16. Life After Death

GA 140/1913-05-13/p013 ·1913-05-13 · English MediumMedium alignmentSome paragraph re-numbering between this translation and the German original — the locus may slip by a paragraph or two.
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For example, on earth we are connected with a person towards whom we feel antipathy, with whom we have quarreled and whom we have insulted and caused pain. We are emotionally involved with him and we would not behave in this way unless in a certain sense we found such behavior gratifying. One is perhaps filled with remorse, and then again one forgets about it.

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