Esoteric Lesson

GA 266b/1910-05-25/p011 ·1910-05-25 · 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» (Participants' records written from memory). Rudolf Steiner Verlag Gesamtverzeichnis 2022, volume subtitle. The translation is the maintainer's, not a published one.

Those who fall prey to the spirit of heaviness harm only themselves, and such people should be helped by all means; for we should love not only humanity, but every single human being. But those who fall prey to the spirits of darkness can harm not only themselves but also humanity through their confused fanaticism. Therefore, we should examine ourselves again and again to see whether the reasons for our development are truly selfless, and we should never tire of learning; for the more we learn, the more naturally we will become humble.

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