Esoteric Lesson

GA 266b/1910-11-05/p031 ·1910-11-05 · 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.

As the student develops further, he will be granted permission to read the Akashic Records. However, before reaching this stage, he must have worked hard on himself. Above all, he must recognize that all his actions on earth are based on selfishness, that even in his supposedly “selfless” acts of love, selfishness is secretly hidden. As long as man is incarnated on earth, he will never be able to completely overcome selfishness.

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