Esoteric Lesson
GA 266b/1911-10-14/p032
·1911-10-14
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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.
Addendum: We should not just believe in karma theoretically; it is very difficult to really feel it as a consequence of difficult life experiences. However, esoteric exercises, such as serenity, help us to do this. We should not just stand by in joy or sorrow, but be completely devoted to the great justice (“Lord, Thy will be done”) with every fiber of our hearts.
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