Esoteric Lesson
GA 266b/1911-10-14/p055
·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.
But one must learn to fight for justified solitude. Today, this is often regarded as egoism. Nevertheless, in certain cases, the esotericist must be egoistic, for otherwise he would never reach the level at which he can be of use to humanity. Only the path through the trials just described leads us to the heights where we find the spirit and can later serve it as selfless servants.
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