guidance and limitation, just as the astral highlight has in plants. This element is represented in the development of the esoteric life of man by devotional feelings, religion, true art; aligning oneself with an individuality as one's ideal. And this meditation and this devotion must then coincide, as in the plant, the flower bud and fruit.

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