Esoteric Lesson

GA 266b/1911-10-30/p005 ·1911-10-30 · 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.

Let us ask ourselves: where does illness come from? We know that every illness has a spiritual cause in addition to its physical cause, which is to be found in immorality, passions, or other transgressions in this life, usually in a previous existence. Overcoming every illness releases forces, but this does not mean that one should prolong an illness as long as possible in order to make rapid progress. Rather, everyone must do their part to get well soon. But if they have been ill for three months or three weeks, they should regard this as karma and bear it with patience and serenity.

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