Esoteric Lesson

GA 266b/1911-03-15/p005 ·1911-03-15 · 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.

Through study, we should not only enrich our thoughts, but also develop certain feelings. In simple sensations, one can find the starting points for something much deeper. For example, we should become attentive to the sensation of touching something, such as an object, or of being touched, such as being held by the hand. We can feel a clear difference when we imagine the sensation that is aroused in us when we touch a snail or when a snail crawls over our hand without us knowing. If we develop these different feelings well, we can form a concept of the difference between the subliminal and the supersensible world.

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