Esoteric Lesson

GA 266b/1910-11-05/p055 ·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.

Then, at a certain moment, he turns back, so to speak, and suddenly understands what the symbol meant to him. All the while, it has been working as a force in his soul, to which he remains silent and waits. Patience — perseverance — silence towards oneself! In the peaceful silence of the soul, which lives in the confidence that the student will always receive the right thing from the teacher at the right time — this life of the soul in trust that it will be given what it needs — this must be the esoteric equipment of the student.

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