Esoteric Lesson

GA 266b/1910-11-05/p040 ·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.

Therefore, when we receive the first messages, we must always say to ourselves: This is only our own inner self being reflected. These illusions are indeed a danger, but we should not allow ourselves to be discouraged by saying: “I have been working for five years or more and have still not experienced anything positive!” Rather, we must continue our attempts again and again until we achieve a positive result.

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