Esoteric Lesson

GA 266a/1908-03-14/p037 ·1908-03-14 · 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.

Now comes the main point: man must decide. It should be noted that what causes fire in the physical realm, the burning of matter to ashes, is decision in the spiritual realm. Only through decision is the deed classified in the karmic connections. Therefore, decisions must be made with caution. The sum of human decisions results in the volcano. In the decision, a part of our ego falls away. Confucius says: If you do not know which of two things to choose, it is better not to decide at all, but to wait! This occult saying naturally has two aspects, like everything else!

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