Esoteric Lesson
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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.
The decision that cannot be reversed like everything else, that brings about karma, is connected with the blood, the organ of the ego — fire. “If you cannot decide for or against something, then it is better to leave it alone,” says Confucius. But on the other hand, we should learn to make the right decisions. Indecision brings about the transformation of the earth; actual development occurs through decision.
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