Esoteric Lesson

GA 266a/1908-01-26/p007 ·1908-01-26 · English LowLow alignmentMost translators re-paragraphed Steiner substantially. The locus identifies the same chapter or section, but paragraph-N to paragraph-N mapping is loose. For exact-quotation precision, compare with the German.
Record: listeners' notes. Written from listeners' notes, summaries, or memory rather than a shorthand transcript. The wording is the note-taker's as much as Steiner's: weigh a single striking phrase here far more cautiously than the same phrase in a stenographic volume, and do not rest an argument on one word. Evidence: «Gedächtnisaufzeichnungen von Teilnehmern sowie Notizen von Vorträgen» (Participants' records written from memory, and notes of lectures). Rudolf Steiner Verlag Gesamtverzeichnis 2022, volume subtitle. The translation is the maintainer's, not a published one.

When we breathe in deeply and hold our breath, we recapitulate a piece of the lunar state. When we hold our breath, on the other hand, we experience a piece of the Jupiter state. This determines whether the student of occultism is given exercises in which he must hold his breath because he has to go through the moon state in a certain way, or whether he is given exercises in which he must let his breath out because this enables him to reach the Jupiter state. Each person must be treated individually.

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